Hey! Welcome to part two of our new series about making and sticking to your quizzing study schedule. In this post I'll walk you through how to actually make your study schedule, and when to do it. Making a realistic study schedule: The biggest reason why quizzers end up not being able to keep up with their study schedule, is simply because it isn't realistic. They aren't able to do it along with everything else in their lives. This isn't something to criticize someone about, it's a real issue. Sometimes we just need a little help getting our lives under control and in order. Here's a quick little check list to make sure your study schedule (if you already have one. If you don't, no biggy, I'll help you with that later on in this post) is realistic, and possible for you to complete on a regular basis.
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Okay, now for those who have not made a schedule yet, here's some things for you. Use Microsoft Excel or make a graph DIY and make room for you to check off everything that you've done each day. This is a form of completion, a visual pat on the back, and also just help you keep track in an organized manner. Here's what mine looks like: (now keep in mind, your study schedule simply needs to be personalized towards your goals, abilities, schedule, and experience.) Now, I usually don't get everything done (disclaimer: I have been very busy with school starting and moving my big sister off to collage and getting my first job :P), but I do try to get as much done as I can each day, and that's all I ask from myself. If I do everything, in full, it would probably end up being over two or tree hours of a mix of hard and light studying.
Notice the top task: "Memorize 6 verses". At the beginning of the season, it was 3 verses, but because I got behind, it has now doubled and I have to pick up my own slack before I get even more behind. Do I beat myself up about getting behind, and get all depressed and discouraged because I didn't keep up with my schedule? Absolutely not! I know I might not have worked as hard as I should have, but hey, that's okay! I'll try harder, and I'll do better in the future! Don't let your past failures define you: they're in the past, they don't mean anything. ] I've realized here in the past couple of weeks, that there are three different things scattered on my schedule:
Studying:
Practicing:
Memorizing:
Try to split up all your selected tasks into these categories to help you plan out your day better. Alrighty, well that's all I have for you today, but stay tuned for the third and final post of this series coming up soon! Thanks for reading! Keep calm and quiz on (and out)! Your fellow quizzer, Mallory
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It is really important in quizzing that you have a set, firm, and productively created quizzing study and practice schedule, to keep you on task and moving forward all throughout the year. From experience, I know that this can prove to be a slightly difficult thing to do at the beginning, because it may feel a little confining for some people, but please understand when I tell you, IT WILL BE WORTH IT! When you get on a roll, and in your groove, you will be able to move forward a lot faster, it will be easier to not loose motivation or "burn out", and do it in a calm, collected, and organized manner. No one likes freaking out the night before a quiz, and studying up so hard that you get a physical headache and upset stomach (me last year, before a small insignificant quiz around November). I almost got myself so literally sick with worry that I couldn't go to the quiz at all! Quizzing is supposed to be fun, and challenging, but more times than not it seems, newer quizzers get overwhelmed with everything, and either quit, or stress themselves out for no reason. Don't get me wrong, the right kind of pressure is good! You need to know that you need to study, or else you won't do as well as you want to. But you also need to understand that stressing yourself out about it isn't a good thing, it's destructive and unnecessary. In order to help out the newer quizzers who are figuring out the whole quizzing thing, I'm going to introduce in more detail what I do to keep from stressing about how I will do at quizzes and practices: MAKING AND KEEPING A QUIZZING STUDY AND PRACTICE SCHEDULE. So, what is a Quizzing study and practice schedule? It's a plan that is specific to your needs and wants, that helps you know what to do when you're scatter-brained about all the other things in life. It simplifies the seemingly complicated art of study and practice combination that results in high placings in competitions and tournaments, and inspiring our fellow quizzers. There are several different formats in which we can enforce our plan/schedule for quizzing in our everyday lives. But if you're thinking you might want to try this, just remember, YOUR LIFE WON'T CHANGE UNTIL YOU CHANGE SOMETHING THAT YOU DO DAILY. Meaning that it's all fine and good for you to dream about getting better, but a dream without a plan is just a wish, and we need to realize and acknowledge that truth. Hey, I believe in you! I believe that if you apply yourself to anything in life, then you CAN succeed! And that includes weird things like TBQ :P It may seem overwhelming at first, but the more you know about it (or anything else in life) the less scary it will be. Have fun, and I'll see you in part 2 of this very important series! DON'T GIVE UP! Thanks for reading! Keep calm and quiz on (and out)! Your fellow quizzer, Mallory Hey Quizzers!
