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Ok I can not repeat these mistakes again...
It is all about being disciplined...If I can not manage this prep and this exam, how on earth I am going to manage my biggest exam...LIFE...
So I am usually more disciplined in a library...but can not go to one becoz of family issues...Just hve to work on it...just hv to try hard to sit for 50 min continuously then very short break and then start again...just hv to do this...and shld not lose any hr in between...shld sit still, focused and read fast...
have to wake up early...can not study late even if i am awake...the best time for me is early morning...
I hope i wont let myself down again tomorrow...
Good night my dear journal and friends.
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May 23 / 13 days till my NBME:
Main plan for today:
To finish Endocrine...
Hours of effective studying: have 15/16 hrs in hand till 12 pm...lets seem how many I use to my benefit.
Positives so far: woke up at 7.30...so will start at 8. Yesterday started at 10.
Have to be DISCIPLINED. No other way i can do this.
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All the best study499. Have a good study weekend.
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EVERY HOUR IS PRECIOUS/ each hr means 50 mins studying and 10 mins break
1st 6hrs session:
8.30-9.30 ..... 9.30-10.30 ..... 10.30-11.30 ...........11.30-12.30
Parathyroid .....Parathyroid...on line/Phosphorus.......Adrenal
12.30-13.30........ 14.00-15.00 ..... 15.00-16.00..... 16.00-17.00
on line/lunch.......Adrenal......................................went for a runnnn
2nd 6 hrs session :
17.30-18.30 ..... 18.30-19.30 ..... 20.00-21.00..... 21.30-22.30
Adrenal.............Wasted...................................Micro
22.30-23.30..... 23.30-24.30
Why i waste my time? why I can not study at nights?
You see my friend, Its not becoz i read everything that it takes me time...Its becoz I easily lose my hrs... I usually study for 5/6 hrs per day...never hv done 12 hrs and can not even imagine 15 hrs... ...
Edited by study499 on 05/24/08 - 11:48 PM
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Great Going study499
Best of Luck
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very good study499 , i see that you are in phisyo endocrino too , like me . keep going my friend, you are doing good , good study
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Simon, Dr.123, Baso and Kalyan,
Thank you all.....
You all give me positive energy
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Don’t assume you’ve lots of time for all you want to do.
Though the future seems to stretch away into the blue…
Maybe you intend to scale those summits far away…,
But all that matters - is the hill you’ve got to climb today.
Follow your dream…
Take one step at a time and don’t settle for less.
Just continue to climb.
Follow your dream…
If you stumble, don’t stop and lose sight of your goal.
Press to the top.
For only on top can we see the whole view
Can we see what we’ve done and what we can do
Can we then have the vision to seek something new
Press on.
Follow your dream.
Never despise life’s fiery trials.
They are God’s ways of bringing out the best in you.
Always remember, you are like a Diamond.
And more a diamond is cut, the more it sparkles.
The harder the knocks you go through in life, the more you learn and put them to use in the future!
Do not be discouraged by setbacks and failures…! They make you strong.
You are going to make it!
You are going to make it!
Do not, I repeat do not give up,
now that you stand on the brink of a breakthrough!
Be very careful; Make sure of every step you take.
This day is made just for you!
You are going to make it today!
by pravsj
Edited by study499 on 05/25/08 - 11:26 AM
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Ok this might helppp me,
I have never had problems in reading before...but lately i can not study...I sit and ready to go but just can not...never had this problem...always loved my studies...used to study till v. late when had exams but now at 5/6 pm I can not continue...( why can't drag those sad faces?? anyway wld hv loads of them here)...
This exam although is not everything in life but I want to do well...that is why hv not taken it so far...I want to do well coz I know I can..I know anyone can...so why when we can we just settle for less...but it can not take my whole life away from me for so long...Ok been working very hard and had family issues...but now been free for sometime...why I can not do my best?...wht is wrong?...Thank God now I have no worries...no relationship related problems..no family problems...No other major responsibilities...only have to study and I can not...I know if this was my kid saying these things..I would do my best to help her/him...but I can not help myself...i do exercise...I do go out...but still when I'm back I can not read???????
I have to take my step1 asap...even if i forget abt Match 2009, my 2nd block of eligibility period will be finished soon and I can't afford paying again...
What do you think people...If anyone is reading this...(probably should hv posted in support section)...what is wrong wt me Doctors???why i can not study for long hrs like i used to do??how can i help myself? I am motivated but thats not enough...Is there something more than motivation...perhaps perseverance coz i can start but can not continue...
Maybe I just have to be quiet and keep trying..maybe one day I'm cured...I hope that day is soon coz I am running out of time...
