Do you ever....

[-Danube-]

Dan, I have the same issue too. I seriously need help for it. It's really hard for me to revise. I can't concentrate on it and I'll end up feeling guilty for not revising. I think it has something to do with laziness and lack of motivation. Like you said, I'd rather do other things for no reason instead of revising. I just don't find the mood to revise.

I love it when i am in the mood to revise though.

I've done a whole 10 mins today GRRR

[GirlNextDoor15]

10 minutes!! Congratz! lol

[Mathew]

And yeah, my phone is also my biggest down fall, why did i ever get a blackberry?

Good question. Shoulda' got a HTC with Android.

Imo, the problem is that you're doing too much revision at once. Having days where you don't move, eat or sleep is terribly bad for you and that is no way to go about revision. You're only going to end up getting tired and bored. I tend to revise in 30 minute blocks and then do something to reward myself.. or maybe I'll try and do one test paper a day.

In January for example with Psychology, we have three topics in Unit 1. In the two weeks prior to the exam, I did half a topic per night which was 6 nights... then I did half a mock exam paper per night. It managed to work out perfectly with the final couple of nights free to review everything once again. It's all about time management, and cramming everything into your head at once will not help in the slightest.

[Accipiter]

I do atm about researching haha, just sat there like "really should do work, oooh itunes"

[dbgtz]

I don't even revise let along worrying about it. Well I done a little for maths just because the subject is vast and I've forgotten a little compared to what I knew a month ago.

[kuzkasate]

I've only started being like that recently, before that if I had an exam I would revise, revise, revise! Now I leave it to the last minute and get distracted easily, mainly by my iPhone! I don't know what's happened to me

[Shar]

What you need is a routine. Don't try and do everything at once and don't do too little either. Wake up early, eat breakfast watch tv whatever and then start revising all refreshed and stuff, do a couple of hours and then take a small break where you snack and whatever, check facebook/hx etc and then do a couple of more hours. Make it so you do a maximum of about idk 8 hours per day and a minimum of 4 and so you still have time to relax during the night. That way you will actually feel more relaxed and feel like you're being productive.

[Recursion]

I do that all the time, I only really start cramming 2 - 3 days before the exam :S

[Fez]

For subjects such as History and Science, I can cram it in about 30 mins - 1 hour depending on which topic it is, the night before. For something else like Maths I cannot revise at all and rely on my friends to teach me at school, although my dyscalculas fails me anyway. Revision at GCSE is useless for the most part but I can see at AS/A-level it's absolutely essential for super-duper gradez.