Can&#x27;t be bothered

Think about long term goals? See what is distracting you?

Just get started and try and throw yourself into it, its not worth failing because you couldn't be bothered!

Reply 2

coldplasma

16

You need to motivate yourself otherwise you will fail. As someone has already said, you need to look at your long term goals and make them happen. You don't wanna fail and look back and realised you could have achieved them.

Reply 3

Suis Je Bovvered ?

15

Anonymous

I cannot be bothered to do any revision. I just can't and i don't know why. I know that if i don't work and i'll fail but nothing seems to be motivating me.

I have such a small timescale but nothing seems to get me to do some work.

Anyone know how i can get some serious work done?

Like Mcdonalds, do you?

That should be motivation enough for you :biggrin:

Reply 4

h82think

Just remember: doing some revision is always better than doing no revision!

Reply 5

qgujxj39

17

Right. If you don't turn off the computer right now, you'll fail your exams, **** up your life, and end up on minimum wage for the rest of your life. Now **** off, get some revision done, come back in a couple of months.

Reply 6

Gemma_08

Suis Je Bovvered ?

Like Mcdonalds, do you?

Lol. That's very motivating! :biggrin:

Reply 7

well don't bother doing anything tonight, it's too late in the day and obviously you don't feel up to it anyway. Start afresh tomorrow. Write down targets for how much work you want to get done in each day leading up to the exam. Make the targets small initially so that they don't seem daunting but gradually build them up. Make sure that when you are revising, you have no distractions, go somewhere quiet, turn your phone off, if you have to use a computer to revise, close all forums down and don't go on MSN or anything that will distract from your work.

Make sure you have sufficient sleep and that you have eaten well and take regular breaks to maintain levels of concentration but know when to return from the break. Don't let a 5 minute break become half an hour. You have to be self-disciplined. It's in your hands and no one elses.

Reply 8

Double Agent

18

Write out exactly what you need to do. Now split that up again, and now again into invidual topics. Write this list of topics or headings , alongside a timescale for each one and a check list. Tick when you do each bit.

Reply 9

Anonymous

I cannot be bothered to do any revision. I just can't and i don't know why. I know that if i don't work and i'll fail but nothing seems to be motivating me.

I have such a small timescale but nothing seems to get me to do some work.

Anyone know how i can get some serious work done?

it might help if you can try and identify the reasons why you aren't motivated. Are you finding the topic difficult? is there anything external to revision that has been stressing you out? How long have you been feeling like this? when did you last feel motivated?

Reply 10

Emmalouise1990

7

I make myself revise, whether i like it at the time or not...better in the long run.

Reply 11

monica7790

i know how you feel. im going through this at the moment. some days i just want to give up and get a job lol

best advice i can give you is if you have done some work for the last few days maybe thats why you cant be bothered to do anymore. so take a break for two days or so. secondly if you cant stick to a revision timetable, don't. i myself have never been able to do so and find that i have to be in the 'mood' to revise and i revise what i want and what i know i need to revise.

sometimes listening to some motivating music or a film works. legally blonde normally works for me ha. its just she works so hard to achieve what she wants no matter what everyone thinks and suceeds. and i wantto achieve alot too lol

neway thats me rambling on x

Reply 12

*squid

I've not started revising for my GCSE's yet, i just can't be bothered :/

There is no point forcing yourself to revise, you will just end up wasting time. If you aren't motivated enough to do it - don't do it.

TSR, Facebook, MSN - so difficult to concentrate sometimes. And I've got ****loads to do but like you I just can't be bovvered, innit. It's a motivation, thing, innit.

But just got to keep going...

Do you want:

An Aston Martin or a Vauxhall Corsa

A Country home or a council flat

To live in Kensington or Peckham

A trophy lady for a partner or something else

Waitrose ready-made meal or Tesco's finest

A cruise or a holiday at Butlins

To be a road-sweeper or a City slicker

To have choices or feel trapped

etc...

Think about it

Reply 13

Anonymous #1

OP

The thing is, is that i know what it feels like to **** up. I did it big style in my GCSE's.

Most of my work i don't understand. My teachers never consider other subjects, one doesn't even bother marking our work.

You know, seeing everyone else being successfull and doing well actually annoys me, everyone is doing well and laughing at me as i go to a rubbish university.

