I've heard many people complain about how hard it is to work and go to school at the same time. I now know why. There is only so much time in a day. Work and sleep take up 2/3 of my day. Then there's the work commute, meals, working out, daily chores, hygiene, relaxing time...and finally, studying. Seriously, the last thing I would want to do after a long day of work is hit the books. It helps that LSAT material is interesting-ish, but honestly, I'd rather be playing video games or watching tv or playing ping-pong or just lying on my bed staring at the ceiling. Good news, is that my studying period is almost over. By tonight, I will have read and gone over everything my Powerscore bibles have to offer me in terms of test-tackling techniques. Now its just drill, drill, drill problemsets. Drill, baby, drill! (sorry, as much as I hate that repugnant Republican chant, it seemed appropriate here)
It's come down to the home stretch. A little over 2 weeks left. I hope Wilykit is right about me having good luck and doing well on test day because it happens to be his birthday. =P
Today is my first real day of "hardcore" studying. This basically means: NOT GETTING DISTRACTED BY ANYTHING. Easier said than done I guess. But considering it's a weekday and I actually have work taking up 8-9 hours of my precious studying time, I got quite a bit done today. Organized my strategy for tackling Logical Reasoning questions, did a few practice runs (with a few more to go before I head to bed), and am now constructing a small guide to help me zip through each question type in a more timely manner. All good progress. I'm glad that I can stick to my guns and do what I intended to do. Though I have to admit, I still suck pretty bad in the Logical Reasoning section. If I were to take the LSAT right at this instance, it would result in a huge disappointment. But I'm not one to back down to a challenge. I have told my girlfriend on several occasions before she went to law school that nothing was impossible and that she could achieve anything if she wanted it enough and worked for it hard enough. Now she's in her second year at Stanford Law.
Having waded through a fair number of LSAT problems by this point, I've come to realize that I read way too damn slow. It appears that years of video games and being exposed to retarded english grammar from fellow online gamers has all but destroyed my ability to comprehend anything above 8th grade english at a reasonable speed. It is actually quite disturbing. In a desperate effort to enhance my reading comprehension, I've turned to the Economist magazine for practice fodder. As my eyes blaze across the pages, devouring the words and attempting to make sense of it all, I wonder how I even got to this point where I actually have to make an effort to read, of all things. 25 days and counting....
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