

You Can't Outrun a Bad Diet ... or Outperform Bad Study Habits
My family and I recently returned from a week-long cruise during Spring Break. While we had a wonderful time during our trip, I came home...

Tommy Sangchompuphen
Apr 9, 20235 min read


ChatGPT's Tips for Preparing for a Practice MBE Exam
It's the end of January, so this is the time when people preparing to take the February 2023 bar exam are likely getting ready to take a...

Tommy Sangchompuphen
Jan 25, 20234 min read


What's Your "Hype Song"? (Fall 2022 Edition)
Prior to every semester, I ask my students to complete a pre-course survey. Some of the questions require them to reflect on and...

Tommy Sangchompuphen
Oct 23, 20221 min read


Keeping It Light with Dad Jokes
Congratulations to golfer Will Zalatoris, who won the first tournament of the PGA TOUR playoffs yesterday. It happened to be his first...

Tommy Sangchompuphen
Aug 15, 20222 min read


Cognitive Performance Effects of Sleep Deprivation
My family and I have been sick since returning from our vacation last week. Like slow-moving dominoes falling, my wife, my oldest son,...

Tommy Sangchompuphen
Jun 25, 20223 min read


21-Day LGBTQ+ Equity Habit Building Challenge
This morning I ran the Running with Pride 5K, sponsored by the Dayton chapter of PFLAG. PFLAG is no longer used as an acronym. But...

Tommy Sangchompuphen
Jun 5, 20223 min read


Embracing Comic Sans
When I visited my son’s elementary school the other day, I had to complete and wear a paper visitor badge. It requested you to complete...

Tommy Sangchompuphen
Jun 2, 20222 min read


Staying Focused Over the Long Term
I once shot 15 over par. On one hole! I made an 18 on a Par 3. I might have set a record for the course. It was 2016, and I was playing...

Tommy Sangchompuphen
May 19, 20223 min read


The Benefits of Walking
I remember getting ready to meet with a graduate who was preparing for the February bar exam a few months ago. She was studying in one of...

Tommy Sangchompuphen
May 6, 20223 min read


Varying Your Study Location
I recently revisited an older article from The New York Times titled, “Forget What You Know About Good Study Habits,” that originally...

Tommy Sangchompuphen
Jan 10, 20222 min read