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Don't see the point in studying anymore.

I've lost all drive I once had, when I was a kid I loved my subject and wanted to study it as high as possible then get a job relating to it, but now I just don't give a damn. I find the lectures boring and totally uninspiring, the work is a chore, I'm dreading the exams and I just have absolutely no motivation. I thought it might be the subject, maybe I've just grown out of it, I'm thinking of changing at the end of the year, I just have to pass the exams to do so, I already looked into it all.

But I'm still worried, what if it's not the subject, what if the change does no good, I'm so unmotivated to finish uni. I don't want to drop out because I don't want to be working in mcdonalds my whole life, but I have no motivation to study anymore. I don't know what I want to do with life, all I know is I hate where I am now and I'm really not sure what to do about it.

Anyone in the same boat?

Reply 1

Jeremy-Bentham

I think you need to calm down and just relax for a few days untill you get your motivation back. Just don't make any rash decsions untill your head clears.

Reply 2

mini_jiminy

mate, this is only my opinion but your not going to do well on a course you don't enjoy so if you still can't motivate yourself then go for another course. If you have to there's nothing stopping you leaving uni even for a number of years and then going back if it gives you the time to think about what you want in life - you may well go back being more motivated and get a better degree (although it may well be a lot harder paying for it)

Reply 3

bigman_ben

11

I've been like this for quite a while and have decided to reapply because, to reiterate, you'll do better at something enjoyable and stimulating than something thats dull and boring or has been made dull and boring by the way the course has been made (haphazardly in my case).

Reply 4

Dijobla

17

Why do so many people think that the options are either go to uni or work in McDonalds for the rest of your life?

Reply 5

Anonymous #1

OP

mini_jiminy

mate, this is only my opinion but your not going to do well on a course you don't enjoy so if you still can't motivate yourself then go for another course. If you have to there's nothing stopping you leaving uni even for a number of years and then going back if it gives you the time to think about what you want in life - you may well go back being more motivated and get a better degree (although it may well be a lot harder paying for it)

Yeah I hear what you're saying, that's a good idea but I know I'll just bum about playing computer games if I don't do it now - another reason for staying. I'm going to change course just I'm so worried I will feel exactly the same with that one. It's like I've just totally lost all motivation and I'm concerned the change won't make any difference.

I wondered if anyone maybe felt the same and knew how to get the motivation and drive back? It's like I don't give a **** about anything any more.

Reply 6

Sprockette

15

Maybe try and talk to some 2nd/3rd year students and see what the course will be like next year? First year for me was very general and nothing to do with my main subject (technically, I know it had really!). It might get more interesting in 2nd year.

I do know how you feel though, I changed course and still don't like it - I'm finished uni in May and looking for a job that has nothing to do with my degree.

Reply 7

Zenobia

1

Stop complaining and finish it. You can't always do what you like. And if you don't like working at McDonalds, it's certainly worth finishing your degree, because at least you have a chance on liking the work you can do through that the rest of your life.

Also it sounds like you're unhappy about more than just your degree. If you're so depressed about it, you've got to be focusing all things bad that are going on, on it. I mean, I absolutely detest my school, but I have a very fun part time job and a wonderful holiday to look forward to, so I am not thinking about just giving up on school. Focus on the good things. And if you don't have any good things, create them.

Reply 8

cpj1987

15

Dijobla

Why do so many people think that the options are either go to uni or work in McDonalds for the rest of your life?

Exactly this.
Rather than give yourself ridiculous ultimatums and use them to make your decision, OP, think about the reality.
University isn't the be all and end all, so if it's not for you, leave. Otherwise, change course if you're not happy with the one you're doing. There's no point doing something you don't enjoy.

Reply 9

gregmb

7

Get some sun, get outdoors. Then talk to a respected person already established in your field, in person. A well known academic potentially?

Thats what I did when I needed my motivation back. Went surfing and hiking for a weekend, talked to a respected academic about my future/their work/etc. Helped me...

Reply 10

Marykate5

6

What are you doing and where?

Reply 11

WelshGalSoph91

ive been like this, im in my last year of college and i really want to do my course in university but ive got no motivation to sit the exams in my other subject, im seeing it as a wate of time as im not gonna use them, but ive gotten myself back of track, im behind with work and stuff but trying to catch up, what helped me was actually getting into uni so id say look to the future and see what u want. Mcdonalds aint to bad :P

Reply 12

arukas

Dijobla

Why do so many people think that the options are either go to uni or work in McDonalds for the rest of your life?

Because if you do not graduate from a university with a good qualification, which place would want you? especially in this current market

Reply 13

nelz26

God I feel exactly the same!!

I literally cannot find the motivation to work at all. Same as you, the work's a chore, lectures are boring and I'm dreading the exams!! :frown:

Reply 14

BumperBo

10

Anonymous

Yeah I hear what you're saying, that's a good idea but I know I'll just bum about playing computer games if I don't do it now - another reason for staying. I'm going to change course just I'm so worried I will feel exactly the same with that one. It's like I've just totally lost all motivation and I'm concerned the change won't make any difference.

I wondered if anyone maybe felt the same and knew how to get the motivation and drive back? It's like I don't give a **** about anything any more.

What exactly drew you to the topic in the first place? Maybe study up more on that and get motivated again?

Reply 15

Dijobla

17

arukas

Because if you do not graduate from a university with a good qualification, which place would want you? especially in this current market

My mistake. Obviously everyone who's ever got a decent job that wasn't in McDonalds or a fast food restaurant must have gone to university.

Don't be so short-sighted; this isn't the first recession we've ever seen and it's certainly not the worst or the last. It won't last forever and there will be work. People have been getting jobs without having degrees since um, forever, and a degree doesn't even guarantee you a job anyway.

Reply 16

hannah_dru

2

I suppose it depends on what your subject is really. Like if I dropped out of translation I'd have a really small chance of becoming one without a degree so I would be stuck with a naff job.

Try and give yourself a break and see how that goes. I suppose you could change if you still feel like this in a few months and then if you drop out you can always go back.

Reply 17

arukas

Dijobla

My mistake. Obviously everyone who's ever got a decent job that wasn't in McDonalds or a fast food restaurant must have gone to university.

Don't be so short-sighted; this isn't the first recession we've ever seen and it's certainly not the worst or the last. It won't last forever and there will be work. People have been getting jobs without having degrees since um, forever, and a degree doesn't even guarantee you a job anyway.

It is true that some people still can get a very good job with a decent salary without a need for a good qualification. However, how many people can have those talent? What I want to say that the employers first will look at your qualification when they receive your application form?

Reply 18

Hana_87

16

I was in the same boat but left it far too late to do anything about it and now i'm gonna be graduating with a crap degree - so my advice? Do something before it's too late - a course you enjoy, definitely.

Please dont hope it will get better and do nothing...

Reply 19

Hana_87

16

arukas

It is true that some people still can get a very good job with a decent salary without a need for a good qualification. However, how many people can have those talent? What I want to say that the employers first will look at your qualification when they receive your application form?

Thats rubbish! My boyfriend applied to graduate jobs and they never even asked to see his degree certificate.

Most employees do not look at qualifications alone, they look at what makes you different. Thousands of graduates will have 2.1 and 2.2 degrees so they will want to know what makes you stand out - this is what they will get from your CV.

Don't see the point in studying anymore.

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