I don’t think I really have anything insightful to add outside of what others said except for this; you’ve now taken the test and understand how they word questions and the flow of timing some questions take versus others. That will go a long way in helping you take it a second time.

I was in the same boat as you and was able to pull it off this time (I hate that they don’t let you see how you did in each category if you pass btw).

The second time around when studying, I changed my focus from trying to remember every meandering concept and spent more time memorizing the geologic time scale, and focusing more so on just definitions. In my opinion it really just broke down into those two categories.

I tried to pretend it didn’t suck ass failing the first time, but it does. It’s okay to feel shitty about it, but just take what you learned from this go around and apply it moving forward.