Who has the motivation???

dallawalla · Status: Offline Joined: 26 Feb 2003 Posts: 278 $poons: 0.00

Does anyone here find it really dificult to get motivated to do some School/Uni work???

I cant justsit down and study, especially with so much quality television on all the time *tries not to laugh*.

Does anybody else here feel they need some motivation tablets
(these do not exist, but if they did, i would be quite smart)

Primator · Posted: Mon May 12, 2003 7:26 pm�� Post subject:

I can never seem to get motivated to study when there is TV, Games and PC. But I dont use any of these because I feel guilty cause I know I should be studying so I end up doing nothing....

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CerebralTiger · Status: Offline Joined: 07 May 2003 Posts: 58 $poons: 0.00

I can never study either, even if im not watching Tv, other people are , and i end up staring at the homework but listening to the Tv...

maybe i should be out camping 24/7 so that im alone and there is Silence.

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Artificial Stupidity · Posted: Mon May 12, 2003 8:05 pm�� Post subject:

I have zero motivation. In other words, motivation has no place within my soul. I am trying to manage in school, but good grades are long gone. Mostly I spend my days in theatre, playing tennis, watching television or surfing the internet. I rarely have time to play video-games these days.

My life is busy and miserable. Miserable as in too tough. My parents have certain expectations regarding my success in school - and while I can not please their hunger, I am quite satisfied myself. I will survive.
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red_war_machine · Posted: Mon May 12, 2003 8:12 pm�� Post subject:

Quite honestly, if it was just TV that stopped me doing work then I'd be happy.

You want lack of motivation? Here it is for ya - I quite often sit in a chair and stare at the wall for two hours straight because I find it more fun that doing work.
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CerebralTiger · Status: Offline Joined: 07 May 2003 Posts: 58 $poons: 0.00

LAst time i started studying, i decided to leave the house and get some Sugar Soap so that i could wash the mould off the roof
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James · Posted: Mon May 12, 2003 9:16 pm�� Post subject:

It used to piss me off that I couldn't study (I used to be very good at it untill I realised it wasn't the end of the world if I did get 100% in every test), untill something my Software lecturer said this year. On a totally unrelated topic he was saying how we should have plans for our projects, but if we fail to meet a target we shouldn't just say it's ok - we'll cram it in at the end - you have to accept that something is going to be missed out and plan around it. He gave an example of someone failing a subject one semester then trying to take up and extra subject to cover it the following semester. Everyone thinks they can do it, but it almost never works (unless there was some specific reason that not longer applies - i.e. family problems). You have to learn to accept losses replan and know your ability for the next time.

The end result is that I now accept that i'm only going to work when I have something due or a test within a day or so. It means I'm no longer stressed out and simply accept that its the way things are. As long as you don't become complacent and do less and less work, then its fine. I'm doing just as well and I don't worry about the ammount of work I do. I know I could do far better if I did as much work as other people, but since I can't enjoy studing enough to work that much, it's better to find other things to do then waste my time staring at a wall. Don't get stuck working around what other people want you to be. Evaluate the way you live and then work around that. It's important to stay focused and not lose all your stress about study since that really helps you learn, just don't let it kick in untill you really are going to study.

I wish I though about this a few years earlier.

-zem

Matt · Posted: Mon May 12, 2003 9:39 pm�� Post subject:

Brendan · Posted: Mon May 12, 2003 9:45 pm�� Post subject:

No motivation whatsoever for anything anymore. And I can't stand it.

Bronze · Posted: Mon May 12, 2003 10:59 pm�� Post subject:

I motivate myself by bribing myself into doing things for rewards.

For example, I told myself that if I got at least 80% in my Literature SAC, I'd let myself see a midnight screening of Matrix Reloaded. So, I put in the extra effort to allow myself to have a bit of fun - I got 85% in the SAC, and I'm going on Thursday/Friday.

Of course, that requires self-discipline, which I'm sure a lot of you DON'T have.

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Oralfunbags · Posted: Tue May 13, 2003 12:40 am�� Post subject:

Defintely find it had to be motivated. I currently have 3 major works due in 7 weeks and have done like a bess dick on all of them. Luckily i have a SDD teacher who is the beggest tard who just inspires me to do well. If i can just go to Uni, get a teaching degree and come back to the school and be twice the teacher he is.
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Gtpod · Posted: Tue May 13, 2003 3:53 am�� Post subject:

I have no motivation at all. In fact, right now I should be doing my history project.
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Artificial Stupidity · Posted: Tue May 13, 2003 5:44 am�� Post subject:

I only have motivation and energy to perform. I want to act or excersize something similar to acting. I am more motivated to express myself than to limit my time with boring school-lessons. Yet I have accepted the fact that if I manage a couple of weeks - if I work hard now - the summer vacation will taste twice as sweet. If I give up now, I will end up disappointed. And I don't want to disappoint myself, let alone my family.

So what do I do when I want to relax amidst all the work? I surf the internet, play video-games, draw and watch television. Do I have time to be passive and stare at the wall? No. Unfortunately not. If I only had time to day-dream - to sleep a bit - I would be twice as happy. But no. Not by a long shot.

Life can be very stressful at times - so tough that it truly burns one's soul. I live in a constant depression and disappointment due to the fact that I have too much work to do. I can not accomplish anything well - I barely manage through my assignments. But this is the path I have chosen, and this is the path I will walk through... I am not a quitter... Or so I hope.
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Cerebral · Posted: Tue May 13, 2003 5:48 pm�� Post subject:

Well, I'd like to break the ice and say that, in truth, I'm much more motivated than a lot of you.

