So today I'm doing a "getting ready" for the first time and since it is the end of the year, we all have a lot of exams. It does not really matter how old you are, if you're in school, you must have some exams, just like I did! That is why I wanted to do a "getting ready for an exam" because if you are stressed, you have 99% of chance to not be at your best infront of your paper so I thought I'd give you some tips and advice to be relax, prepared and having a good day because we all agree that a "stressed day" is the most annoying thing ever.
This one is a bit long but please read until the end, it is worth it!
It might seem a bit silly to say that but the more prepared you are, the more you will be relaxed basically. The best advice that I could give to you is to study a little bit every day and not to do every thing the day before the exam. What is the most perfect organisation if you asked me is to finished all revisions two days before the D-Day.
Every thing that I'm going to say is personal, some people have their own way of studying and their own way of remembering things etc so if it works for me it could work for you too but it also could not work at all!
First, what I like to do is to put my lessons and the most important points of it into notes on little cards. I have 3 different colors, one for scientificts subjects, another one for litterary/languages ones and the last color is for exercising and things like that. I keep them organized in a small ring binder. This is the papers that I like to use.
If you think you have everything on your head and that you are ready then we can pass on step 2. The day before try not to learn anything because it is going to be all blurry in your head, all the fresh infos won't be totally on your mind for the exams so it is a bad idea, at D-1 you should just try to relax, be zen, keep your ming busy if you do not want to completely freak out. What I personnaly adore to do is to work out. You don't have to pay for gym or work out cloths you know. There is so many YouTube videos/channels, IPhone apps and stuff that can 100% help and guide you from warm up to stretching! My favorite chanel is blogilates I highly recommand you to check it out and my favorite Iphone App is "Nike Training Club" which has so many work outs for every types of workers! Working out helps keeping your mind busy, helps clearing your head from negative thoughts and unwinds.
After I worked out for an hour more or less, I wait for about 20 minutes because you always keep sweating until your body completly calms and cools out.
What I really like to do is to make a bath. I'm not going to wash my hair obviously because it is going to be a warm relaxing bath. I'm going to use a lush bombe bath which is a gift from my amazing best friend so I can't tell you the name but it smells amazing, it smells like rose and I loooove it.
Since I like my bath very hot and I just worked out, I like to take a huge glass of very cold water or iced tea. My favorite iced tea is the oh so famous Arizona peached flavor which tastes like heaven in a bottle.
I'm a "book person" so as soon as I got a little time, I grab my book and read. A hot relaxing bath pre-work out isn't a hot relaxing bath pre-work out without a good book! Since the whole point of this article is to keep your mind busy, there's nothing better on earth than reading! I am currently reading "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green. I'm not gonna do any spoiler but OH MY FREAKING GOD I almost finished it and I'm crying my eyes out. I 100% am recommanding you to read it as soon as possible!
Of course, a proper pamper evening contains a mask! I usually use a purifying mask but I got a sample of a relaxing white clay mask from a french brand called "Laino" which is one of my all time favorites brands, it does creams and stuff like that. If you're from France and you see a product from Laino you should purchase it if you want my opinion.
This one has lavender essential oil and white clay which are so relaxing and tonifying at the same time, love it!
Try to cut off your cell phone and stop any informatics things as soon as possible because it keeps your brain awake and keeps it to calm down because of the light etc... Of course, the more you are rested the more you will feel good on D-Day.
I hope this article helps you in anyway and that you liked it.
If you want me to do a work out/weight loss article or something related please let me know!
Loads of love,
Lou xx
