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Plan bedtimes around your finals schedule

  • For College students
  • You practice Showing an example of what you want
  • Time about 5 minutes

About this exercise

You want 8 hours of sleep every night of finals week and to wake 90 minutes before each exam. On days with no exam, wake at 8:00 AM. Get exactly 5 numbered lines, Mon to Fri, each like "1. Mon: wake 7:30 AM (exam 9:00 AM), bed 11:30 PM Sun", using the moved Wednesday exam. Plain text, under 90 words, no study tips. Write a prompt that gets you exactly that.

Common mistakes when you ask AI for this

  • Missing the moved exam. The AI uses the 2:00 PM Calculus time from the schedule. Try: Add: "Calculus moved to Wednesday 10:00 AM."
  • Not stating the rules. The AI picks its own wake and bed times or suggests an all-nighter. Try: Add: "Wake 90 minutes before each exam, 8:00 AM with no exam, bed 8 hours before waking."
  • Getting study tips. The AI adds advice about caffeine, review sessions and breaks. Try: Show it: "Exactly 5 lines like: 1. Mon: wake 7:30 AM (exam 9:00 AM), bed 11:30 PM Sun". No tips.
  • Trusting the AI to count words. AI is bad at counting. Ask for "under 90 words" and it often lands well over. Try: Cap each part: "each line under 14 words."

What a strong prompt includes

  • Uses the moved exam
  • States the rules
  • Shows the line shape
  • Rules out tips
  • Sets a word limit

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