Top 10 Revision Tips/ 5 Tips On Overcoming procrastination

Hey guys,

If you are sitting any exams soon, or you're anything like me (you're a master procrastinator)
 I hope this post comes in very handy for you. Bur bare in mind that I may be able to give you tips on how to revise, but if you're too busy procrastinating, there's no use.

With that said, it seams only fitting that I start off with:

My top five tips on how to overcome procrastination.

1. Create a Revision timetable 
2. Tell a parent that you've got the exam coming up and fill them in on your timetable. This way, if they see you moping around or doing something else instead of revision, they can steer you back onto the right path.
3. Break a long task down into miniature, more manageable tasks to trick your brain into thinking that it's doing less, when really, you're doing exactly the same amount of work, just at a quicker, more efficient pace.
4. Focus on one task at a time. Don't freak yourself out by reminding yourself about the mounds of work you have to complete in soo little time. Just start, and by the time you know it, you'll be almost finished doing most of the things on your list.
5. Change your environment. If you're in a noisy room at home, leave the house and head over to the library, or (if you don't want to do that) just head over to your room and close the door behind you.

My top ten tips on how to help you revise.

1. Understand your learning style (figure out the way you find easier to memorise things). This could be through acting it out, linking it to a thought or image, making mind maps, listening to music etc etc
2. Once you've completed the first stage, put it into practice. As simple as this sounds, don't lock yourself away in your room, glued to your books for hours on end if the only method of revision that has a positive affect on you is acting the words out or turning the words you need to know into popular songs.
3. Prioritise what you need to revise. By this I mean, don't do what I do. I tend to focus on the subjects that I find the easiest because they are easier to revise and I don't have to put any effort into it. This is wrong because I'm only going over what I'm good at instead of learning something new. The trick to start with what you find the most difficult and focus on those subject, that was even if you fun out of revision time, you know that you have  rough idea of how to do everything (if that makes sense)
4. Make mind-maps and little notes around your bedroom and on your ceiling. This way, the first and last thing you will see every day is your revision notes
5. HELP EACH OTHER OUT. This is just my opinion (based on personal experience), but testing your friends by asking them questions based on the subject you're revising, helps you out just as much as it helps them. This is because by drilling the answers into their head, without realising it, you're also drilling it into yours, as you repeat the answer over and over again.
6. I find, writing out my revision notes using a range of different coloured pens helpful because staring at blue/black ink makes me feel very bored, causing me to get distracted easily. You could be the same.
7. Practice on past papers. The best thing to do is print out a bunch of past papers and practice on them. This way, not only are you testing yourself, but you'll have to mark the work after, allowing you to look at and understand the mark scheme, so you know roughly what to do when you're taking your real exam.
8. Take short breaks. This should keep you focused and should hopefully prevent you from procrastinating
9. Don't keep your phone with you when revising, it'll only tempt you and prevent you from focusing
10. Something I failed to do this year was revise in advance. Yes, yes, I know the sound of revising during summer or Christmas doesn't sound all that appealing, but trust me, the time you spent sitting down watching the television could have been used to write revision cards, that way, while everyone is panicking at the last minute, you're already a step ahead

Remember, walking into an exam thinking that you're going to fail puts blocks in your mind. What you should really do is try and think positive, try listing to some music on your way to school on the day of the exam, making sure that you have had enough sleep and that you have eaten breakfast, so you're not sat in the exam thinking about food.

Anyway, I've got another quote and picture for you all,

Hmm...HMM..

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday

-Don Marquis