If you have a family, then you know how difficult it can be to balance anything with family life. Between kids’ activities, school, playtime, mealtime, bedtime, and all the other responsibilities that come with being a parent, it is hard to find any time for yourself let alone time for studying for the bar exam. What may feel like an obstacle may instead be your secret weapon!
Even if you don’t have kids, you can recruit your siblings, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and other relatives who want to support you in your studies.
Here are some ways to get your whole family involved in your study strategy.
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When I was a law student, the bar exam felt like a challenge way off in the distance. I figured I better put my energy towards getting through law school first, and then, I could worry about the bar exam. What I didn’t realize then is that there are plenty of ways to both study in law school and simultaneously prepare for the bar exam.
While engaged in any kind of intense studying, whether for law school or the bar exam, there will be times when you have a setback. You may be acing your practice exams, and then suddenly for no seemingly good reason, you can’t get the most basic questions right. Or, you have a solid study plan in place, but life happens, and it completely derails you.
Preparing for the bar exam requires more than an understanding of legal principles like murder vs. manslaughter or UCC vs. common law. Preparing for and taking the bar exam is an exercise in focus, endurance, and mental toughness. To some extent, those characteristics are developed via a rigorous law school curriculum. After all, completing law school requires the same kind of qualities as taking the bar exam. But, it was yoga that helped me prepare for the mental challenge of taking the bar exam more than any other study aid. Here’s how: 
In the midst of studying for the bar exam surrounded by notes and outlines and flashcards and practice questions it can seem like studying will never end. But trust me, there will come a time when all that studying comes to a screeching, sudden halt. And then what?