Build in play time into your preparation for finals and effectively utilize your Dead Day. Using this day as a play day works only if you build in time to hit the books Friday and over the weekend. Preparing for finals week can be anxiety producing. This anxiety often interferes with sleep and concentration, two important elements of finals week. An excellent method of reducing anxiety, as well as stress, is exercise.
Exercise results in a relaxation effect than can last up to four hours after a workout.
It is not necessary that your workout be intensely physical, just that you allow yourself to expend the negative energy you have built up. A twenty-minute walk will often do the trick. Contrary to urban legend, you are not going to learn the material through osmosis. Not every project will be perfect and you cannot afford to spend all your time on one activity while neglecting others. As your exams approach, you may find you have not allotted adequate preparation and study time.