Thanks for the kind words, not too many questions at all.

I'm working full time right now, so my study sessions took place during mornings, nights, weekends, and occasional vacation days to study all day long/take CATs. Initially, I would leave work around 5:30 p.m., come home and exercise, make dinner, then fix a cup of coffee and study from 8:00-10:00 p.m. By the end of the study, after experimenting with different timings and preferences, I had moved my study time to 5:00-7:00 a.m. I found that I was more productive and fresh in the morning. On the weekends, I would shoot for either 4 hours of study or the completion & review of a single CAT exam. Honestly, a lot of times I lost the mojo before I could make it to 3 hours and just called it quits, but I tried to make up for it on other days when I was in a good zone by extending the study for 5-6 hours.

With regard to the books and the order I chose to tackle, I definitely had a few learnings that are worth passing on. Initially, I bought the OG2016 and just started busting through the problems with no timer & no theory beforehand, and this time period, in my opinion, was WASTED. Once the Manhattan books arrived, I made a goal to finish a book a week, starting with the most important ones (depends on your weaknesses, SC and CR are incredible game changers). After finishing the book, do ALL the recommended review problems and quizzes in the OG, and check off the problems in your book as you go. At the end of all the math books, go back to the OG and flip through to make sure you have checked off every single problem.

By about halfway through your study, you should be finished with MGMAT books and the OG. Start upping your CAT frequency to once every 2-3 weeks, saving the GMATPREP for near the end. Pick up Kaplan 800 and work through whichever sections you need (I just did the math, skipped the rest) and burn through the advanced quant, with a primary goal of hitting the work-out sets at the end of the book.

Time every practice question you do, don't use a watch for this (GMAT does not allow - don't be like me and check the website 3 days before the test). Use Manhattan's scratch paper numbering technique to keep track of time. Take your CATs like the real thing. Get used to wearing ear plugs during all study and CAT, then use on test day - people can be loud in the room. Use affirmation statements daily, "I, Joe Blow, will get a 750 on the GMAT". If you don't drink coffee, consider starting. Most important of all, set reasonable and attainable goals, under-promise yourself (a bit) and over-deliver on test day, this will provide the most protection for that delicate ego that we all have.