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bakedbarbequebeans
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Motivation struggles
Student Support / by bakedbarbequebeans
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 September 28th
...See more Lately, I’ve been having a really hard time with school. Specifically starting assignments. It’s my second year of college so it’s not like I’m new to anything, but I cannot get myself to start things even when I wait till the last minute. I have a somewhat busy schedule with work and have no off days. I’m either at school or work everyday. But I don’t necessarily want to leave or change either of them. I like work and love the environment and people there a lot. And I do have a genuine interest and care for my education and a lot of time enjoy the topics that my assignments are about. I just haven’t been able to get into a routine of getting things done. My classes aren’t all that difficult either, besides a math class. I just constantly put things off and when I start to feel the pressure and consequences of doing so I get overwhelmed and overthink. When I’m feeling especially overwhelmed, my thought process seems to become much more emotional and short term. I start looking for the quickest way to make the feeling stop rather than thinking about things the way I normally would. I assume the worst and jump to conclusions and can’t trust myself to make rational decisions. I just don’t know why I’ve been struggling with this recently. I’m a relatively happy person and there’s a lot of things and people in my life that give me joy, and I do like to be productive and to grow, but I have little to no desire to do actual work for school. This has just been a really persistent cycle. And I’ve tried so many things to get myself to just start and nothing ever sticks.
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