> I could no longer get by with crunching on the evening before the test and instead needed to actually have a work ethic for studying long term. haha, I use t

> I could no longer get by with crunching on the evening before the test and instead needed to actually have a work ethic for studying long term. haha, I use to do it an hour before the test. I one time successfully "read" 5 books during a 20 min train ride. I had this standard joke with a guy in my class where I would pretend the test was about the next chapter. He knew I was joking but freaked out completely ~ every time. He started working weeks in advance on things that should imho take 5 minutes then he would barely pass. And then it suddenly involved actual work, something I was 100% unfamiliar with. The exotically untalented guy knew he had to start MONTHS in advance. I ran into him 30 years later. He has a fabulous job that involves weekly courses. I ask him if he got any better at studying over all those years. He said he still starts studying all weekend, when he gets home and after dinner and still panics along the way and freaks out at 1 am on a daily basis - non of it makes any sense! After he barely passes the test he continues to study the material because he needs to know it but doesn't. It's kinda sad as it sounds like he has no life, then again it is also extremely impressive and there must be something about the process that he really loves. Others might think different, he is a legend to me.