<p>Aw <strong><em>. I was just taking the sat today morning. I finished the essay, the first cr, then half way through math, I was like-I'm done. I can't do this *</em></strong><em>. So I just sorta stopped, and played xbox for like 10 mins, and I'm here. I really was out of the mood this morning to begin with, I guess. I was pretty *</em>ed off the entire weekend, and now, I'm feeling quite bad. The last few days I've been doing sat stuff straight, but I've been losing focus, yet my time is spent on it. You know what I mean? I plan on studying like 8 hrs or more, yet only pay attention 2hrs, and just-I'm out of it. </p>
<p>It just could be summers getting done or whatever. But, today I feel like I just lost it. Any advice for geeting back into it? Should I just take today off. </p>
<p>How can you establish focus on what you're doing? I sometimes just can't focus. I'm smart, I can do it, but arggghh, the focus isn't there.</p>
<p>Also, what do you do to relax yourself. Like when you're stressed out or whatever, how do you become normal? Thanks.</p>
<p>Why don't you take maybe a week off, to give yourself a break. For one thing, trying to do an 8-hour SAT session is WAY too much... of course you'll burn out on it! When you're ready to try it again, study for an hour, and then take a break. You can always go back to it once you're refreshed.</p>
<p>I plan on 8, but in reality maybe 2, but the other hours, I'm off task, not really having fun. Know what I mean? Like I read something, sorta day dream, then snap back in. Know anything to help me like cut down on day dremaing, I sometimes can't even know I'm doing it.</p>
<p>I dunno... you could try just REALLY concentrating for the 2 hours, and just stop for the day. If you did two hours every day, that is a LOT of studying.</p>
<p>Crushing an SAT requires eagerness and an incredible amount of energy. It sounds like you are burning yourself out.</p>
<p>The SAT is like a triathlon. And you do not prepare for a triathlon by doing full triathlons. You have to mix up the swimming, biking and running and you should not do more than a couple of hours a day.</p>
<p>What I am saying is that you should pick a different subject area to work on for two hours at a pop, maybe four or five days a week. If you practice with eagerness and energy, you will get more out of each two hour session, than you would practicing 4 hours a day. (In other words, get yourself into a healthy work-reward/relax cycle.)</p>
<p>Trust me, when you get to test day, your adrenaline will carry you through the full-length exam.</p>
<p>why bother...not being able to focus for 4 hours on an SAT test doesn't mean you're a failure...concentrating for 4 hours on anything is extremely difficult, and no is expected to do that in the real world (unless you're a musician or artist, in which case you actually consider your job somewhat entertaining)</p>
<p>on second thought: also athletes. but they can be outside, listen to music, etc while exercising</p>