how to movitate urself into studying.

[dreamz]

hey someone give me ideas in studying more and less slacking of work.

[TonyHem]

Delete your games
Write a plan for each day

[EvangelionZeta]

Make a check list. 

Try and put down some goals so that you have something to aim for.

[ninwa]

Draw a giant poster representing your desired course / ENTER / whatever and put it on your wall next to where you study.

If motivational quotes work for you, do that too. I had a big piece of paper on my wall with "YOU DIDN'T GO THROUGH 13 YEARS OF SCHOOLING JUST TO FALL AT THE FINAL HURDLE." It motivated me for about a term or so (shut up, a term is better than nothing )

Make sure your study area is free of distractions. Try not to study in front of the TV or next to a computer. Apparently having Baroque music on in the background aids concentration. If you want to try this I recommend Bach's Well-Tempered Klavier.

Make a study planner and promise yourself treats - something like "watch favourite TV show after completing this maths exercise" - as motivation.

[Eriny]

The hardest part (at least for me) seems to be actually starting work. But, once you get into it isn't so difficult anymore. If you remember that, then things get a bit easier.

Sometimes a lack of motivation can be an indication that you need rest though. Don't go too crazy.

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Nice vid on procrastination. Some of it may not be relevant, some may be relevant:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFNjk-PhIaI

Finding time wasters:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5h1NCnJFAAI

Study smart, not hard:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48z45NzFqSQ

[marine ices]

Make sure your study area is free of distractions. Try not to study in front of the TV or next to a computer. Apparently having Baroque music on in the background aids concentration. If you want to try this I recommend Bach's Well-Tempered Klavier.

  Yeah, music that you wouldn't listen to otherwise, but just keeps you going is good.
   I found that any music I put on hindered me, but if my sister happened to put it on, it would be a pleasant stimulant

[Mao]

do work after school, don't turn your computer on until after 12, when the internet gets boring because of lack of MSN contacts :. do more work.

[Fyrefly]

do work after school, don't turn your computer on until after 12, when the internet gets boring because of lack of MSN contacts :. do more work.

The hardest part (at least for me) seems to be actually starting work. But, once you get into it isn't so difficult anymore. If you remember that, then things get a bit easier.

Sometimes a lack of motivation can be an indication that you need rest though. Don't go too crazy.

These both follow the same train of thought, me thinks.

Once u start, u can generally keep going quite easily.
The tricky part is getting in2 the habit of starting early in the nite rather than putting it off for 4 or 5 hours.
If that means u don't even turn the TV or the computer on until u've done ur work, so be it.

In hindsight, I was actually quite disciplined in that I would start work @ bout 5 - 5.30ish each weeknite.
Keep in mind that it took me an hour 2 walk home from skool, and I was usually tired and hungry when I finally did (and wet if it had been raining... -.-).
Man, I don't even get home until 7pm these days..!

[ice_blockie]

I was one of those people who loved to make pretty timetables and say I will do maths study for a gazillion hours a week. Needless to say it didnt work. But I found this thing kinda worked for me coz my attention span was 30 seconds, only slightly longer than dory from finding nemo:

AHG! Procrastination. Don't we all love it??? I think I waste ages each day procrastinating (well it includes getting home and sitting in front of the tv until its almost dinner and quickly doing 15 mins of hw out of guilt...LOL.

Anyway, enough said of my personal disorder, here's 2 weirdass procrastination strategies that WORKED!!! I got my homework done and study amazingly finished. (before the novelty wore off).

1. The (10+2)*5 technique. This is for people who have REALLY low attention span. Its plastered all over the internet but heres the lowdown. Spend 10 minutes intensively doing work and then spend 2 minutes for down time (i.e. going for a stretch, a quick drink or snack, or some activity unrelated to what you're doing...maybe a sodoku!). Then spend another 10 minutes doing work and followed by 2 minutes break. 10 minutes plus 2 equals 12. 12 times 5 equals one hour! DONE! NOTE: You must be ON TIME.

Best used with timer (gives you motivation to finish before timer does too . This technique attempts to reduce amount of time day dreaming because you are continuously under the pump. Maybe not so good for long periods of time but good for when you have a VERY BUSY schedule and you need to get things done.

If your attention span is not as low, adjust where necessary. If you think work time needs to be more change it to maybe (15+5)*3 and so on.

2. The Pendulum technique. ( not real name...i forgot it ) This is for people who get bored with doing one thing for a extended period. Choose 3 activities and write them done on a list. For example:

1. Read 4 chapters of 1984
2. Finish 20 methods questions
3. Clean up bedroom (its an example okay!)

After them write down the numbers 5, 10 and 20.

What you do is for 5 mins do activity 1. After exactly five minutes, STOP. STOP IMMEDIATELY. Cross out the number 5 next to activity one (yay I reached my first goal) Then go on to activity 2 for 5 minutes. Then STOP and do activity 3 for 5 minutes. Then go back to activity for 10 minutes and so forth for 20 minutes.

The aim of this technique to gradually increase the amount of time you spend, reducing the chance of getting bored easily. If you feel numbers need changing go ahead. But you must keep the same the idea that the time is increasing gradually. Do not have chunks of time like 1 hour then 2 hours then 3 lmao.

These techniques are provided here as a guide only for those who need a structured study session. If you don't need them don't use them!!! Each person knows how long they can concentrate for, so no one else can tell you that 50 minutes is the best amount of time for a study session as opposed to a 20 minute session. Anyway...signing off.