Wow.. April already?!

It doesn't seem that long ago since everybody was putting their Christmas trees up and getting ready for the festive period... So how the heck is it April already?! Don't get me wrong I absolutely love this time of the year, it's just 2015 is just going so quickly and it's scaring me.

2015 is going to be such a big year for me, I will FINALLY finish my A-Levels and will start uni on the way to achieving my dream job. It's a big year, but also a really exciting one. I just want it to slow down though. Knowing that in another 2 months I won't be attending the same sixth form and all my friends will be venturing off to different parts of the country makes me cherish every moment at collage with us all being together every day.

Best friends for life

April is one of my favourite months every year and this year it will be no different. Although it symbolises crunch-point for revision and exams it has many added bonuses too:

1. The first half of April I am off school for the Easter holidays meaning I can sleep for days, lounge about in hoodies and joggers, eat as much junk as I like and hibernate for two weeks .. WIN!
2. Two of my favourite people ever have their 18th birthdays. My beautiful cousin Poppy and best friend Jess. Hope you have lots and lots of fun, enjoy it, you only turn 18 once.
3. I get reunited with loads of my extended family at Easter time who I wish I could see more often. I still remember my cousins as little 4 years (Hey Romy and Isla :P) and they grow up so blooming quickly every single time I see them! 
4. I'm heading off to London for a long weekend to watch some of my faves (Rob, my Dad and my cousin Luce... oh and some folks from Rob's running club) run the London Marathon! Good luck to all of you! I know how much time and effort goes into this sort of stuff. You will all ace it, I promise you! (Standing in the same spot for hours watching sweaty men and women who look like they are dying, is actually more fun than it sounds I promise you)

   

   Rob at last year's marathon

So I am 100% going to cherish this April, knowing that the next two months will probably be the worst two years of my whole entire life, I blooming hate exams and revision! .. I know coursework takes a lot of time but why the heck didn't I take BTEC coursework subjects? :( :( Poor Moll

Anyway, I have rambled enough for today. Hope everyone else's April is a good one xxxx

Revision revision revision

Mock exam week results come out next week at my school and even before I them out I know one thing.. I have to get my bum into gear and get some work done (and quick!!!!)

I have actually been pretty good these last couple of weeks using my free periods at school to do work whereas I always used to just mess around on my iPad browsing the Daily Mail and shopping online! I've also been doing a bit of work in the evenings but not much and I always try to leave my weekends free if possible to just relax. But I think that needs to change. 

I worked out today that it is only 63 days until my first exam, so just over 2 months away, yikes. And my last exam is 93 days away. Meaning just 3 months of hard work to go and then I can relax. I will be able to have a much better summer if I know for a fact that I did my very best and there is nothing more I could have done. 

Revision has always been a complete bore to me and I just used to read the textbook the night before and hope for the best, which never happened, hence why I had to redo year of sixth form. I wouldn't recommend that revision technique to anyone, I've been there, done that, and it worked horrendously. 

Last year though I tried something new, I actually revised months ahead of my exams and surprise surprise it worked and I was happy with my results. So obviously I am doing this again this year. Revision is going well and I have already made loads of revision cards for the 54 different case studies I need to know in full in psychology and I have made revision sheets for my other subjects too. I've made them all look nice and pretty because I know if it's just in plain black and white I will never look at them again. I've been surprised with how effective they have been to be perfectly honest with you. Who knew just adding a bit of colour would help?!

Revision sheets so far

Revision cards

So yeah, a few things are going to have to take a bit of backseat for now as revision is my number 1 priority and blogging may be one of the things that I stop for a little bit, but we will see how things go ey? 

Adios 

Molly xxx