Coping with stress

End of quarter is the time we plan for next one and everything suddenly becomes super hectic. Work has been stressing me out, working 10 hours a day leaves no energy to study. Plus my sinuses have not been kind with the rainy weather.

I thought of finding ways to cope with this. My first step was a proactive approach that I took a month back when I requested for work from home option for about 2 days a week. This gives me time to relax n study with calmer mind. Next step is what I've started only 2 days back is to do a bit of yoga. The breathing techniques calm my mind and it only needs 15-20 mins. I've been irregular with 'surya namaskar' which energizes me, trying to get regular since two days. This is the least for me to do two weeks before the exam. I tried gym but I'm definitely not a gym person and can't go for swim with rains, can't risk falling ill.

Let me review my preps in the days I haven't blogged - I took one more test MGMAT. List of tests and I'll keep adding so that I can track them:

13 Jun: 640 - Q45 V33 MGMAT

17 Jun: 600 - Q43 V30 MGMAT

20 Jun: 690 - Q49 V34 GMAT prep

29 Jun: 680 - Q48 V35 MGMAT

I always do my tests with AWA and timing and without pauses (may be one off for a min or so to answer the door, sad part of living alone!)

The number of questions I get right are increasing and careless mistakes reducing. The careless errors creep up when I've been with books for long or do the questions towards end of the day. I need to build on my strength so that it lasts me. Still some formula revisions required. For Indians I would recommend picking Class 10th ICSE Math book to revise Geometry and Algebra. Some resources I found online -
http://www.nointrigue.com/docs/notes/maths/maths_circlegeom.pdf http://www.ecalc.com/math-help/ (I find algebra very helpful)

I've picked some formulas I need and have added them to my flashcards.