Since most of my posts are strictly about quizzing (which I'm fine with, I enjoy them) I thought it might be cool to experiment with something that could possibly bring benefit to your everyday life, outside of Quizzing. I usually have trouble getting started and going in the morning, and sometimes (unfortunately) it takes me a good while to get to where I can really start getting things done. I realized that I had a problem, so I started to work on some ways to fix it, and I just wanted to share with you what I've found, how they've worked, and what I've seen change.
You won't change your life until you change something that you do daily. Productivity is a big part of quizzing, and if we can get the rest of our lives productive, bright, and running full speed ahead, then quizzing will fall right into place. Don't worry about the little things, focus on the big picture and they'll take care of themselves. But above all, "Seek first the Kingdom of God, and all these things (what you'll wear, what you'll eat, etc.) will be added unto you." If we're really seeking Him, studying and thinking on His word, and who He is, then we will be prosperous and have good success (Joshua 1:8). We need to acknowledge Him in ALL of our ways, and then He'll direct our paths (Proverbs 3:6). We need to bring EVERY thought into captivity to Christ, with the tools He's supplied us with freely (2 Corinthians 10:5). Dwelling in His presence is literally the top thing that should be on our priority list, and that means that that is the thing we spend our thoughts, time, words, and actions on. NOTHING else can come close to competing with it, for first place. God will keep them in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on Him (Isaiah 26:3). If you want perfect peace, keep your mind on God - bring every thought into captivity to Christ. Thanks for reading, Have a fantastically productive day! Keep calm and quiz on (and out)! Your fellow quizzer, Mallory Hello!
Correct me if I'm wrong, but at least in my opinion, According To's are the most neglected type of question, and that's mainly because not everyone knows how to stay on top of the material and study for them. So I'm going to try and help you with that real quick in this post. (These steps are meant to be done in order :P But I would encourage you to experiment with different variations of this outline, adding, subtracting, mixing around, to see what works best for you!)
Of course, we want to aim high and miss by a little rather than to aim low and hit it ever time, right? So this is pretty heavy study for pretty much everyone (because it works best if you do this all in one day), but it will rock your According To world. Thanks for reading, keep calm and quiz on (and out)! Your fellow quizzer, Mallory Hi guys!
It's Megan, I'm a fellow quizzer who will be co-authoring this blog with Mallory. I think it is a great opportunity to be able to reach out to other quizzers through this outlet to answer questions and give tips. And perhaps we could even interest someone to try out quizzing for the first time! Thanks so much, for the privilege to able to co- author this blog Mallory, I really appreciate it! :D Now, a little about myself, I'm a fourth year quizzer who recently competed at Nationals this summer. I really enjoyed Acts last year, but I'm honestly looking forward to GEPCP, as it is WAY shorter and not to mention easier on those of us who decide to memorize it all. In my past 3 years of quizzing, what I've really learned is that repetition and memorizing are very important. Even if you memorize only a couple verses, they are really helpful with recall to answer questions, and hiding God's word in your heart so you can remember them during the hard times. For this reason, a lot of my posts will be based on this type of study pattern as it would be a challenge that both you and I would face as I am going to be memorizing the whole scripture material this year. I typically specialize in only memory verses, but this will be the season for new beginnings! With each post I will lead you along the journey of broadening your quizzing horizons! Stay tuned for tips from my next post! -Megan |
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