by mills

After completing my mocks about a month and a bit ago, I've been keen to share some advice and lessons I've learned because they are lessons I think most of us need to learn during exam seasons. I am also going to share with you some of the tips I have for motivation and not procrastination which to be honest, I would rather do sometimes! My first big lesson I've learned is to not burn out. I am one for revising too hard because I believe that I don't know it, however, this has ended in a couple of little breakdowns which could have been avoided, however, it is completely natural. I've learned this because after receiving my results, I could see that I'm actually doing fairly well, and I did manage to pass all my mocks, achieving grades 8-5 which is A*-C in the old specification for those of you who are unaware of the new grades. I am in no way a straight A or A* student and I don't aspire to be, I just aspire to do the best I can, without burning

Firstly, I would like to just say that this post should have gone up a few days earlier, however I have only just received all of my presents so it has gone up a lot later than expected, and I will explain why it has gone up so late, later. This Christmas I have received so many amazing presents and I am truly thankful for each and every one of them, and I may not have tonnes and tonnes of presents but to he honest, I didn't ask for much so some of these came as a surprise! Thank you to anyone who gave me a present, a card, or even just a message on my social medias, I am so grateful! I hope you all had an amazing Christmas too!  Starting with my parents, the first present I received was one I was elated about since booking it last year: a Christmas holiday to Centre Parcs. Since finding out the news we'd be going, I have been counting down the days, and on the 22nd we travelled to Sherwood Forest to spend 6 days in the forest, including the 22nd. It has been an incred