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<p>Revising is hard. Really hard. So hard, in fact, that procrastination is the mind’s natural method of self-preservation. Sort of.</p><p>Either way, we’re lucky that we have Twitter to act as a diary at every stage of the revising process. As proof that you’re not on your own, here’s the 11 stages of revision that everyone goes through–we’re praying for you!</p>

1. Peer Pressure

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">people die hard revising already are making me so stressed <br>plz stop <a href="https://t.co/eHZaeXmufs">pic.twitter.com/eHZaeXmufs</a></p>— sally?? (@sallyxellen) <a href="https://twitter.com/sallyxellen/status/843571949653708800">March 19, 2017</a></blockquote><script charset="utf-8" type="text/javascript" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><p>Before you’ve even started <em>thinking</em> about revising, it seems everybody else has already started. You just want to live your life, so you start (desperately) thinking of other things you “need” to do.</p>

2. Denial

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Me: I should be doing homework and revising for upcoming exams.<br><br>Also me: <a href="https://t.co/H3NxOVrQVe">pic.twitter.com/H3NxOVrQVe</a></p>— Laura 33 (@phenomdevitt) <a href="https://twitter.com/phenomdevitt/status/843440459947106304">March 19, 2017</a></blockquote><script charset="utf-8" type="text/javascript" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><p>Deep down, you know it’s time to relearn everything you’ve forgotten over the past year, but, sure. Selfie session by the pool. They’re not going to take themselves, are they?</p>

3. Realization

<p>When you admit that, like Mattie, you should probs actually start revising.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Should probs actually start revising</p>— Mattie (@Maattieebrown_) <a href="https://twitter.com/Maattieebrown_/status/847159259406241794">March 29, 2017</a></blockquote><script charset="utf-8" type="text/javascript" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><p>So, you sit at your desk, with your laptop on. “I can do this!” you think. Your highlighters sit, neatly arranged by colour, waiting patiently to help you LEARN.</p><p>But then it hits you.</p>

4. Crisis

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Why am I incapable of just sitting and revising</p>— Riley (@Riley_Low) <a href="https://twitter.com/Riley_Low/status/846781917039079424">March 28, 2017</a></blockquote><script charset="utf-8" type="text/javascript" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><p>You suddenly start to panic, asking yourself, “<em>Can</em> I do this? Do I actually <em>want</em> to do this? What will happen to me if I fail this exam? Could I <em>afford</em> to fail this exam? What’s for dinner? What if it’s <em>me</em> that’s the problem? What if <em>I’m </em>incapable of revising properly?”</p><p>You think, “Maybe my friends are finding this hard, too.” So, you decide to go on Instagram (because why not: it’s not like you’ve got anything else to be doing).</p><p>But even there, it’s not safe.</p>

5. Paranoia

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Swear people purposely put them revising on their story to stress other people out</p>— grace?? (@gracemorrisxx) <a href="https://twitter.com/gracemorrisxx/status/846408485864689664">March 27, 2017</a></blockquote><script charset="utf-8" type="text/javascript" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><p>You start to compare yourself to everybody else that’s revising. We’re all in the same boat though, aren’t we? Aren’t we?!</p>

6. The False Start

<p>You finally sit down, and make a start.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">So my lazy ass is finally revising</p>— south (@heavypolarize) <a href="https://twitter.com/heavypolarize/status/843794621687873536">March 20, 2017</a></blockquote><script charset="utf-8" type="text/javascript" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><p>But not really.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">im saying i'm revising when really i had got7 blasting on my tv to procrastinate</p>— jennie (@elysiantuan) <a href="https://twitter.com/elysiantuan/status/843790868079370240">March 20, 2017</a></blockquote><script charset="utf-8" type="text/javascript" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>

7. Progress

<p>Before you know it, you’ve actually got somewhere with your revision. Finished that first chapter? Time to tweet about it, of course.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">That feeling when u finish a topic when revising <a href="https://t.co/1Cy9F5KYNt">pic.twitter.com/1Cy9F5KYNt</a></p>— George Allison (@gjallison) <a href="https://twitter.com/gjallison/status/843447897257639937">March 19, 2017</a></blockquote><script charset="utf-8" type="text/javascript" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>

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8. Distraction

<p>Sometimes, procrastination is like waking up after sleepwalking downstairs. You don’t even how you got here.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">i was revising my paper how did i end up on twitter <a href="https://t.co/cCxrlJv204">pic.twitter.com/cCxrlJv204</a></p>— ? (@kimberIies) <a href="https://twitter.com/kimberIies/status/847478622638161921">March 30, 2017</a></blockquote><script charset="utf-8" type="text/javascript" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">my test is in 20min and instead of revising i'm on twitter</p>— ? (@fIintsilver) <a href="https://twitter.com/fIintsilver/status/843708422247890944">March 20, 2017</a></blockquote><script charset="utf-8" type="text/javascript" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>

9. Acceptance

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">i need to finish revising-</p>— ? (@theatreclubs) <a href="https://twitter.com/theatreclubs/status/847459661989031936">March 30, 2017</a></blockquote><script charset="utf-8" type="text/javascript" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><p>You realize that the only way out of this is through…</p>

10. Dedication

<p>But… wait… before you know it…</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Been revising since 9am x New woman xx</p>— Danica (@_danica8) <a href="https://twitter.com/_danica8/status/847449190468734977">March 30, 2017</a></blockquote><script charset="utf-8" type="text/javascript" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><p>IT’S REALLY HAPPENING!!!</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">IM REVISING GUYS</p>— issy (@deprivedylan) <a href="https://twitter.com/deprivedylan/status/847469519501119488">March 30, 2017</a></blockquote><script charset="utf-8" type="text/javascript" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>

11. SUCCESS!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">i survived my maths exam HELL YEAH<br>18 hours of revising paid off</p>— laura ?? 105 (@infinitedoddle) <a href="https://twitter.com/infinitedoddle/status/828553859266179073">February 6, 2017</a></blockquote><script charset="utf-8" type="text/javascript" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Distinctions in all of my exams ?? who knew revising worked</p>— Lauren Evans (@LaurenEvans29) <a href="https://twitter.com/LaurenEvans29/status/476002408154533888">June 9, 2014</a></blockquote><script charset="utf-8" type="text/javascript" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Proud of my results, months of revising paid off ??</p>— Bryony Shepherd (@bryonyshepherdx) <a href="https://twitter.com/bryonyshepherdx/status/634325399070208000">August 20, 2015</a></blockquote><script charset="utf-8" type="text/javascript" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><p>
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