The semester is winding down, your brain is filled with information, swirling around, seeking an outlet and a semblance of making sense. Coursework is completed and turned in to the Professor. Now the real moment of truth is about to happen. All that knowledge crammed in your brain needs to come to attention, be readily available to use on the exam. Panic, worry, procrastination and the ‘what am I going to do’ syndrome takes over.
What would be more interesting and less stressful than taking exams? Well, here is a list of suggestions that I would rather do than study for exams. Look to see if we are like-minded in this escape plan from studying the information that has owned your life all semester. Some of these ideas are serious, some mundane, yet others satirical. Life is about options, right?
1. Sleep
2.Go to a movie
3. Shop for shoes
4. Go out with friends
5. Laundry
6. Read a supercilious book
7. Daydream
8. Manicure/pedicure
9. Swim
10. Lift weights
11. Treadmill
12. Yoga
13. Nia
14. Wander around the grocery store
15. Sit on a park bench, people-watching
16. Run a marathon
17. Get a yearly physical
18. Read Proust
19. Clean every bathroom, shower and toilet in your dorm
20. Eat candy
21. Watch all 20 seasons of Law & Order
22. Go to a concert
23. Facebook
24. Twitter
25. Take the perfect selfie
26. Invite friends over to gossip
27. Video games
28. Take vehicles of everyone you know to the car wash
29. Paint a masterpiece
30. Mow the lawn
31. Shovel snow
32. Watch the Weather Channel
33. Go to Menards and look for an item they do not carry
34. Call a relative you have not seen in ages
35. Send a separate e-mail to everyone in your contact list
36. Go to the zoo
37. Rake leaves
38. Walk outside for hours
39. Read the dictionary
40. Transplant flowers
41. Have a tooth pulled
42. Wander in a cemetery
43. Pull weeds
44. Sell vacuum cleaners door to door
45. Ride every bus route
46. Imagine the exam does not exist
47. Sudoko
48. Bury your head in the sand
49. Hand count M & M's
50. Pick rocks from a field
Of course, this extensive list cannot replace passing exams and earning the credit for courses just taken. The inevitable stays the same: study, study, study. Be that responsible, grown-up adult that completes all tasks, fulfills all goals and adds another accomplishment to your life story. The real purpose of this article is to take your mind off exams for a few minutes. A tool to lower that blood pressure, calm those nerves and let your mind relax. I hope this has been helpful to gyrate all that learned information so it comes out in ways that answer those exam questions. You can do it with success! Exams do not take away what you have learned; instead, exams pull together and connect the dots of all that stuff in your brain. Instead of freaking out, give yourself a break. Take a deep breath, dream of doing something else and let your brain do the work for you.
