Mondays are usually the hardest days for me in terms of studying. I am learning not to stress myself out if i’m not able to get it done. Instead, I give myself a day off, but if I choose to spend an hour or less studying, I will do that, but it’s not mandatory. That way, I don’t get sick of seeing Ruby all week long, and I’m able to do other things that I enjoy. I picked up crocheting again, and it always surprises me how easy it is. You can pretty much learn anything on Youtube, and it’s easiest I think to learn how to do something like this that way. It’s free too, which is awesome. I play the video on half-speed, and pause when I need to. Right now I’m learning to how crochet a half double piece. The only thing that messes me up is keeping track of how many stitches I have but I can count them at the end. Other than that, it’s very relaxing to do, and I feel accomplished because I’m making something! I always have that urge to make things. It can be anything from cakes, to little crochet pieces, to paintings. It keeps the demons away 🙂

Tomorrow is when the hard works gets done. My goal is 6 hours, broken up using the pomodoro technique. On days that I feel more tired, I tend to do 30 minutes of work, 10 minutes of rest for the entirety of the study session. Otherwise, I’m able to do about a 45 minutes to an hour and then take a little longer break. Around the 2 or 3 hours mark is when I stop for lunch and doing something fun like play video games, after which I start again for the remainder of the 3 hours. If I get 6 hours a day everyday until Saturday, I’ll hit my weekly goal of 30 hours. I really want to start preparing for the assessment by the end of September so that I may take it sometime in October. I don’t want to rush it, that would be detrimental as I’d risk failing, but I don’t want to stagnant either when I put in the hard work now and progress steadily, but surely.

Anyways, that’s it for tonight. I’m going to learn that half-double stitch, then call it a night.

P.S. Hurricane Dorian has been monstrous in the Caribbean these past few days. It hit St. Croix, where my mom lives, as a Category 1 storm and it’s amazing how fast those things pick up speed. I saw so many videos of people trapped in their homes and cars, and even attics watching the waters flooding in on them. I know it’s even more terrifying at night. That must be scary. I’m grateful to be here in my bed and I wish there was something I could do. Goodnight.