Studying Around the Holidays

The holidays make it harder than ever to get in a solid amount of studying. Some of you may be traveling or hosting family. Others may simply need the extra holiday dollars at work and have bitten off more shifts than they can chew. I myself have fallen behind on updating this blog due to traveling! The solution is simple: when time is not easy to find, you have to make it. How can you make time around the holidays? Here's a few tips.

1. Don't sleep or play games on the plane- study! An airplane is one of my favorite places to get work done. You have a nice constant drone in the background, access to a bathroom or beverages should you need it, and nothing better to do. If your seatmates distract you, put some headphones in and get to work. No excuse. This same advice can be applied to a car as well. If you get sick while reading or looking down in a car, change your study source to something that's pure audio.

2. At a relatives' house, get up early. You are most likely used to an early schedule anyway. Get up around 6am and you're guaranteed to have at least two hours of quiet study time before anyone else is awake. If you're tired later, take a nap- it's the holidays and expected anyway.

3. Bring question apps rather than large books. The books will be annoying to lug around and there won't be room on the holiday table for them, what with all the food. Get some good apps! Recommended top app for hardcore questions is NCLEX Mastery. Solid questions and the ability to tag questions as "know", "know somewhat" and "don't know" will help you go over them again and again. They don't pay me- I just know good questions when I see them. : )

What are your suggestions for studying around the holidays?

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