Procrastination and the Bar Review

Today I made a very important decision.

I will not procrastinate.
I will not procrastinate.
I will not procrastinate.
I will not procrastinate.
I will not procrastinate.


While driving in to work today, I reminded myself that I had not yet developed a schedule.

The mental conversation went like this . . .

Me: K, you have to develop a schedule. Design it up, print it out and account for every hour of the day and include the subjects that you plan to study for each day. It should be pretty, really, pretty.
Conscience: But, your first assignment isn't due until June 8th.
Me: Well, even still I should at least start studying for the MBE.
Conscience: But how, I don't even know what subject to start with.
Me: Let's see, the first assignment requires me to study Business Relationships and Professional Responsibility. Those aren't MBE subjects. I wonder what subject Micromash suggests I study first?
Conscience: Let's see . . .it doesn't say.
Me: Well I guess, I can't study until I know everything there is about "how to study"

and that's when I started to ignore my conscience, because I recognized that last line as my usual old excuse to procrastinate. I im'd one of my dearest-friends-in- the-law and asked her to call me. She happens to be at a top BIGLAW litigation firm in D.C. She also passed the Georgia Bar on the first try (she studied using Barbri).

she suggested the following, and noted that she will charge $30p/hour for future sessions:

1. Stop worrying about which subject to begin with for MBE.
2. While there will be some state distinctions on the MBE subject areas, they are minimal.
3. The most important component to MBE studying is building stamina while learning the material.
4. You must do 50 MBE questions each day under timed conditions, preferably in the morning.
5. Review the answers immediately following the test.
6. Spend only an hour and a half doing both.

The last bit of advice was passed on to her when she was studying last summer.