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e 4 hours in a day, I am in celebratory mode.</p><p id="77e6">Before work, while holding a full-time job, I study for 1- 2 hours. There are mornings I do not study at all. Depending on what happens at the office, I could listen to audio lectures as compensation. Of course, the quality and duration of each session varies.</p><p id="4606">Usually, by the end of the day, I am in no mood to study. Studying can only happen if I sleep and then wake up refreshed. This has been my MO for months.</p><p id="361e">To experiment, one day I took a day off work. I have 4 upcoming exams; two this month and two in June. Honestly speaking, I did not do any extraordinary studying. I studied for only 2 hours that day. Other things I did that day were cooking, grocery shopping, and Wifey duties.</p><p id="454d">This is probably what I have always feared; that having too much time on my hands would not be for studying. I’d rather involve myself in various activities over the day. Regardless of whatever hours one puts in, c<a href="https://readmedium.com/what-achieving-difficult-goals-really-looks-like-b0a0ebfe4f86">onsistency pays.</a></p><h2 id="27d5">Update:</h2><p id="229e">It turns out I can study for over 4 hours. I can do as much as 10 hours in a day. <a

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href="https://readmedium.com/i-resigned-from-my-job-abruptly-and-everyone-suddenly-acts-surprised-7a2a6a19afcc">Quitting my job</a> created the time and mental space. <a href="https://readmedium.com/im-bursting-with-joy-over-this-exciting-news-a309066f1fd3">I passed the exams in January. </a>Several people reached out to me, asking what strategy I used. I remember emphasizing that this is not one size fits all. However, I told them a study leave helped.</p><p id="cb10" type="7">Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds that you plant.</p><p id="430a" type="7">Robert Louis Stevenson</p><div id="3dbd" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/with-this-change-this-might-be-one-way-i-learn-unlearn-and-relearn-865e2a728f94"> <div> <div> <h2>This Change Might Be One Way I Learn, Unlearn, And Relearn.</h2> <div><h3>The power of changing locations.</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*ILmgInokXBGrl_Sf)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds that you plant.

There’s this WhatsApp group I belong to. It’s for doctors who migrated to North America intending to practice their craft with a license someday. A lot of information hits the platform daily.

One day, someone who had passed one of the licensing exams shared her strategy. She was quick to emphasize that her strategy might not work for everyone.

She listed all the materials she used and said she stopped working and studied for 12 hours each day. Honestly, when I read that, I almost fell off my seat. She worked on question banks for 4 hours each morning, afternoon, and night.

I tried to wrap my mind around it. How on earth can I study for 12 hours each day? If I manage 4 hours in a day, I am in celebratory mode.

Before work, while holding a full-time job, I study for 1- 2 hours. There are mornings I do not study at all. Depending on what happens at the office, I could listen to audio lectures as compensation. Of course, the quality and duration of each session varies.

Usually, by the end of the day, I am in no mood to study. Studying can only happen if I sleep and then wake up refreshed. This has been my MO for months.

To experiment, one day I took a day off work. I have 4 upcoming exams; two this month and two in June. Honestly speaking, I did not do any extraordinary studying. I studied for only 2 hours that day. Other things I did that day were cooking, grocery shopping, and Wifey duties.

This is probably what I have always feared; that having too much time on my hands would not be for studying. I’d rather involve myself in various activities over the day. Regardless of whatever hours one puts in, consistency pays.