How do you motivate yourself to study hard...
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Re: How do you motivate yourself to study hard...As above, try and think about how happy you'll be when you get the top grade, and you know the hard work paid off.(Original post by Multitalented me)
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Re: How do you motivate yourself to study hard...Something that motivates me to study hard was when I was told to ¨Work as hard as you possibly can because there's nothing worse that receiving that envelope and feeling like you could have done better or worked harder.¨(Original post by Multitalented me)
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Try to have an idea of what you want to do in life and what career path you want to follow. Then establish what you have to in order to get there, in terms of grades, work experience etc. This always works for me, knowing the positive outcome if I do study, and knowing the negative outcome if I don't..
Also remember that the hardest part of studying, is actually getting started! Once you're sitting down ready to concentrate, it's actually a lot easier! -
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Re: How do you motivate yourself to study hard...I have a lovely lab coat hanging up in my room and I just think to myself, "If I work hard enough I'll be wearing that in September!"
Stupid, I know, but it works.
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Re: How do you motivate yourself to study hard...I've put a picture of the university I'm going to as the wallpaper on my phone (the Parkinson building at Leeds uni
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This helps massively as everytime I turn my phone on I see the image and suddenly get motivated to revise since I need high grades to get in!
Alternatively, split the boring stuff into really small sections, like 20mins and then do it in bite-sized chunks. Afterwards, give yourself a break and then go onto something more interesting before revising the next boring bit (if that makes sense lol!)
Maybe try revising it with friends. If you quiz each other it automatically becomes more fun than just reading and writing!
Hope this helps!
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Re: How do you motivate yourself to study hard...exactly what i do too!(Original post by yothi5)
I usually cram the night before, so I know that I have to learn it.
this way, i'm leaving myself no excuses, and i end up desperately studying like a maniac and doing well in the exam as opposed to building up pressure on myself for days.
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Re: How do you motivate yourself to study hard...Deadlines, unfortunately. They really are what works best.
Sometimes I have a mini pep-talk with myself, reminding me that I really do not want to fail. The fact that all my friends are gloriously smart and ridiculously hard-working helps too- I tell myself I'll be embarrassed when they get all A*s at A Level (I kid you not, two of them are genuinely capable of achieving this and most likely will) and I get my mediocre grades and be all upset
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Re: How do you motivate yourself to study hard...I tend to exercise before I do two hours of revision. If you exercise, it increases the blood flow to your brain and therefore making it more awake and aware of what it has to do.
Also, i take regular power naps to keep my energy levels to the maximum level. Sometimes is I do this, I can work through half of the night.
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Re: How do you motivate yourself to study hard...Nothing atm
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Currently I'm on the cramming road, I do learn well by cramming. I can't focus my attention revising over weeks, I end up wanting to throw something out of the window haha.
Plus once I learn something a few weeks before I'll forget it the next week so I'm back at square 1- albeit potentially picking it up a bit quicker the next time.
I don't like wasting my life learning something I'll forget after my exam, I see exams as pointless- what I write tomorrow in an exam will be totally different to what I write next tuesday in an exam therefore it's not testing my knowledge, more like testing my memory under pressure which doesn't work well for me! I tend to do better in coursework which I can do and get it over with. -
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Re: How do you motivate yourself to study hard...I did this too!(Original post by somethingbeautiful)
I watched last years graduation ceremony for my faculty online today. That definitely motivated me. That will be me in 2 months time if I work hard and pass my exams.
It was so exciting.
My first exam is tomorrow, and it's the one I'm worried about. Kinetics and electrochemistry are just
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Re: How do you motivate yourself to study hard...Yeah not going to lie, self motivation is easier said than done. Thing is, when im not revising I honestly don't know what I do. However it soon hits 10pm and I've barely touched a book. I blame YouTube.
this way, i'm leaving myself no excuses, and i end up desperately studying like a maniac and doing well in the exam as opposed to building up pressure on myself for days.
