Nothing like a little motivation

This past week was one of the bigger weeks academically this semester. I had a HUGE midterm for the one class that I thought would be the hardest to get an A in, therefore holding me back from my goal. The test was Wednesday, so I knew that I can get a lot of hours in starting Sunday into wednesday morning. I did most of my studying for this test, and turned my other subjects to 20 minutes a day. Probably between sunday and wednesday, I studied 15-22 hours for this exam.
Sleep was my main concern for this test. (it usually always is for exams) I have found that the best for me personally is to go to bed early the two nights before a test, this way, if I need to stay up late the night to study (which I did), its on a good amount of sleep. The last night I studied until 2:00 and fell asleep around 3:00. I felt that going into the test I had a good amount of hours of sleep and study. Not being tired and having the extra hours on top of the 45 minutes a night set me up in a good position to succeed.
I took the test wednesday and I found out on thursday that I got an A! Let me tell ya, it felt really good seeing that A online. I knew that I went about it the right way studying and sleeping, I could achieve a short term goal such as this for my overall goal.
I cant be too satisfied with my test from last week though, because I have 3 tests and a project due this week! It will be the biggest challenge for me this semester, but I feel with my study/sleeping habits I can be ready for it. Plus as it says in the title, nothing like a little motivation (getting a A as a reward for my hard work) to put myself in the mindset that I can succeed if i stick to my goals; both behavioral and long term!