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The24hrClimber
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Can't focus on a life changing obstacle - feeling stuck on my studies.
PathStep 42 Compassion hearts2,750 Forum posts238 Forum upvotes508 Current upvotes508 Age GroupAdult Last activeAugust, 2026 Member sinceDecember 20, 2025
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I'm struggling to focus on my thesis that I started 5 yrs ago... I get this nausea as I just open the file. I tried many things like staying awake at night when nobody can distract me, I just started going for short hikes around my neighbourhood to refresh my brain. I'm part of a dancing class where I interact with people, I'm an active member of an international group, I go to theatre or events in general... I interact with the local community. I have set smaller tasks as many sites suggest... but nothing seems to really work... I feel like my energy is taken away by every small or big event like if I have to cook or listen to my parents disfunctional discussions just for a few seconds and even when these things don't happen I still feel this depress feeling that won't let me get started. All I seem to do is day-dream that it all has ended and that my ideal fantasy life in my head will always be better than my actual life.
I should get a partner to do the thesis with...someone that I must feel accountoble to but that is not an option, I've finished my uni courses such a long-time ago that I lost touch with any other students and none of the people I know have the time to dedicate time to such a task of daily support. I wish to find an online community with someone on the same boat that will benefit from a mutual words of support in the progress of surpossing this obstacle. I seem to think that my 35 yrs are too late to start a carrier and a family with a child when I haven't even managed to finish my studies. 




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 June 15th
...See more Hello Group!  I volunteer to host a chat later this day at 4-5PM EST. Hope to see you guys for the beginning of the week!
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Group Support / by The24hrClimber
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 June 11th
...See more You could draw quiet an interesting picture with all our usernames a blueCranberry Mey Tea Cup on a pioreeing pond with a cozy bunny to the side another very rational bunny on the other side, all covered with loving sparkles...some Tangerine as well, a lit candle and in the middle of it a Slayer after an escaping CLimber and watching over everyone a Geek Goddess!
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I want to finish the 5 weeks in celebration
Motivation & Accountability / by The24hrClimber
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 May 26th
...See more I'm writing here to commit to my goal to start working at my desk for at least 6 hours for day 5/7 to get done the paperwork that needs to be done for various things both project and general bureaucratic papers even if I don't see a reward in the future like the opportunity to have my house, my space, my family bc of the current economical situation and the fact I'm a woman with a clock ticking inside of me where a child is hard to have by the year that possesses. Still there's no point in doing anything out of Fear, this is why we are here in the first place with all these issues is bc people have fear to change things or see fear where there isn't. I don't want to be like them even if my fear or lack of motivation can be justified. So many others in way worse situations in the past have managed to make it through bc as Madiba said "work with hope, not fear".  Starting from now by finalizing and printing the paper to bring tomorrow to report the Plumber as many other works that I'll find in my job as an architect or an engineers who will constantly try to cheat me, confuse me, gaslight me, diminish me...but I won't let it get to me. 
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Newbie Hub / by The24hrClimber
Last post
 January 7th
...See more Hello, I'm the24hrClimber which is also the name of my Thesis project. I was looking for a support group to help me get through this significant hurdle that I had been posponing for so many years, I started the project 5 years ago did a great deal of it but then life came in the way, I had to move many times and that brought everything to a halt, all activites that make one really independent. Since then I feel stuck, I can't seem to pick-up these old rocks of my "previous life" and face them like driving, reaserching for a job, my physical fitness ... I feel everything in a way or another is blocked by my biggest Rock the Thesis! I keep giving it priority over everythign else like others do and I can't seem to do it. The others dedicate night and day to their Thesis or work with no social activities, no going out... is this what I'm meant to do? Am I so different from others? I started the Time Management Program and River Kayka program on 7Cup, this is my second week trying it out, and I think I really need to be part of a community to share my thoughts and feel accountable for what I do. So if anyone is my same situation, stuck with a creative job and wants someone to paddle along side me please, let me know...
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