Study Habits Die Hard

Now this is a snapshot that I am sure many college students are all too familiar with: studying. Taken in my own dorm room in Torres House on North campus, this snapshot illustrates a time when I dedicated part of my Saturday morning/afternoon to studying for a Physiology exam and midterm before a football game. If this were me last year, I would have never taken time away from visiting with friends to stay locked up inside my room on a beautiful day to do schoolwork. I normally would have put the reviewing and studying off until Sunday night or early during the next week instead; but this year is so much more challenging and difficult than my freshman year. I have had to adjust my social life, my personal life, my sleep schedule, my study schedule, and my eating schedule all in the name of getting an "A." I feel as if most college students see the weekend (and most of college for that matter) as a time to relax, decompress, and have fun, but I wanted to save myself the hassle and the stress in the long-run by getting a chunk of my studying done ahead of time. This is new for me, because I did not have to study much throughout high school to get straight A's and a 4.0; but coming to Ohio State has drastically changed that. Now, I need to review material daily and plan studying for an exam a week in advance. At first this was hard for me to swallow, but now I have grown to be way more independent and responsible. From trying a new dessert flavor to studying on a game day, this snapshot really shows how I have begun to do what is best for me in the long-run first and put my wants and desires second. I am going to have to work hard in order to play hard, and that is a fact that I have come to understand and accept more and more each day.

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