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MOTIVATION........aaaarrrggghhh
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How can one motivate themselves to study for their exams?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Chocolate, beer, clothes, weekend away, etc. Got to give yourself something to look forward to at the end of it all. Also little treats. "If I study for 5 hours today, I can relax for an hour with pizza and corrie later on". Worked for me. Also self respect- you'll end up losing that if you don't acheive what you are capable of. Something to ponder on. Good luck.
yea, he did. Rewards is good. And self respect. and fear. and the possibility of a better job with more pay. Also remember to try to break revision up. Do a timetable and stick to it. This lets you cross things off one at a time, and so feel you are achieving something. Face dwith the whole thing your brain tries to whimper and escape out the back of your head. Manageable chunks, thats the thing.
You know what I do? I imagine myself at 70 looking back on my life and thinking: I could have done so much, why didn't I just go for it- it's too late now. This seems to really spur me on, although having said that, it's not helping me get stuck into my current project, especially since I found this site. I think with mental blocks the hardest part is starting. Once your started, you'll be away. So force youreslf to start - be your own Sergeant Major!
That's a good point too, if you work hard now, hopefully the future goes some way to taking care of itself. Sometimes, since I have left academia to join the professional ranks, I wonder what the point of it all was, the studying, exams, more exams, then a job. It doesn't sound to exiting. Then you think about what an education allows you: a job where you are using your talent, not sticking a label on a tin can 40 hours a week, where you get to see the world and hopefully you get a reasonable salary meaning you can give yourself presents all year round - not just at christmas !
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