Thoughts we all have when we’re revising

Procrastinating so hard I wrote a Tab article about it


Is this a word?

A little bit ripped off from the Inbetweeners, but still a valid point. In between tricky words like ‘neurobiological assessment’ and ‘postmodernism’, regular words don’t seem to be a priority in brain recognition any longer. We have to cram everything else in instead. Revision= sacrifices in basic vocabulary.

I might have some spelling and grammar mistakes in this article because of it

I don’t remember this being in class

The worst feeling ever is reading something very complicated and having absolutely no idea where/what planet it came from- and wondering if you can send it back there because you don’t want it.

Oh crap, that’s because I wasn’t in that class

That extra hour in bed not feeling so great now is it.

How much do we need to know about this anyway?

I mean…not everything comes up in the exam? This technique, successful for many but also catastrophic for some, is a playing with fire approach to the revision crisis. Enter at own peril.

How I feel about the thought of revision (worse than jumping into the North Sea)

If I do this much revision…I can get this much….

Who else uses the St Andrews degree calculator about five times a day?

How bad is a 2:2 anyway? Surely having a degree is better than nothing

I mean, they say everyone get’s a 2:1, so surely it’s more unique not to right?

*Sits down for five minutes*, Okay I’m taking my break now! 

Breaks usually last for about an hour or two. Definitely at least 5x longer than your short revision period anyway.

“I can’t do that tonight, I’m revising” 

A great excuse to rid yourself of any social engagement you never really wanted to go to anyway. But by revising, you’ll probably be taking one of your ‘breaks’ and watching Netflix. I mean, watching Homeland counts as psychology revision..right?

Every conversation I have with everyone is only ever about revision

In our key word brain related mush, we can’t ever seem to think of another topic more interesting. Which is ANY OTHER TOPIC EVER BTW.

My LinkedIn profile definitely needs updating!

I mean, as long as our life-min feels semi productive it doesn’t count as procrastination. Colouring in our elaborate title on our mind maps, making an extravagant duck a l’orange for dinner (protein=muscle food. The brain is a muscle. Let’s not flake out on time taken to feed it.), email correspondence, all counts as things you definitely have to do and are in no way a waste of time. At all.

Have you ever made sweet potato brownies before? They’re a great study snack and take absolutely ages to make for effective procrastination!