#finding motivation

[ask-a-bot]

any advice for someone struggling with motivation?

Sit on your aft! Maybe take a nap.

Starscream!

It's what I'd do, only Megabum doesn't like it when I lounge around.

Go to berth. Why is it that you wish to laze around like a... a cyberlizard all the day long, but then become active when you should be recharging?

I'm contrary!

You can say that again.

OK. I'm contrary.

When I need to feel motivated, I think about what I mean to achieve. Why is it important to me? Why does it matter? If it is education, consider what you wish to do with your knowledge – education is a means to an end; even the knowledge that you are unlikely to need later serves as evidence that you are capable of learning and achieving complex skills. Everything has value.

I find it really hard to imagine you finding it hard to be motivated...

It is a habit that has to be worked on. Repeatedly.

I just decide on something I want that's... y'know, closer. Like... I don't like thinking about something that's groons away. So... I might think of something fun to do once all the work's over with for the day. Cooking up something fancy or going out to play some basketball. Anything I really want to do.

[vale-studies-ir]

13&14 July 2021 - logging 2nd and 3rd day of a productive week

Today was a good reading day! I finally finished a book that was taking me AGES to finish, and I got through a bit more reading after that. I’m feeling optimistic and I know that my mental health is improving a lot. So far I’ve been successful at keeping true to the goals I’ve set myself for this week. I’ve finished 2 sections of Turkish and will be starting a new one tomorrow. I’m being consistent with the Pomodoro Timer. Things are going fine ~

✨ 2021 Summer Studying Challenge! ✨ Days 5-8

5th July - Do you have any special plans or activities for this summer?

Not at the moment, sadly. My boyfriend was originally planning to come visit in early august but he just started a new job (sad I have to wait longer, but super excited that he got an amazing job offer in his new career!) so nothing solid at the moment, maybe a weekend getaway at some point.

6th July - What do you usually do during the summer? Is anything different this year?

So...... time is all a blur in grad school lol. Since I started in fall of 2018 I haven’t really had a ‘summer vacation’. All I really do is maybe allow more time to sleep and watch Turkish series... occasionally...

7th July - What did you do during the summer when you were a young child?

I grew up in Florida, so Disney World was pretty much our summer home when we had the means to go :D

8th July - What’s your happiest summer memory from your childhood?

Is it bad that I don’t recall too many childhood memories? XD hm... I would say maybe when I went to Minnesota with my mom because I got to see a new place and it was beautiful. Haven’t been to too many places outside of Florida, sadly.

Off to bed now ~

[promptsforthestrugglingauthor]

I really need some help right about now; I'm trying to revive an old story I still care about but I've brainstormed ad nauseam at this point and idk what to do to really care about the story again, really get swept away by it. I've made a list of things I think I want to keep and what I want to do away with which has helped, but as you've done this before (if I remember correctly) I was hoping maybe you could give me some tips? Thanks!!!

The difficult thing is that you can’t...force yourself to be passionate again. I’ve found that there tends to be a source behind why things aren’t that same magic anymore. It doesn’t mean it won’t never be again! But it’s really difficult to sort of make happen. I made a post around this time last year one trying to fall back into love with your story/writing in general you can take a look at with a few tips/suggestions. Most of them actually don’t have to do directly with the story itself, but also with your relationship with storytelling and mental health and stuff. That’s, of course, assuming your lack of motivation stems from anywhere similar to mine.

[mental-health-advice]

Hi, for most of my life I've always been prone to daydreaming and imagining things in my head. But lately I've been thinking that maybe I do this too often? Like there are times I should be studying but I'll be daydreaming as a way to procrastinate. I feel like it just feels more comfortable to be in my head so it's hard to motivate myself to focus on other real life things that I need to get done. I guess I'm wondering if there is a way to improve my focus?

Hey there,

To be honest, your Ask sounds a lot like what I do and how I cope with day to day stuff that needs to be doing. So in saying that you’re definitely not alone!

It can be so hard to find motivation at times and especially when it comes to doing things we know we should be like with study as an example. Sometimes study can just seem really overwhelming. One thing that may help you to study is too break the study up into small manageable amounts. So perhaps studying for 5-10 solid minutes and then take a break and do something to reward yourself with something that you love doing. This can be applied to many situations too like with house work or cleaning. Focus on just doing one thing or cleaning half a room at a time and then reward yourself.

I am not in a position to comment on whether you are day dreaming too much or not. After all this could be a coping mechanism too for helping you to deal with something that is either too overwhelming or too full on to do. Only you know the answer to this as you know the answer to this as no one knows you better than yourself!

I really hope that this has helped a bit and please do let us know if we can help to support you in any other way!

I’m thinking of you and hope that you’re going well!

Take care,

Lauren

[thestudyingzen]

Confession post!!!

23rd Jan was supposed to be my 1st day of 100 days of productivity challenge but that day somehow got wasted, I studied only few hours but that day I interacted with @humayd and @shiha01 nd they decided to do this challenge with me, I'm so thankful they decided so, and together we decided 24th to be the 1st day and somehow I did studied between 5-6 hours that day and yesterday, but today I studied less than that and I'm not happy with it😩😣😭.

Also I couldn't manage to take out some time to post about the day and I haven't been able to track the past 3-4 days, so I've decided that from tomorrow I'll post daily and tomorrow will be my 1st day.

Kbye. Thnx for reading.

Ps- posted these two quotes to cheer myself up.🙂

Picture source ~ pinterest

[peculiar-monstar]

Hot damn if Good omens didn't kick start my urge to do a painting.. but I can't choose just one, so there will be two. A demon and a angel. Stay tuned bc imma start them this week.

[nguyendellearls]

“In my old life, I longed for someone to see what was special in me. You did, and for that, you'll always be in my heart. But what I really needed was for me to see it. And now I do.”

- Catwoman (Halle Berry)