No motivation to revise

Im acc so done I cant do anything this whole easter holiday, GCSEs are in a month and I am not feeling the stress at all, even thought I want good grades. I just want to sit around, I literally can’t do it anymore. The past week I’ve been rotting away, and it’s definitely time to start, but I just can’t. Every time I look outside I just wish I was in a different country or something :frown:

I really want good grades, but honestly I think I have just accepted that I’m not going to get 9s and I’ll just settle with 7s. I think I just don’t want to try hard in case I get bad grades anyway. What should I do ? I’m literally not panicked at all, then some days it just hits me and I start crying about it, and then I’m just over it. I know I sound super lazy and stupid but I really need help 😭 what do I do?

Reply 1

MashaMasha11

Procrastination is a coping mechanism, it seems you’re overwhelmed with the amount of work you’ve got to do with revision. The key thing is to break it all down into manageable pieces and start small (I can’t stress enough how important this is). Spend some time thinking about it and really plan your day. Stick to your plan. Pick your least difficult subject and revise for 10 mins and reward yourself with something you enjoy (within reason)and write down what you did (diarise). Then increase to 15 mins when you’re ready. Find the way to revise that is enjoyable at least in some way (e.g. try revising with a friend, watch a video on the subject, make flash cards). Once you get going, you will realise that you enjoy making progress and achieving results and the rest will follow.