I do always say to myself i'm going to do x,y an z but never do as i'm either too tired or have something else i'd much rather do. I take the view that i can just leave it till tommorrow and it'll be alright.

Reply 14

Anonymous

The thing is, is that i know what it feels like to **** up. I did it big style in my GCSE's.

Most of my work i don't understand. My teachers never consider other subjects, one doesn't even bother marking our work.

You know, seeing everyone else being successfull and doing well actually annoys me, everyone is doing well and laughing at me as i go to a rubbish university.

I do always say to myself i'm going to do x,y an z but never do as i'm either too tired or have something else i'd much rather do. I take the view that i can just leave it till tommorrow and it'll be alright.

your failures in the past are irrelevant, this is the present and your time to make things right.

If you don't understand the work then obviously thats a problem. If there is anything you are unsure of, you should ask. You might feel stupid asking but it's better to feel stupid and understand than to not feel stupid and not understand; that will just make you feel even more stupid! If there is particular issues with certain teachers, surely there is someone you can report that to/discuss it with?

It doesn't matter what other people are doing, the only thing you should be concentrating on is yourself and how you are doing. It doesn't matter what university you go to, if you work hard and get good grades and then a good Job, they won't be laughing for long.

Well at least you have identified your problems, thats the first step.

Reply 15

Anonymous

The thing is, is that i know what it feels like to **** up. I did it big style in my GCSE's.

Most of my work i don't understand. My teachers never consider other subjects, one doesn't even bother marking our work.

You know, seeing everyone else being successfull and doing well actually annoys me, everyone is doing well and laughing at me as i go to a rubbish university.

I do always say to myself i'm going to do x,y an z but never do as i'm either too tired or have something else i'd much rather do. I take the view that i can just leave it till tommorrow and it'll be alright.

People **** up but that shouldn't stop a person trying again...

There are loads of people who didn't excel early in life but later found their calling...

But the fire in the belly has to be there; you really need to be motivated before you actually find what it is that you want to do.

The worse feeling you'll have is one of regret - you don't want to be feeling like that 10 years later. Everyone has potential but you can't release it unless you have the motivation.

As for planning to do this or that - just do it!

Reply 16

Emmalouise1990

7

I don't think it is worth doing A Levels, unless you have a motivation or goal.

For example, I want to study Medicine and that is what motivates me to work as hard as I possibly can.Everytime I feel undermotivated, I think of my goal and start revising again. It is the only way you will ever achieve anything in life...work towards it yourself, at the end of the day no one can revise for you or sit your exams for you, It has to be something YOU want to do, if not just don't put yourself through it.

Reply 17

Emmalouise1990

I don't think it is worth doing A Levels, unless you have a motivation or goal.

For example, I want to study Medicine and that is what motivates me to work as hard as I possibly can.Everytime I feel undermotivated, I think of my goal and start revising again. It is the only way you will ever achieve anything in life...work towards it yourself, at the end of the day no one can revise for you or sit your exams for you, It has to be something YOU want to do, if not just don't put yourself through it.

I disagree on not putting yourself through A Levels if it's not something you want to do. To give yourself the best chance in life, you should aim to go to university irrespective of whether you are feeling de-motivated now or even if it's not something you really want to do. Motivation goes up and down; it's how you deal with it that matters. Once you reach university, your outlook on life might change and you might develop a strong sense of purpose. The point is that you just don't know until you're there and to get there you need to make some short-term sacrifices. The risk of not going to university and not getting a degree is too high.

Reply 18

dealbreaker1

I disagree on not putting yourself through A Levels if it's not something you want to do. To give yourself the best chance in life, you should aim to go to university irrespective of whether you are feeling de-motivated now or even if it's not something you really want to do. Motivation goes up and down; it's how you deal with it that matters. Once you reach university, your outlook on life might change and you might develop a strong sense of purpose. The point is that you just don't know until you're there and to get there you need to make some short-term sacrifices. The risk of not going to university and not getting a degree is too high.

to be fair, plenty have people have gone on to do well in life without having a degree or indeed any form of education. I don't think you should do a degree just for the sake of it, it's a long time to be doing something that you don't want to do, not to mention all the financial costs relating to it, student loan, tuition fees e.t.c.

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