Hello everyone,
My performance between timed and untimed practice is pretty night and day, almost 10 point difference. The interesting thing is that I am taking the same amount of time to answer questions on both my untimed and timed. Anyone else struggle with obsessing/worrying over the time? What has helped you to overcome this?
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This is kinda silly but I started doing a "reverse" timer, in which I marked unlimited time on 7sage during the section, but started a stop clock on my phone, stopping my section when it got to 35. For some reason the time going up compared to winding down lessened my anxiety. I would not recommend doing this long term, because it is super important to practice in timed conditions. But initially, it was interesting to see that I was still finishing around the 35 minute mark, and this quelled my anxiety that I can't perform in time. Also, in the moment, it feels like you're spending so much time on a question but usually, it is never as much as your brain makes you believe. It is okay to spend the extra 30 seconds on the question in order to get it right. Finally, so many people say this but I am also believing in it now: it is okay to focus on accuracy first and not finish. Getting 22 questions right because you spent the time on them and finishing -3 [or your guesses could be immaculate and -0] by guessing on the last, is infinitely better than getting -9/10. Hope this helps!!!