Everyone has exams around this time of the year, whether it be mid-terms or finals. These few weeks are incredibly stressful for people, especially for high school and college students. While it is important to study and prepare, monitoring your health is also extremely vital. Here are five things to do to help you get through exam week:
1) Stay focused.
It's very important to stay focused during exam week, as it plays a vital part in your preparation and performance on exam day. By staying focused and having clear goals in mind all of exam week, I can assure you that you'll be ready to go!
I can say from personal experience that if you can't manage to stay focused throughout the week, you'll have more to study and review in days before the exam, causing unnecessary stress.
2) Eat nutritious food.
By eating nutritious food, students have more energy to continue studying. Additionally, it's very important for students to eat all three meals, especially breakfast. Many students skip breakfast and end up being very hungry and tired for most of the day.
Without breakfast, students don't have the energy to process information and think clearly as well as they can with it.
Remember, eat a nutritious breakfast on exam day to help prepare your body for the the challenge that lies ahead!
3) Exercise everyday.
Similar to nutritious food, exercise is also another aspect that students need in order to operate normally. Studying can take a toll on your body when you're sitting at a desk for hours on end staring at textbooks or a computer screen.
By exercising and warming up your body, your brain will be stimulated and provide better results from your studying. Make sure to take breaks in between study periods, and jog for 10 minutes before resuming your studies.
4) Do NOT cram.
This is probably the most important tip that I will over and over again repeat: Do. Not. Cram.
It's probably the worst thing that you can do while preparing for an exam (besides not studying.) Cramming is something students do all the time (I do it too,) and it's an extremely unhealthy habit. Students who cram study all the material the night before the exam, getting up very early or going to sleep past midnight, resulting in complete exhaustion the next day. Do you see why that's a bad decision to make?
It also causes anxiety and stress, especially when you don't remember anything you do the night before. That's why it's so important to pace yourself when studying during exam week to insure that you receive the best scores you can get on the exam.
5) Get a good night's rest before the exam and stay confident!
Lastly, get a good night's rest before the exam! Sleep for 7-9 hours before the exam to be fully rested and ready to go the next day. If you've been studying properly you will be confident and absolutely prepared! Eat a healthy breakfast and go off to class feeling confident that you will ace the exam! After all, only with a positive mind can you achieve positive results.
Good luck to everyone taking their exams in the next few days, and make sure to stay healthy!
