It’s 3am and I’m wide awake. It doesn’t help that this week I’m on morning support so a good night’s sleep would have been preferable; then again, a good night’s sleep any night would be way better than being awake at this time of day.

Anyway, I had no idea it would be so stuffy this early in the morning, nor that there would be so many cars out on the road already. Where are people off to?

Not that I don’t have enough time to do this already, but it gave me time to think things through. Admittedly, I ended up thinking in circles, drifting off on tangents and generally not reaching any conclusions on anything. Oh well.

I just realised I tag my post with “Stress” the most. I will skip tagging this one with that despite mentioning it

My mind is screwed up at the moment. I think I reached my limit of this whole single life thing. I mean despite not exactly living the wild life… or maybe because I’m not living the wild life… there’s something missing. Stupid wedding signs amongst other things. I think that’s really hit a never lol.

Ok, ok, let’s objectify this…

marriage, late 20s, early 30s
engagement, a few months
know the person / go out, year+
unconfusing myself, forever

Dammit, it’s 4am.

I once read somewhere… I think it was actually last night from the book I was reading…. teens is when you dream anything can happen… 20s is when you still believe in your dreams but understand that you might have to wait… and 30s is when reality hits and realise dreams don’t always come true…

Time to attempt to sleep.

Having gone to bed last night feeling totally drained I slept in until 11am this morning. A lie in well deserved? I don’t know.

Anyway, the plan for the day was to relax, recuperate and possibly re-motivate myself to do some project work. With less than a week to go until presentation day and a few more days after that until project submission, today really was the one and only day for catching up with some rest. …and rest I did. The day involved relaxing in front of the tv, watching random tv programs, playing some wii and watching the football…. but between all of that I felt the exhaustion still seeping through.

So, a nap was in order… I ended up sleeping from around 3 til 5 again. I think the 40+ hour day over the weekend combined with all the stresses over the past few weeks must have really taken its toll. It’s funny how you don’t notice these things when you’re in the midst of it.

Tomorrow, the stress piles on again…

After a long days work of revision, I thought I’d share my wonderful revision techniques with you:

1. Use colour for visual stimulation:

I suggest different colours to emphasise different points. Another technique is layering so once the initial notes have been made, add more scribbles to highlight key points. In my case, I just write the key points with a big red highlighter pen.

2. Cue cards/post-its also help:

I suppose it helps if the cue cards were for the relevant module.

3: Regular breaks prevent brain fatigue, so I take a look outside:

It’s amazing how interesting the London Eye is. I also saw 2 Chinooks, 3 RAF fighter jets, possibly Typhoons, a few regular helicopters, and private jets on their approach to City airport, a few birds and a man out that window today. The man was a surprise – not being on the ground floor it isn’t everyday that people walk by your window. There is a walled ledge though – design feature or maintenance practicality?

4. Drink plenty of fluids, preferably non-alcoholic.

5. Sleep, which is what I’ll be doing soon ^^