Fresh Start or Official Notice

I was pretty lazy with my studies this past week. In class, we were doing practice essay exams and practice multiple choice exams. For our at-home assignments, we were supposed to "review" the subjects we've done so far (just real property and crimes) and then do practice exams at home. I did the "review" part, and the practice multiple choice questions, but I didn't do the practice essays. The thought of sitting down and doing two hour-long essay exams is just too much to bear. And, since the thought is too much to bear, the actual doing would be pure torture.

I'm an idiot for doing this though. One of the major reasons why I destroyed my final exams during my first semester of law school is because I did every practice exam there was before the real exams. And, I killed it. So, I know for a fact that doing practice essay exams is a really really good thing to do. And yet, I cannot bring myself to do it. Ugh, I hate it so much. At least I did the in-class practice essays though, a bunch of people didn't even show up for that.

So, this week, I'm going to start fresh and get back to doing all the stuff they have scheduled for me to study everyday. And, I'm going to study at least 5.5 hours everyday (not including breaks), even though it has been taking me only about 4 hours to finish the schedule. We're supposed to find something else to study until we get to at least 5.5 hours. Since I didn't do the at home essay exams this past week, if I finish my study schedule early, I'll go back and do those stupid practice exams. Promise.

Also, I'm going to start riding my bike to school everyday. I had planned to do that all along, but then we did this house sitting thing which would've added two more miles to my ride, so I put it off until now (we're back home now). It's about 6.5 miles each way. I will be killing many, many birds with but one stone though:

• I will be forced to exercise, thus relieving stress.
• I'll get my Tahoe Body. We're doing our annual Tahoe camping trip right when I get finished with the bar exam, and I have to look good and be able to do everything without huffing and puffing . Most people gain a lot of weight while studying for the bar, and I'm not one to become a statistic.
• I'll save gas money. Since I only have enough money to last me until Oct. 1, and I failed to include gas money in those calculations, this is crucial.
• I'll save emissions.
• People will see me riding my awesome bike and think I am the coolest person ever, which might inspire them to give me a job (my old man pimped my ride for my graduation present, so it is even cooler than it used to be - way more elitist).
• My old man will be proud of me. He rides his bike everyday, everywhere.

And, the last new thing I am adding to my routine this week is I am going to stay at school and study until I'm done, instead of coming home after class and getting all distracted. I was also planning on doing that from the start, but I had to come home to take the dogs we were sitting to the beach, so that plan got ruined. My old man is finished with this semester at his school next week, so he'll be able to cook and clean everything, so I won't have to deal with that. I haven't told him this part of the plan yet. This is his official notice.

We'll see how long this lasts.