More activities

While on winter break I got lucky enough to be taken to pismo beach for the first time. After a two hour drive, I arrived at the beach and geared up for going ATVing. One of the most fun things I've done since living in Cali. In pismo there are sand dunes that stretch for thousands of acres that are open to the public for riding. The dunes range anywhere from 5ft to 100ft. Now I'm no expert so I wasn't to keen on heading down the giant dunes but I did a couple of times just taking it slow. Overall it was an excellent day and I highly suggest heading up to check it out. 

Me and an ATV in pismo

Winter break

Over winter break I discovered a bunch of new parts of California. By far my favorite of them was Lake Tahoe. Located on the California Nevada boarder, there is basically an unlimited number of things to do. When I went, about 13 of my friends and I rented a cabin in the Tahoe keys. We went for 4 days going snowboarding at Sierra and heavenly resorts. Only bummer was that this year has been a dry winter and there isn't a whole lot of snow. Still, we had a blast as we spent out days at the mountains and our nights at the casinos in Nevada. There a couple different one but we spent most of our time at harrahs. Solid spot and definitely a good time. Casinos are definitely one of the easiest places to make friends and cut loose with your friends. 

Here's what happens when you make friends with cool coats

Find some time to relax

One things to remember while studying for finals is it find times to take a break and get your mind of material. For me going to the beach with a couple dogs is a solid way to clear my mind so I can focus up. The typical routine I go by is 45 minutes on 15 minutes off. Study for 45 minutes straight then take a little 15 minute break. It's helpful for staying sharp and not getting overworked. Overall, don't allow yourself to become to stressed because then you'll just start forgetting things you know. Best of luck this week folks. 

Finals grind

Obviously everyone is a little stressed out with finals coming up. One thing I've found that helps me is studying in a group as opposed to by yourself a focused group is often more helpful than watching 100 khan academy videos on your own. Usually it's a group of 2-3 that i work with to get things done. The benefit is that if one person doesn't know the answer to a question pertaining to specific material, another person will. This advice is coming a little late but find study buddies right at the beginning of the semester. It makes schoolwork infinitely more bearable and often easier. Best of luck compadres. Hopefully you don't need to memorize tables like this 

Thanksgiving

For all the folks who are far from home on thanksgiving, I suggest doing roommate thanksgiving. I've been doing it for the last few years and it's always excellent. One of the best parts is that is affordable to do everything. With 10 people everyone can pitch in a few bucks and a thanksgiving meal for everyone becomes easy to make and easy to buy. Last night at my place we did a Black Friday thanksgiving dinner since we all had to work thanksgiving day. Excellent food with a bunch of our friends and leftovers. Tons of leftovers. 

Booyah

End of the semester

It's usually right around this time of fall semester that students start caring less when they should care more. With thanksgiving festivities going on, the of of the semester near, and the warm weather that sb has, it's difficult to stay focused on finals and the home stretch of academics for the semester. What I've found is the best way to handle things is staying present in what exactly it is you're doing. When thanksgiving rolls around, take a break. Relax and chill out for the whole day and don't bother worrying about studying or homework or exams. When thanksgiving ends, focus up, get that brain in gear, and grit out the last two weeks so that you can crush your finals. So far this technique has been working pretty well during my time at CC. typically I do fairly well on my exams and then when winter break finally comes I can relax stress free because I'm not worrying how I did on finals. Overall, stay focused and be prepared. The more you sweat in practice the less you bleed in battle

How can you not get distracted sometimes

End of the semester

It's usually right around this time of fall semester that students start caring less when they should care more. With thanksgiving festivities going on, the of of the semester near, and the warm weather that sb has, it's difficult to stay focused on finals and the home stretch of academics for the semester. What I've found is the best way to handle things is staying present in what exactly it is you're doing. When thanksgiving rolls around, take a break. Relax and chill out for the whole day and don't bother worrying about studying or homework or exams. When thanksgiving ends, focus up, get that brain in gear, and grit out the last two weeks so that you can crush your finals. So far this technique has been working pretty well during my time at CC. typically I do fairly well on my exams and then when winter break finally comes I can relax stress free because I'm not worrying how I did on finals. Overall, stay focused and be prepared. The more you sweat in practice the less you bleed in battle

How can you not get distracted sometimes