Q: How does one regain motivation for studying? (1 Viewer)

Capo · May 5, 2013

Is it me or does everyone else also just loses motivation for studying once in a while... It's half yearlies in 2 days and I have no motivation. Does studying a lot make you lose motivation?

coldrain · May 5, 2013

I got half yearlies coming up too, and this is the most study I've done in a long time. Maybe it's the electives you've chosen? If you've chosen what you like I think studying is far more enjoyable and requires less motivation.

Capo · May 5, 2013

coldrain said:
I got half yearlies coming up too, and this is the most study I've done in a long time. Maybe it's the electives you've chosen? If you've chosen what you like I think studying is far more enjoyable and requires less motivation.

Oh, don't get me wrong, I love my subjects. I've been studying 6 hrs a day for 2 weeks during the holidays. Maybe I was studying too much? Now i can't seem to find ANY motivation to study.

Drifting95 · May 5, 2013

Capo said:
Oh, don't get me wrong, I love my subjects. I've been studying 6 hrs a day for 2 weeks during the holidays. Maybe I was studying too much? Now i can't seem to find ANY motivation to study.

its called burnout.

hayabusaboston · May 5, 2013

Somehow, on wednesday, I did 4 hrs of study, then thursday 11 hrs (thursday is day off in timetable), friday 4, saturday 10, today 8.

Woa

Am still feeling pree good about things. See how long I can keep this motivation up.

coldrain · May 5, 2013

Capo said:
Oh, don't get me wrong, I love my subjects. I've been studying 6 hrs a day for 2 weeks during the holidays. Maybe I was studying too much? Now i can't seem to find ANY motivation to study.

Yeah mate I'm pretty sure 6 hours a day for the entire holidays was a bit excessive, are all your subjects just theory?

Spiritual Being · May 5, 2013

I burnt out in term 4 (first of year 12). I did 6 hours per day. Now I am lucky if I can get myself to do two.

enoilgam · May 5, 2013

Drifting95 said:
its called burnout.

This is a common misconception - burnout is something completely different, the end result of which is a breakdown I think.

The phenomenon which most people associate with burning out is more or less becoming unmotivated because you havent properly paced yourself and/or because you have little experience with study. It's like a marathon runner who sprints at the begining of the race, wastes all their energy and then drops out due to exhaustion - there isnt anything wrong with them, they just didnt pace themselves.

Spiritual Being · May 5, 2013

enoilgam said:
This is a common misconception - burnout is something completely different, the end result of which is a breakdown I think. This phenomenon is more or less becoming unmotivated because a person hasnt properly paced themselves and/or because they have little experience with study. It's like a marathon runner who sprints at the begining of a race, wastes all their energy and then drops out due to exhaustion - there isnt anything wrong with them, they just didnt pace themselves.

with accordance to your definition, or "the' definition

burnt out unnecessarily in term one
did barely anything term two, which saw my rank go down profoundly in one subject, otherwise all relatively the same
now with my relaxed mode for a term, I have paced myself for the remainder of this marathon

Aysce · May 5, 2013

Spiritual Being said:
I burnt out in term 4 (first of year 12). I did 6 hours per day. Now I am lucky if I can get myself to do two.

The Legendary Spiritual Being burnt out?

enoilgam · May 5, 2013

Spiritual Being said:
with accordance to your definition, or "the' definition

burnt out unnecessarily in term one
did barely anything term two, which saw my rank go down profoundly in one subject, otherwise all relatively the same
now with my relaxed mode for a term, I have paced myself for the remainder of this marathon

See my edit - what is being described in this thread isnt burnout.

Registered User · May 5, 2013

Capo said:
Is it me or does everyone else also just loses motivation for studying once in a while... It's half yearlies in 2 days and I have no motivation. Does studying a lot make you lose motivation?

The HSC is a competition, that should be more than enough to motivate you.

Spiritual Being · May 5, 2013

Aysce said:
The Legendary Spiritual Being burnt out?

I got complacent with my ranks which did not change much.

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enoilgam said:
See my edit - what is being described in this thread isnt burnout.

Okay. I could not get myself to study last term that much.

So I think I was just unmotivated for a period of time, now I am motivated and doing hours again.

SuchSmallHands · May 5, 2013

I have no motivation whatsoever to study at the minute either. I don't think it's burning out, I think it's just because I did so much study earlier that now I just know all of the material inside out, so study is ridiculously tedious and seems pointless. If you've spent six hours a day for two weeks studying one term's material chances are you're experiencing the same thing as me. On the bright side, if you know the material well enough to feel no urge to study it sort of means you don't really have to

jnney · May 5, 2013

I think you need a bit of a breather.

Go out and meet some friends, or do something else like watch a movie to take your mind of study for a little bit.

Geneveeev96 · May 5, 2013

I find a good motivation to be the feeling that you're almost out of school, and you want to go out into life feeling good about yourself, not crap. I can imagine if you get a lower ATAR than you wanted then you will probably feel super bad for a long time. I know bad exam results tend to linger for me for quite a while, emotionally speaking.

enoilgam · May 5, 2013

jnney said:
I think you need a bit of a breather.

Go out and meet some friends, or do something else like watch a movie to take your mind of study for a little bit.

This pretty much. I think the key to staying motivated is having a balance.

Capo · May 5, 2013

Geneveeev96 said:
I find a good motivation to be the feeling that you're almost out of school, and you want to go out into life feeling good about yourself, not crap. I can imagine if you get a lower ATAR than you wanted then you will probably feel super bad for a long time. I know bad exam results tend to linger for me for quite a while, emotionally speaking.

This was pretty much why I studied that much in the first place haha

On the other hand, how do you guys cope with situations like this? I have half yearlies in 2 days and tutoring exam the week after

There's just more relentless studying after exams so going out will be difficult

RunsWithScissors · May 5, 2013

Im going through the same phase now but what I found really helped me out this weekend (first time in a while I can honestly studied for a reasonable amount of time) was to break my workload up into super short time intervals. I gave myself half an hour to achieve as much as I could on one subject then move onto a different subject and do the same thing.

louielouiee · May 5, 2013

Go for a run, or a big lifting sesh.

Give yourself a time out, relax, don't think about exams, spend 3 hours in the bath tub. I don't care.

What you need right now is some relaxation time to gather your thoughts and find new motivation!

Unfortunately for me, I experienced a burn out during the final HSC exams. Luckily you're experiencing yours now! Learn from it.

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