6 days away
So this time next week I will be 2/3 done. Small comfort, considering there is still so much I don't know. I keep thinking about the PMBR guy on the Property CD who kept saying "You can't know everything!" Indeed. But I just feel like there is so much I still don't know, and I effectively only have a few days of studying left.
I am taking people's general advice and quitting studying on Sunday afternoon. I have to go to the mall and get a new watch. I will also need to go to decompress at that point because I will pretty much be a wreck by then. I keep reminding myself how much luckier I am than a lot of people, and I don't have to pass the bar to keep my job. But I have spent every day for the last two months studying for this thing, and it would be a major bummer to fail it.
I have had a pretty good studying day today though. I really did a lot with wills and trusts and finally feel like I can handle an essay. Of course that means I probably sacrificed a bunch of other things. But the time left is so limited that I can only do and learn so much more at this point.
I have barely done anything with the California distinctions in evidence and civ pro, and I think I will be reviewing them briefly this weekend in hopes that will suffice. I do have short outlines with each subject that have the distinctions in those comment bubbles, but I've barely looked at those outlines since I made them a few weeks ago because there was so much else to get done.
I'm in a constant battle to assure myself that I've done enough. I did not really put in 12-15 hours days every day on studying for this thing, like I have heard some people say that they do. It's just too boring. I studied on my own between 4 and 8 hours a day, and I heard every BarBri lecture except one. I have done over 1600 MC questions at this point, and will probably do less than 2000 by the time the studying is over (I've seen websites that suggest doing 3000 -- that's not going to happen here). I have written a bunch of essays, and will have done 5 performance tests by the end of this week. I never run out of time, and by now I am writing concise essays that address all the issues in most subjects in 45 minutes.
That is going to have to do. I think preparation is important, and I have devoted two months to preparing. But I have also spent two months trying to convince myself that I'm smart enough to handle whatever comes my way with a reasonable amount of grace and coherence, and with as little panic as possible.
You can't know everything. Let's just hope that by Tuesday I'll know enough.
I am taking people's general advice and quitting studying on Sunday afternoon. I have to go to the mall and get a new watch. I will also need to go to decompress at that point because I will pretty much be a wreck by then. I keep reminding myself how much luckier I am than a lot of people, and I don't have to pass the bar to keep my job. But I have spent every day for the last two months studying for this thing, and it would be a major bummer to fail it.
I have had a pretty good studying day today though. I really did a lot with wills and trusts and finally feel like I can handle an essay. Of course that means I probably sacrificed a bunch of other things. But the time left is so limited that I can only do and learn so much more at this point.
I have barely done anything with the California distinctions in evidence and civ pro, and I think I will be reviewing them briefly this weekend in hopes that will suffice. I do have short outlines with each subject that have the distinctions in those comment bubbles, but I've barely looked at those outlines since I made them a few weeks ago because there was so much else to get done.
I'm in a constant battle to assure myself that I've done enough. I did not really put in 12-15 hours days every day on studying for this thing, like I have heard some people say that they do. It's just too boring. I studied on my own between 4 and 8 hours a day, and I heard every BarBri lecture except one. I have done over 1600 MC questions at this point, and will probably do less than 2000 by the time the studying is over (I've seen websites that suggest doing 3000 -- that's not going to happen here). I have written a bunch of essays, and will have done 5 performance tests by the end of this week. I never run out of time, and by now I am writing concise essays that address all the issues in most subjects in 45 minutes.
That is going to have to do. I think preparation is important, and I have devoted two months to preparing. But I have also spent two months trying to convince myself that I'm smart enough to handle whatever comes my way with a reasonable amount of grace and coherence, and with as little panic as possible.
You can't know everything. Let's just hope that by Tuesday I'll know enough.
posted by Jennifer at 20:30
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