Eve Nicholls: 2016

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Sunday, November 20, 2016
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How To Deal With Exam Stress & Pressure ♥

Hi everyone,

Today I am going to be talking about how to deal with exam stress and the pressures to do well in exams and get certain grades. I'm no expert on how to do well in exams but I do know a fair bit about controlling stress and the pressure to get certain grades in exams as I have gone through 4 years of secondary school exams (including mock exams and soon to be actual GCSE exams).

My first tip on how to deal with stress is by revising, I know revision is boring at times but it is a massive way of stopping you from getting as stressed. It is always a good idea to revise because there is nothing worse than going into an exam and panicking because you haven't done any revision, it usually calms you down if you know you have revised even a little bit because at least you feel a bit prepared. A way to make revision slightly more bearable is to do it with a friend and make colourful mind maps, you could even make your own revision playlist which is what I always do around exam time!

Make sure you are doing small amounts of revision every week or once you have finished a certain topic in a subject, this will just mean that you wont have to do excessive amounts of revision for every subject all at once. And all you'll have to do a couple of weeks before your exam is go over all of your flash cards or other revision material to make sure you know it all in preparation for the exam.

Make sure you have regular breaks from revision as I have learnt that by doing hours of revision without a break in between just tends to make you tired, stressed out and usually means you aren't as productive and tend to procrastinate a lot more. Go out with a friend to a movie or for dinner - do whatever you both find a treat and enjoy doing!

Revise for your exam using old exam papers and mark schemes, this will mean that when you come to doing the actual exam you'll know what each question looks like and will know what kind of answer you need to give as you would have seen the mark scheme for a similar question. You'll also be able to predict how well you may do in the exam and what topics you need to revise more of.

Make sure you ask your teachers how you can improve your grade, this will mean you'll be able to see what you need to do to ensure you get the best grade possible, this will also mean that if you do end up doing not so well in your exam, your teacher will know that you have tried and you have done lots of revision in preparation for your exam.

It is important to remember that if you are disappointed with your results that exam results on a bit of paper don't show anything about how intelligent you are or how well you will do in the future and that if you don't get the grade you wanted, you can always re-take the exam. One of my best friends told me this and it definitely helped before and during exams when I was feeling slightly nervous.

Let me know if you have any revision tips in the comments below!

~ Eve ♥

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Life Hacks: How To Pack Properly For Your Holiday ♥

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Hi everyone!

As you are reading this I am currently in Dubai on holiday so I thought that I would do a little post for you all about packing properly, which I know sounds quite obvious but you'd be surprised how many people don't take enough clothes or take a lot of things that they don't actually end up using.

1. Make sure that you have the right size suitcase for your holiday e.g. if you're going on holiday for two days you will only need a small suitcase but if it is a two week holiday you'll probably need a large one.

2. Check before your flight the weight restrictions for your suitcase as this will save a lot of time and hassle when you're at the airport check in desk. All airlines have certain weight restrictions so make sure you check the restrictions for whatever airline you are flying with. You can buy little scale type things that you put on to the handle of your suitcase to see how much it weighs and the best thing is, they are only a couple of pounds and they are life savers in my opinion.

3. Make sure you pack clothes that are appropriate to where you're going e.g. don't pack a big woolly jumper if you're going to a country that is boiling hot as you just won't wear it and it will take up a big part of your suitcase.

4. When you are packing your suitcase lay your clothes out and decide what you will possibly be wearing each night (obviously you don't have to stick to it but it is great to get a rough idea and lay an outfit out for each night instead of going to get dressed and realising that nothing actually goes together).

5. Consider what parts of your outfit you can wear more than once as this will again, save a lot of space for other things in your suitcase.

6. Always take more underwear than what you need, my mum has always said this since I was a little kid and I definitely think it is a great idea as you never know if your flight will get delayed or you'll get an unexpected surprise whilst you're out on holiday (girls you know what I'm talking about).

7. Take a spare outfit in your hand luggage. This is a great idea because you never know what will happen - your flight may get delayed or even worse, your luggage may not turn up.

8. If you're going with your family and you're taking more than one suitcase pack some of your stuff in another suitcase, this means that if worst comes to worst and your suitcase doesn't turn up at least you were prepared and have a few outfits.

9. Take something to keep you entertained on holiday. I always take lots of entertainment as I don't always want to be in the sun... I usually take a book and any electronics that I can listen to music or watch films on.