Wow. What a break from blogging. And you know what, non-existent reader? ...well, to be 'h'onest, I really didn't care.
First of all, worthy of noting, I'm going to be taking SAT Subject tests tomorrow--namely, Biology and Math. So good luck to me, and all the other test takers out there!
Second, I've come to see the hilarity of saying honest with a pronounced 'h' sound. Quite amusing. Quite.
Third, I'm going to try to go to bed. Early. Like, 9:30 kind of early. That's like, going to give me an almost sufficient number of hours of which I will utilize in an unconscious fashion in order to refresh my neurons and repair my body!
Fourth, I'm not sure if that made sense.
Fifth, I skipped "third"
Sixth, I lied--I actually didn't.
Seventh, I'm trying to get back into blogging--and failing. But mostly because I really shouldn't be pissing away my time right now when I should be either reading the SAT book thing, or preparing for bed. But actually, I just remembered that journaling about your feelings about something that gives you anxiety can help to curb choking and thus let you focus more on getting awesome scores! (NovaScienceNow, people! Watch it~ so awesome~~~)
Choking is supposed to be caused by communication between two centers of your brain, and the area hyped up with anxiety (like, the part which is responsible for that sort of thing) starts to bother an adjacent part, which is the area used for thinking of smart stuff for good scores. Or something like that.
But by journaling, you get to address that anxiety-freaked-out part so then you can focus on doing good on a test! Or whatever you're doing. I guess I'll attempt journaling....now!
I'm a bit nervous about how I'll do on the SAT Subject test--specifically, biology. I know I've got the math part down, probably, but looking through the biology review book has made me realize that I've still a lot of concepts I'm either fuzzy about, or don't know the names with the explanation (I'll have heard of the theory, and know a concept, but don't know that theory is the name of the concept). I'm really scared about how the test will turn out--no pressure, right? But it also doesn't help that my day has been stressful. I was supposed to have had these edits done, but I hadn't contacted the person I needed to for the edits, and that marred my day a lot. You know, with the immense disappointment in myself that I felt.
Remember this, kids--being a perfectionist is not a good thing, in full honesty and from what I've experienced or seen. Being a perfectionist holds you back--but if you have the right mindset--sufficient motivation to really want to go places and make you not only active, but proactive, in your endeavors, perfectionism is perfect for you. But if you're lazy like me, or if you don't know how to tell yourself 'no means no' like me, or if you're overly shy like me, being a perfectionist....it sucks. It just holds you back more because you don't want to present anything less than perfect to everyone else, which means you aren't presenting anything.
Just know that people don't expect perfect, and that your work is likely better than you realize.
Just as I hope for excellent luck in my performance, I wish equally fortunate circumstances upon your endeavors. Whoever you are, of course. (Traffic is quite bleak on blogs...or perhaps just mine?)
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