(ultimate guide) on motivation for studying/revising
I’ve seen a couple of posts around the internet about how to gain the motivation for people to actually start studying but I didn’t actually find a post which resonates with me? Since exams are over, and my results were pretty decent, I decided why not make a guide on how to find that motivation to revise/study. Please note that these tips helped me so I am posting them to help you. It may or may not help you since it was after all created by a student to aid her in her own studies. Proceed with caution.
1. GRADES WILL STAY WITH YOU
if you are in high school now, your grades will probably stay with you and affect your college application! if you are in uni now, your grades in uni will stay with you and likely affect the certificate you are getting (whether you are graduating 1st class honours or not). Whatever it is, the grades that you are creating now will stay with you. You don’t really like math? That’s fine! You don’t have to score well on it since you’re definitely not going to study that in university. But wouldn’t it pull down your total grades? So you shall see an AAD for your a level result- think of how it will affect your university application. (I’m talking in a level context here, I’m not sure if the same system works in the states?) Whatever it is, (i really don’t want to say this but it’s the cold hard truth) your results are going to affect you some way or another. Those hateful subjects will not stay with you forever, but the results will affect you one way or another. So study hard for those tests so that you can rock them!
2. DOING WELL WILL OPEN UP MORE DOORS
If you are thinking of why you should study especially when you have no clue as to where to go in life, this is actually a perfect reason for you to do so! If you happen to score well in tests, but you really don;t know what you are going to do in life, the fact that you score well means that you have a wider range of options. Compare a score of AAA for A-levels and AAD? Think for yourself which one would allow you to have more courses.
3. DON’T STRESS OUT
Before you continue on, I know my previous tips were probably not a relief for those of you who were looking for tricks like putting gummy bears to motivate you but lol sorry my advice are really just the cold hard truth. This tip will hopefully be a bit more light-hearted than the other 2 and that is to NOT stress! Stress is not the way for motivation. The more you stress, the more you panic, the more time wasted on you thinking about ‘what if _ happens’. So no, stop stressing out. It’s a NO NO! You might ask me how this a motivation tip but trust me, a stressed man is a unmotivated man.
4. INNER MOTIVATION
The above 3 tips are actually what I can tell you to make you motivated but this tip actually lies in yourself - whether you want to do it or not. Everyone has a motive for doing well - whether it is to prove others that you are better than what they think of you, or to get into your dream university or your parents told you to do so. Whatever it is, you have to FIND it, and along with that, you will definitely HAVE THE MOTIVATION! This is a long-term motivation that no one can give you. Only you can give it to yourself because this is the most powerful tool. Go find it and you will definitely be so motivated you can’t be stopped. (I’m not kidding)
AND THAT CONCLUDES IT ALL!
All the best with all your exams! Know that it isn’t the last thing on earth to depend on for your future but it is just a step as a reference for where you want to head to.