Playing games before the HSC? (1 Viewer)

[jamesfirst]

I'm a bit worried at the moment. I started playing games (after I do an intensive 4-8 hrs of study) at night as a break. I haven't played games all year and recently started playing...


I'm a bit worried whether this will play against me. I don't want to sacrifice my ATAR of 95+ (considering I've worked extremely hard)


What are you guys doing right now??? Studying hard and giving yourselves a plenty of break? What type of breaks do you usually grant yourselves??

I should quit playing games >.>

 

[Aerath]

I watched an episode of Survivor, or Criminal Minds or something.

 

[Omnipotence]

I've been playing games/watching episodes after studying.

 

[AussieVesti]

There's nothing wrong with playing games before a big exams. I did it often during the HSC and subsequently in university. The trick is to not overdo yourself. From what you've detailed about your study plan, I think you've struck a great balance between study and relaxation provided you aren't forgoing sleep. Don't get pressured into thinking that having breaks will reduce your performance.

Just make sure you know when to quit though. If you find yourself losing track of time, that's a sign that you have overdone it and you need to get back to the grind.

 

[slyhunter]

Nothing wrong with it if your study time isn't sacrificed.

 

[mirakon]

Yeah 1 hour a day is fine

 

[Shadowdude]

Leisure breaks are super important. Make sure you schedule them in regularly. Do your work, but make sure you have some leisure you don't burn out. Because once you burn out... then you're pretty much stuffed.

 

[yours]

What games? I haven't really done any study yet.

 

[jamesfirst]

Getamped. If you know what it is, it's a korean game


It's called Splash fighters in american... >.>


Anyhow, I was going to do 3-4 hrs of RE tonight but ended up doing 2 hrs >.> and started playing getamped again (that is from 2am - 3am)


So in total, I did around 6 hrs of study today... ashamed.


I should really do 8 hrs a day from tmr!!!!!!!!! And I get around 9-10 hrs of sleep.

 

[slyhunter]

Wow, I aim for 6hrs a day and think that's an achievement already.

 

[Aerath]

Wow, I aim for 6hrs a day and think that's an achievement already.

Is the achievement actually doing the 6 hours a day? Or aiming to achieve 6 hours a day?

 

[slyhunter]

Is the achievement actually doing the 6 hours a day? Or aiming to achieve 6 hours a day?

Aiming.

I'm extremely lazy.

 

[krnofdrg]

I get like 11hrs of study, 3-4hrs of break which i go on BOS or youtube (dinner, lunch, brekky, breaks between each subject), 7-8 hrs of sleep.

Caffeine seems to work for me also ..

 

[imZerroo]

lol recently... i've been walking over to a park nearby and swinging on swings and sliding on slides.
gets good fresh air, but i make sure no one's around at that time, it will look so weird.

 

[SpreadTheWord]

I'm a bit worried at the moment. I started playing games (after I do an intensive 4-8 hrs of study) at night as a break. I haven't played games all year and recently started playing...


I'm a bit worried whether this will play against me. I don't want to sacrifice my ATAR of 95+ (considering I've worked extremely hard)


What are you guys doing right now??? Studying hard and giving yourselves a plenty of break? What type of breaks do you usually grant yourselves??

I should quit playing games >.>

You can't study all the time. During the day, i go driving, gym, and play games and all the usual stuff. I don't see chilling as a reward, or have a set amount of time for it; i just take them whenever i feel like it. You also mentioned in your subsequent post, only doing 2 hours instead of 4 for RE. Just now i managed within 45 minutes to go through a whole topic in Biology, and learnt quite a lot. So don't set time limits for revision.

And No you shouldn't stop mate.

 

[jamesfirst]

This is basically what I do:


2pm - wake up

3 - 5 pm - exercise

5-9pm - study (with 5-10 min breaks in between studies)

9-11pm - rest on the computer

11-3am - study a specific subject (I try... yesterday, I failed and did it up to 1am - because it was RE and it's boring)

 

[Official]

This is basically what I do:


2pm - wake up

3 - 5 pm - exercise

5-9pm - study (with 5-10 min breaks in between studies)

9-11pm - rest on the computer

11-3am - study a specific subject (I try... yesterday, I failed and did it up to 1am - because it was RE and it's boring)

wtf, my mum comes in raging if I continue to sleep past 10:30 am, lucky you i suppose

 

[slyhunter]

Um, you should get into a positive sleeping pattern just before the HSC, like waking up 9am etc.

 

[jamesfirst]

Um, you should get into a positive sleeping pattern just before the HSC, like waking up 9am etc.

I know.

A week before HSC, I'm going to practice waking up around 8am

 

[Aerath]

wtf, my mum comes in raging if I continue to sleep past 10:30 am, lucky you i suppose

My parents would rage when I woke up later than 8am.