Edited by study499 on 05/25/08 - 05:57 PM
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Ok OK...I am not gone continue like this...I am gone help myself...I am a Doctor, yah...so should be able to help myself...Ok I think my diagnosis is that I have taken soooo long for this exam that It has tierd me out...but can't do much abt that...still can't take enough time off to refresh coz no time left really...so here me go:
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts
Winston Churchill
You've got to get up every morning with determination if you're going to go to bed with satisfaction. George Lorimer
If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?
John Wooden
Some are destined to succeed, some are determined to succeed.
If we want to realize our dreams, we have to stay awake. H. Swami Tejomayananda
Permanence, perseverance and persistence is spite of all obstacles, discouragements and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the week. Thomas Carlyle
If I were dropped out of a plane into the ocean and told the nearest land was a thousand miles away, i'd still swim. And i'd despise the one who gave up. Abraham Maslow
I ran and ran and ran every day, and I acquired this sense of determination, this sense of spirit that I would never, never give up, no matter what else happened. Wilma Ruldolph
When faced with a mountain, I will not quit! will keep striving until I climb over, find a pass through, tunnel underneath or simply stay and turn the mountain into a gold mine, with God' help. Robert Half
The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed.
Achievement: honest endeavor, persistent effort to do the best possible under any and all circumstances
Continuous effort- not strength or intelligence- is the key to unlocking our potential.
Do a little more each day than you think you possibly can. Lowell Thomas
Do every act of your life as it were your last. Marcus Auerlius
The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.
OK that's enough for now..have to go to my brother's place...so I really really hope I do some hard work tonight when I'm back...Tired of staying behind...
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Well.....
First answer this simple q by Dr.Steven Daughtery.
Do u really wanna do this ?
Do u really wanna become a doctor in US ?
Cos if u wanna write Step 1 Exam successfully, it is imperative that u answer Yes Yes Yes Yes to that q every day of ur prep.... and the same applies when u write the final exam.. there is this hidden q in every q .... Do u really wanna do this... Are u sure u wanna do this ? Even there...it is important that u answer Yes Yes Yes Yes for every q u attempt... Total 350 times...
Why this q ?
This is a test which is designed to filter out quacks, quitters, ppl low in self confidence like the losers from the good doctors.. They dont judge u as a gr8 doctor by these tests. All they do is make sure u are not a loser, not a quitter and have that perseverance and patience and determination to pull it off in tough circumstances... They want good strong characters treating their patients ... My sis told that its amazing how tough , strong and self assured , one becomes after writing these 3 huge exams , so much so that u have a laugh when someone asks u a basic q or a management of pt q, meaning that u can probably rescue and maintain a life on ur own without panicking...which u cudnt have if u have not undergone these tough step exams , even though u have had all the knowledge.
So......................................
I think that u r in a state of desperation...So long planning to complete it... Not yet half done with the prep... NBME on so & so date ... Real Exam on 12th June.. etc etc...
U need to think... which u r not able to.. u are doing everything in such a hurracarry .. ur mind is cluttered.. clouded... there is no clarity of thought...
U are not doing/following wat u r typing in ur journal..i mean... the priciples gr8 people shared with us, which they got from huge experience...
I will give u a small example... Remember i had LRTI.... I was down with high fever , whole lot of malaise... but still i read for seomtime daily and now i am in a stage of completing respi/blood/endocrine/bacteriology in another 2 days.. that is i moved AHEAD even though it was 4 hrs per day..sometimee even 2 hrs per day... I just blindli followed having faith in BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.... He said.... u know wat he said... Dont leave anything unti tomorro which u can do today itself...
Never despise life’s fiery trials.
They are God’s ways of bringing out the best in you.
Do u really understand this... If yes... then my dear friend... U shud have unconquerable faith in him... and just do ur BEST on a given day.. I am not telling THE BEST.. I am telling UR BEST.. There is a lot of difference.
So thats why,
Don't tell yr God how big yr mountains are,
Tell yr mountains how big yr God is !
and,
Do a little more each day than you think you possibly can - Lowell Thomas
Poor guy, Lowell ..What did he think.... Those simple words have such such such such deeper meanign that if one understands this single statement ... He never ever will be behind schedule . He never ever be backlogged and he never ever be angry at himself cos he knows , he understands and he accepts that no matter wat in the world comes.... that he can read and learn one more page extra than he read yesterday...
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So now here ur another strong motivatinal line sets in :
Follow your dream…
Take one step at a time and don’t settle for less.
Just continue to climb.
Follow your dream…
This just means that even if u cud study 20 pages per day...then fine but make sure u learn them so nicely that u never gonna study them again except for the last revision... I only mean that u gotta give ur best efforts and learn them so welll that u shud feel learning about Endocrine - Thryroid, PTH and DM .. has fetched u atleast 10 points on ur exam..They are so HY... Isnt it ? So come on !!!! BE POSITIVE & STAY POSITIVE.
