[Accountingbeans]

So now that it’s getting nice out and I’m encountering many nice beautiful summer days, what are some tips that you all might have for dealing with studying while it’s gorgeous outside? It’s very difficult having to sit and study for hours and hours on beautiful weekends. I know it really just comes down to discipline, but what do you all do?

Some things I thought of:
-Study outside when possible
-Study in the early morning and later at night so that I can do something during the day

What else?

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[CPAIN2K17]

I study on my phone at the pool on the weekends. Maybe not as effective as studying at home at a desk, but I would go crazy spending the whole day indoors.

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[Jdn9201]

All of those are good ideas. I lived in FL close to the beach when I was taking the exams and I got sand in all of my Roger books from taking them to the beach. I would also say try to enjoy being outside sometimes without doing any studying at all. The break makes you sharper for when you go back to study later.

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[golfball7773]

Can Confirm: It is hard to study when it is nice outside. However, today in South Dakota, it 85 degrees with the humidity in the 80 percent. Gross

I tend to do 30ish questions and then go outside and work on the lawn stuff. Or load the dishwasher then go back upstairs and do more.

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[Meg267]

I am in South Dakota as well, and I'm finding it incredibly difficult to study on weekends, as I just want to be outside and doing activities! I'm having to force myself to study. It will be worth it in the end.

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[golfball7773]

Well today is no fun being outside if you are SE SD – good lord that humidity

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[Meg267]

I don't mind it. I'd rather take the humidity than the 9 months of winter 😉 Arn't you Rollie? I follow your posts! It's great to see another SD person on here! I'm located in SF too.

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[golfball7773]

Ding Ding Ding Ding!

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[Missy]

I treated studying like a paying job and when something else sounded better I'd ask myself if that excuse (good weather, celebrating, toothache) would fly with a boss. Somehow framing it in that context helped.

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[shawn in VA]

It is rather difficult to study when the weather is nice out -as has been the case in the WASH DC area last few weeks. Weekdays are a routine b/c I work FT, so it does not matter meaning study 1 hour before work, 1 hour at work, and 1-2 hours after work.

Weekends is waaay more difficult when weather is nice. Try to do a couple hours really early in morning, enjoy the majority of day outside, the a couple hours at night. Still manage to get 4-5 hours in per weekend day so 8-10 hours per weekend— not so bad.

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[rwglapalma]

@Accounting beans I know what you mean! I am struggling with the same issue. On the weekdays it's relatively easy to get 2-4 hours in after work, but on the weekends lately I've been trying to just hit it hard in the morning and–assuming I don't enjoy too many adult beverages–do at least 30 mcqs in the evening. Taking my notes and the NINJA notes to read outside makes studying when the weather is nice less painful, if not as effective. I'm 9 days out from my next exam and don't feel like I know much more than when I started studying for it, so I've also got a resigned mentality working against me.

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