The time for deep, focused studying is in the month (or months) before the exam, not on the night before. Studies show that studying for longer periods of time increase knowledge more than short cramming sessions. When you meet your goals, go ahead and treat yourself. Go get an ice cream cone. Play an hour of your favorite game. Go window shopping at a nearby store. This will keep your motivation high.
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One-sentence summary -- Set aside thirty minutes to an hour every day for studying. Reward yourself.


Draw the circle so it's as wide as you'd like the sphere to be. Press lightly so you can easily go back and shade in the sphere. For a little help drawing a circle, trace something round or use a compass. Determine where light hits your sphere and begin shading along the opposite side of the sphere where the shadow would fall. Then, apply a little less pressure as you shade in the curved center of the sphere. Use a light touch to shade just a little where the light would hit the sphere. For example, if light hits the top right of the sphere, press firmly along the bottom left portion of the sphere to make a shaded crescent.
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One-sentence summary -- Make a circle using a pen or pencil. Apply heavy pressure to shade a sliver of the sphere's side and bottom.


Purchase a dry cleaning solvent, which is a liquid, non water-based cleaning solution that’s used to clean tough stains on a variety of different materials, including carpet. Instead of pouring the solvent directly on the carpet, first pour some on a clean, white cloth. Gently dab at the stain on the carpet with the cloth that you wetted with the dry cleaning solvent. Keep blotting the stain until no more of it is being removed. If you didn’t successfully remove all the stain using the dry cleaning solvent, you will have to try another method. Before you do so, wet a cloth with water and dab at the stained area to absorb any dry cleaning solvent that may have been soaked into the carpet. Then pat the area dry with a dry cloth. Create the same dishwasher solution that was recommended to remove iodine from upholstery in Method 2, then dab the dishwasher solution onto the stain using a white cloth. Keep dabbing until you are no longer lifting any more stain.  You don’t need to clean off the dishwashing solution before trying the vinegar solution. Don’t throw away the leftover dishwasher solution. If the dishwashing solution alone didn’t remove all the stain, create a vinegar solution in a small bowl using ⅓ cup (80 ml) of white vinegar and 2/3 cup (160 ml) of water. Then dip a clean white cloth into the solution and dab at the stain the same way as you did with the dishwashing solution. If the stain is still present, create an ammonia solution made of 1 tablespoon (15 ml) ammonia and ½ cup (120 ml) of water. Then dip a clean cloth into the solution and dab at the stain. Once more, dip a clean cloth into the dishwashing solution you used before and use it to blot at the stain. This will help to pick up any remaining stain and also lift up the remnants of vinegar and ammonia solution. Once the stain has been removed, wet a clean cloth with cool water, then dab at the area of carpet you were working on. This should fully remove any of the solution remnants and leave your carpet as good as new!
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One-sentence summary -- Pour dry cleaning solvent on a clean white cloth. Blot at the carpet with the dry cleaning solvent. Blot the stain with dishwashing solution. Dab the stain with a vinegar solution. Dab the stain with an ammonia solution. Blot the stain again with the dishwashing solution. Sponge the carpet with cool water.


Motivation requires a target. It's hard to get motivated when your goals are vague, undefined, and as a result, impossible to achieve.  You will be more motivated if you define your goals and break them down into smaller goals that you can take bites out of accomplishing on a regular basis. Make sure your smaller goals are still meaningful to you and be sure to break them down into things you can actually accomplish – otherwise your motivation will tank.  For example, if you are struggling with motivation to get into law school, remember that this goal is the overall goal. However, to keep motivated, you will benefit by further breaking this large goal down into objectives (actions you can take) and tasks (specific, small things to do) to accomplish it. So, if your goal is to apply and get into law school, objectives could be taking the LSAT and selecting a list of schools to apply to. Breaking down “taking the LSAT” further could include tasks such as researching LSAT prep-books, looking up the costs of taking the LSAT, and locations to take the LSAT. An example of a task you might set to select a list of schools to apply to would be figuring out the best criteria to use to select schools (e.g., is location an important factor for you? Prestige of the school?). Hang a paper consisting of all the goals of your life. Before going to bed and in early morning read that paper and be motivated by your goals. Figure out which goals are most important to you. Which goals would you be the most motivated to accomplish first? Think realistically about whether each goal is attainable based on your current time, financial, and other resources. Sometimes one goal needs to be accomplished before it makes sense to begin another goal (i.e., goals sometimes build on each other). Focusing on improving one or two areas will help prevent you from feeling overwhelmed – being overwhelmed can kill your motivation. When you feel overwhelmed, you may be tempted to abandon pursuing your goals because you think they can’t be achieved.  In some cases, some goals are necessary to learn before you can tackle the others. Since the LSAT is required to attend law school, you need to study for and take it before you can apply. Begin with a goal that is easily attainable so you can have an early success that will keep you motivated as you go forward. Once you have organized your goals by importance, choose the first two or three most important goals and create a to-do list of daily tasks or objectives that will help you to accomplish, over time, these broader goals. An example of an objective would be to study 1 chapter of an LSAT prep book.  Make sure that you don’t pursue too many objectives at once, or your goals will come into conflict as they compete for your time, and you may end up being less motivated and less productive.   Break your objectives down into smaller tasks. A task is a small, specific thing that you can do to achieve your objective. For example, a task could be to study your LSAT book for 1 hour a day, or to study 10 pages a day of 1 chapter of your LSAT prep book. To stay motivated, keep a written list of your daily tasks and cross them off each day that you finish. This will remind you that you are being productive; it feels good, too. Repeat this process until you feel that you have mastered the objective, and replace it with another. For example, each time you study your LSAT book for the day, cross it off your list of daily tasks. When you've finished the chapter, move on to the next one.
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Create a list of goals. Organize your goals. Make a list of actionable objectives. Accomplish your objectives.