Hello tumblr followers:) I assume many of you are going through your month of hell aka exam month. If you’re lucky like me and have all your exams in the same week (please note the sarcasm) and also have the attention span of a five year old do not worry! I will share with you some of my studying tricks that are getting me through these deadly days.

1) Take frequent breaks! If your brain is shutting down, but you keep reading for the sake of studying just stop. You are going nowhere. By breaks, I don’t mean go on facebook or twitter but go for a walk, paint, call a friend and go for a starbucks run, exercise, anything that involves leaving the computer. Spending your break on the computer, at least for me, strains my eyes and makes my brain shut down even more.

2) Have a study playlist. Make sure it is already made before you start studying so you don’t get distracted by changing songs. My playlist usually includes musicians whose lyricism I admire/have a soothing sound to their songs like Bright Eyes, Brand New, La Dispute, John Mayer and Lana Del Rey (yes, I love her voice).

3) Have snacks on you! The snack should be whatever you are craving (berries, cheesecake, McDonalds anything!) Yeah, it’d be better if it was a healthy snack because it’d give you more energy, but realistically that craving is always going to be a distracting thought that will disrupt studying.

4) When you’re having a brainfart, put on a song that gets you pumped, blast it, and start dancing in your room for the entire song. Not only is this a good way to somewhat burn the fat you gained from the above trick, but it releases your stress. Dancing in your underwear is the best way to do this ;)

5) DO NOT HAVE YOUR PHONE ON YOU. That is the second biggest distraction next to facebook.

6) We all know you are going to study the night before. It’s inevitable. But try breaking it up over a couple of days so you aren’t cramming EVERYTHING in one night, cause then it just gets overwhelming. I personally don’t like pulling all-nighters because I can’t function in the morning, so I try spacing everything out over the course of a few days.

7) Once your finish all your exams, get your best friend and go party and get fucking trashed at a bar. You deserve it ;)

These are my tips at studying for exams, hopefully it helps! Yeah, I may complain about studying A LOT but I always try to remember that one day I’m going to have a full time job and a family to raise and I’ll be looking back and wishing I was still that 20 year old girl in college. Good luck on your finals everyone!

Xoxo,

Lauren Marie