Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Bar Review Diary No. 2

I have been studying since the 21st of April. It's the thirtieth of July. I am freakin' tired. My reading pace has relatively slowed down. I am not that focused. I have somehow lost my motivation. Worst, I am losing my ability to believe in myself. 

Yes, anxiety is kicking in. I'd wake up in the middle of the night and be haunted by my Bar Exam fears. I have been studying for months now and yet, it feels like I haven't done anything worthwhile. I can't seem to remember what I have studied in the past and I cannot absorb what I am reading now. Again, I am freakin' tired. 

The Bar Review is truly a humbling experience. It is when you realize that whoever you are in law school and whatever it is that you have achieved in the past do not really matter.At the end of every day, all you have to do is thank God for sustaining you and hope that he will continue to sustain you. 

Yes, that's what I do, I just lift it up to God. I am aware of my limitations. I am aware of the fact that I am just human, I cannot study for one day straight as that would make me crazy. In the same manner, I cannot keep forcing myself to study because I still have two months. Better to be burning out now than in October. I need all my strength in October. Thus, I'll just lift everything to God. He'll take care of me. I'll work as if it's up to me and trust God as if it's up to him. Ora et Labora.