Soemtimes it so happens that u can cover lot more pages than u planned for.. It helps u keep in pace with the hectic schedule...U shud enjoy this challenge buddy... U are runnig away from it daily... at the end of the day when u cudnt finish watever u planned... u just feel so miserable that u hav wasted a whole day withoput learnign anythign but the fact is atleast u leanr THyroid , PTH and DM.. and some micro...immuno isnt it...
Thats UR BEST for today. Try to do more tomorrro... Think Positive .
Stay Positive...Get a perspective.. Get Clarity in ur thinking... Yes u have to set time targets but dont let them make ur prep ineffective... U got soemthign in u for becoming a US Doctor , or else u wud have quit by now...
Maybe you intend to scale those summits far away…,
But all that matters - is the hill you’ve got to climb today.
So come on ... Watch that 212 degreees video daily before startign reading... This is ur Jung to be a good doctor in USA... U gotta fight it with ur weaknesses like easily losing hope... not happy with oneself... Trust ur strengths... With the help of ur strengths improve on ur weaknesses ..
If u donno what ur strengths are.. Go to a close, good articulate friend of urs... who is not a doc... and ask him/her this simple q..
Pls tell me what are my strengths and what makes me so spl ?...
Pls do this.... U will be glad u did it....Cos now in this situation.. ur brain needs confidence.... ur lacking big time in it...
U r stronger than u think u r now.
U r capable than u think u r now.
This Exam is DOABLE , friend.....
U have to accept understand and work on that... Study the basics well... Take out a page.. Look at it.. Ask urself what are those points in this page u want ur students to know in order to save the patient..u will be 95 % correct in picking up the HY points urself... Ask urself wat on this page is worth askign on the exam...Simple... Isnt it...So go do it....
Enough of becoming a Dreamer.... I want u to be a Go-getter..... I want u to be a Do-er...
Promise urself that u wont let urself down by wasting time thinking abt past or lost time...
U will pass with 99..... I can guaranteee u that only if u work hard at UR BEST ( not the IDEAL BEST ) for 30 more days...
Just say...come on... Bring it on.... I am bigger than the Exam... I know i can handle it... Just gotta study sincerely for next 30 days without wasting single minute pondering what u cud have doen better till now.. Do that better part now itself.... Erase ur past .... well not the kaplan notes information but everythign else....
Smile.. Smile... Smile... It makes u euphoric... Brings back ur confidence... Seek help if u still cant improve on ur condition , after reading my 90 min trial to cheer u up , to make u think clearli... to give u a booost... to give u the onli thing u need now.. Clarity of thought and a perspective......
Edited by Kalyann on 05/27/08 - 02:21 AM
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Hi there!
I hear you .......after the previous post this might seem inconspicous but my 2 cents worth.......The exam itself is enough pressure ......dont put extra pressures on yourself like you have to put in so many hours..........it is not the quantity but the quality that matters.....I personally work full time .......sometimes I take off the whole day to study but I figured I get done more in the 4 hrs I get after work if I put my heart and soul to it . Please do what makes you happy .....it lifts up your spirits (maybe it is something else for you than exercise or going out .....) and dont think of the next 6 hrs ........think of one hour or half hour - what is my best for this half hour? Go for it, my friend. Best wishes.........You know yourself better!
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heheheheh target
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hey study..
pravs j is my favorite site too
good going..
remember these quotes can only motivate you.. but to remain motivated you need to discipline yourself
Good luck!!
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Kalyan,
You amaze me every time..........
Thank you for your time and great effort just to help me...well you have succeed now.
I am very blessed to have you as a genuine friend in this tough time...
I just do not agree with few things...most important one is that, I do have confidence in me big time and no need to ask anyone...sorry but you just don't know me that long to judge me that way...
I've been just tired...this could happen to anyone...not becoz I have been studying all these time but other things...
This postponement of exam and NBME is happening to so many that I do not think I am in a state of desperation...
BUT my friend...what would i have done without you???...han tell me...prob. breakkkkkkkkk
YOU are so gifted with your words and the way you tackle every situation...will never ever forget you...
I am and will be thanking you from my heart and soul for a long time...
I wish you true happiness and keep praying for you and your dreams.
Edited by study499 on 05/26/08 - 03:34 PM
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Target,
You are very sweet...
Thank you dear...Yah there must be something else than exercising and going out...maybe going to the beach...will see...
All the best with your CS exam
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Mileee,
Thanks dear...good to see u here
Good luck with CS
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Gustaaaaqi maaaf ho for being foolishly judgemental. I am not most of the times..But donno how it happened...
Will never happen again.
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I read that success in 99% perspiration and 1% inspiration. Personally, I have needed 10% of my time looking for inspiration. There is no sustitute for hard work. Keep working, friends!
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