I remember when I used to think that if I passed up a couple nights, I could wake up early in the morning and finish my school work.

If you ever think to do this...

Stop.

Lying.

To.

Yourself.

I wonder if anyone really pulls through and studies their absolute best in the early morning. Now, I can say that I am much better at studying in the early hours, but before hand?

I don't want to think about it.

There are days when one would actually follow through with that plan, however, in my own personal experience, it took a long time before I got the hang of things.

Sleep is always better than studying.

Eating is SO MUCH better than studying.

Breathing is SO MUCH BETTER THAN STUDYING.

Sometimes I wish I could have someone else studying what needs to be known and have it all retain in my brain -- like some odd kind of telepathy going on there.

I started to notice that I became incredibly lazy and I lacked the very thing that one needs to study: Energy.

I started this plan that I thought would be fantastic. I woke up, went to the gym, and then studied, whichever class came into order-- I went to, and then resumed studying. I found myself wanting to become more motivated in the things that I was doing and at first it was a great plan.

And then I over did things.

gym everyday.

must study.

Energy

Energize.

Must study.

Late to class?

You're fine, just don't go and use that time to study. (typically not a good idea)

Although I was eager to have more energy, I found myself losing sleep at night and not changing my nightly routine very much. I would stay up until 1am and wonder why I didn't want to go to the gym anymore. There are a lot of factors that could be put into it: considering my eating habits, the way I would push at the gym, and study for long hours on hand. I didn't believe in this thing called a "break".

Breakfast is a key reason why I did not have a lot of energy. It may seem inconvenient, however, breakfast is REALLY the most important meal of the day.

My false sense of motivation ate away at my energy-- I pushed too waaaaay too hard than I should have.

Following my plan, STILL, I tend to take the route where I sleep earlier, limit my time at the gym, and focus on my materials, but limit those as well. When starting at the paper for long hours at a time, I would lose concentration and focus on other things. Limiting myself and learning how to manage my time and spread things out is what brought me to do what was needed.