Catalyst

Well, not surprisingly I have procrastinated on the MCAT studying.

HOWEVER! I did take a practice MCAT and I got a 28, this is acceptable. Now, I just have to motivate myself in some other way than "Holy Crap! If I don't study, I'll get a 25!" Granted, not having that anxiety is nice. But I only have about 3 weeks of studying left. And that's not much when you work and have commitments every weekend until the test... And I *still* suck at organic chemistry to boot!

So, I have shifted my focus to trying to increase my verbal score. Because that is totally doable. That will take the pressure off of learning a lot of material in a short amount of time, and hopefully, significantly raise my test score.

So, in the spirit of studying, and ironically at the same time procastinating, here is a very interesting TED talk that I dearly love. http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation.html

Basically, the idea is that we need the motivation in our lives from within ourselves with autonomy to do it and master it. Sounds like the exact opposite of what my boss wants. Ugh.

Existentialism on Prom Night

Things I need to do ASAP:

-ask the letter writers to write letters

Although this is not urgent, it's courteous to let them know as far ahead of time as possible. This also will increase my chances of getting the letter in on time.

-complete studying for Biology for the MCAT
-take a sample MCAT

-find a time daily to walk or jog for 30 minutes


-today, pick up bird bath

There's tons more, but this is what I will focus on for the moment.