please help! Procrastination and panic

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Currently preparing for some important exams which are around 30 days away. I’m not where I should be for them; they are re sits and I have a full time job, although my work are being supportive and not overloading me, allowing me to WFH etc

I have done nothing productive today other than panic and worry: it’s ridiculous, I’ve lost my confidence (which you really need with these exams!) and am going further and further away from my goal.

Feel completely lost.

Can anyone help please? Better to start now or go to bed now/try and relax and wake up early tomorrow with a plan for the next 30 days? I honestly can’t see the end right now, can just see pain before me and stress - for some reason exams absolutely kill me (the stress, the panic, not helped by the fact my employer can sack me if I don’t pass this time)

Can you make yourself a plan tonight, maybe set aside 30 mins - hour each night with what you can do (test questions, note making...). Make sure you have a nice treat to look forwards to at the end of each week too, I find that spurs me on. Good luck!

Forgot to say, I was in the same boat as you last year with professional accounting exams. Just remember that it's a short period of your life and that although it might not seem like it now, it will all be over!

Yep, do a plan tonight and go to bed with a clearer head. Make sure it’s realistic and allows for last min changes that life throws at you
Your anxiety is impeding your progress, so maybe look at steps to reduce it to a more manageable level and while engaging in psychoanalysis probably isn’t the way forward right now, just check that you’re not self sabotaging (speaking from personal experience 🧐)