the sabbath

Growing up my parents really tried to teach us the important of keeping the Sabbath day holy. This meant that the things we did regularly during the week (watching tv, listening to music, going out to play with friends) were modified. Instead of listening to regular pop music, we would only listen to spiritually uplifting music (this is one thing that has stuck with me to this day... and it amazes me that there are radio stations in UT that play Sabbath-appropriate music on Sundays).

One of the other things that made Sundays different from all other days was that we were not allowed to do our homework. My parents would tell us that we had both Friday night and all day Saturday to get our weekend homework done and that there should not be any reason for us to wait until Sunday to get it done. This one stuck with me all through college, but once I got to law school it simply became too difficult to not study on Sundays. I take complete blame for it. I would work hard all week long and when Saturday would roll around, the last thing I wanted to do was my homework. So I would do a tiny bit on Saturday and leave the rest for Sundays. The annoying thing about it is that this meant that I would never have a day off from school assignments.

So I've decided that with my bar study, I'm going to go back to the way things used to be. No more studying on Sundays. Although this means that there will be less flashcards that I go through, less practice essays that I write, and less lectures that I listen to, I honestly believe that giving up this one day of studying will only be of benefit for me in the long run.