For those working while studying for NCLEX... how are you actually doing it?
I genuinely want to know because I'm struggling over here.
By the time I get home from work, my brain is completely fried. I'll sit down to study and somehow 20 questions feels harder than an entire clinical shift.
And then I see people posting schedules with 6-8 hours of studying every day and I'm like... are y'all secretly millionaires or what 😭
Lately I've been trying to stop forcing marathon sessions.
Some days I do 25-30 questions and actually read the rationales. Other days I just review notes or do a few case studies if my brain can handle it. I've been bouncing between a couple resources, including Bootcamp, but honestly I think the bigger challenge is just staying consistent when I'm exhausted.
I still feel guilty though.
Part of me keeps thinking I'm not doing enough compared to everyone else online, even though I know comparing schedules probably isn't helping.
For people who worked while studying, what did your week actually look like?
Were you studying every single day or just trying to survive until your days off? Maybe I'm overthinking this lol.