Well, not that much. My VCE is still a struggle, but I'm making my way through it well. I come from a very studious family (my siblings getting ENTER scores of 92 and 97), so perhaps that's one of the factors of why mere progress motivates me to work. I've also had my fair share of bad marks too, and I'm trying to patch those up as well.

That, and I had a motivation seminar yesterday, but that started like Jerry Springer (want to trade 10 bucks for 50 cents?!) and ended like Oprah (Apologies, thank-yous, compliments, and girls hugging each other and crying), so I'm not sure if that made me more motivated or confident.

Anyway, I have an A+ average in Maths Methods, so ner!

Ignore my C+ average in Maths General...
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Artificial Stupidity · Posted: Tue May 13, 2003 11:29 pm�� Post subject:

I hate Maths - I succeed best in Arts, Literature, Drama and History.
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Koppa · Posted: Wed May 14, 2003 6:43 am�� Post subject:

Heh, I come home from school and throw my bag on my sofa.

Next morning, I wake up and eat etc. pick up my bag and go to school.

No doing homeworks, the easiest way

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alucard · Posted: Wed May 14, 2003 9:17 am�� Post subject:

Lack of motivation ? Hell yeah... I think that's the eternal problem for us, students, and why not to workers too..

When coming home from a typical school day, and spending half the hours on lessons, which don't interest me at all, choosing between friends/anime/games or homework isn't a hard decision..

I think that the whole school-system is a far away what it should be..
Us students should be treated as an individuals, not as a mass of creatures with same thoughts and specialities.

Every human being is a one of a kind creation, specialized for certain tasks and lifestyle. Of course there are many universal geniuses, but that's the way it is.

The school should work so, that every student could choose subjects which would fit them right. As in my case, maths and Swedish are the subjects which make me feel a lots of stress, feel uncomfortable and to produce a lots of negatives thoughts against the upper secondary school.

It is a shame that the situation is this. How the community is going to produce workers in future, if they have no motivation ? If someone thinks, that I'm going over with this whole "motivation-topic" ignore this message, because it is made for the students who are seriously worried about motivation problems and things concerning school-system.

I have spoken !

Now I just wait for your thoughts and comments..
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-Shockwave- · Posted: Wed May 14, 2003 5:59 pm�� Post subject:

I find myself in the same situation as cerebral (assasin, not tiger

) except theres a lot of people that piss me off at school so i do well so i can make fun of them until my next exams. Something like that. But theres a lot of times where i cant study, and i accept that. I wont study unless i know ill learn something, and rarely that doesnt happen, but when it does, i know when to stay away and when not.
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Artificial Stupidity · Posted: Wed May 14, 2003 11:05 pm�� Post subject:

True, alucard, very true. I am seriously worried about my level of motivation - which is very low indeed - for High-School is an important phase in our lives. We are crafting our future upon unexistant motivation. The current educational system is both out-dated and stupid, as it serves masses, not individuals. School is still taken as the institution of general knowledge. You can not concentrate on your strong points. For example, Finland has - what - two to three art-specialized high-schools? If I wanted to attend one, I would have to live near one of them - given that the student-housings are virtually non-existant. One friend of my father's told him that I should've applied to such a school due to my 'extraordinary skills'. But I am stuck in a school which prevents me from truly developing my skills. Instead it forces me to go through boring courses which teach me nothing. Not only that, but the graduation exam - the curriculum vitae - also forces one to study a certain amount of subjects.

I, myself, have a very clear vision of my future. I will be an artist or an actor - the job of a concept-artist for a gaming-company, for example, would fit into my dream. Given that I am skilled in English, which is the global language after all, I don't need Swedish. Given that I will orient myself to artistic jobs, I won't need such subjects as Math or Chemistry. But still I am forced to attend courses from Math, Chemistry and Swedish. I don't hate school, but I don't like it either. Teachers still expect me to succeed in those subjects I don't find appealing - given that they could force me to take an extra year if I won't survive through some of those aforementioned courses.

Life is stressful and I am sick. Being sick doesn't really help anything - given that I should be in school.
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Quin · Posted: Fri May 16, 2003 1:00 am�� Post subject:

I have problems like that as well, I procrastinate a lot, I want to do the work and even the promise of £300 and Broadband for 9 GCSE A's still doesn't push me to do the work. I dunno where all the motivation is going

EDIT: And of course with the Cancer thing earlier this year, I've got to revise the 4 months of sylabus i've missed in the tiny amount of time I have left.

First exam - Religious Education: Islam - 19th May
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midnight_burn · Posted: Sun May 18, 2003 11:02 pm�� Post subject:

I'm the laziest bastard ever, i have no motivation to do anything, it's a miracle i even get up every day.

I won't study unless it's absolutely neccessary, but fortunately i'm smart enough to just get by without putting much effort into anything. I could do so much better at everything, but i don't care, i'm happy being a lazy bum at the moment.

red_war_machine · Posted: Sun May 18, 2003 11:05 pm�� Post subject:

sonicwired · Posted: Sun May 18, 2003 11:09 pm�� Post subject:

I have the motivation of a goldfish.
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Quin · Posted: Mon May 19, 2003 9:46 am�� Post subject:

Bah, RE exam today

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