entrenched

I had an exam yesterday.

It was on a subject that I’m mad about [makes my head happy!] And I had studied like crazy.

More importantly though, I had made a conscious decision to commit to a learning rather than a performance goal. I wanted to soak in all that juicy knowledge; have it become a part of me. Rather than just stuff it in my head, in the pursuit of a top.mark, only to be dismissed a week later.

The funny thing was, even though I was ready.ready.ready and was not invested in a particular outcome, I still had that typical exam.response: [adrenalin. nerves. brain flooding].

I walked out feeling great!
(and curious about the power of entrenched responses).