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Affirmations for Nervous Bar Exam Takers

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An ASL grad posted this Facebook comment in response to my blog posting yesterday about claiming your right to success, abundance, love, and creative energy found here . "Prof. Young, last year you recommended bar takers to do affirmations to boost our confidence and success rates. It felt hokey and certainly could never take the place of diligent studying[.] [B]ut, it definitely helped me relax before the exam and helped reduce my stress during it. A very belated thank you and a recommendation to bar takers that you give wonderful advice!" To make it easier for you to find some affirmations that may work for you, I am providing them below. Find the affirmation that deals with a specific challenge you face right now in connection with the bar exam.  Also, find an affirmation you plan to use shortly before the exam date and as you sit to take the exam.  Write the affirmation ten times in your journal every day.  Say it just as often.  When you say the affi