Motivation

I personally believe the hardest aspect of studying is getting motivated. It is extremely hard to get off your couch and start reading or interpreting facts. It's not something I want to do by any means, but it is something I realize I must do. Honestly, in a perfect world, I would never have to read another textbook again and occasionally read the newspaper. Well, this world is not perfect so this scenario will most likely never occur. So, this brings me to the topic of how to get motivated to get my schoolwork done. There are both internal and external factors that can lead to motivation, and both are beneficial in their own ways.

My biggest internal motivator is to simply be successful. I have been blessed with a pretty good life, and I realize it is because my parents worked extremely hard from a young age. I need to implement this same mentality of diligence into everything I do. Simply put, the thoughts of my family and success are my main motivators for doing well in school.

An external motivator does not have to be something big by any means. For me, it is a poster I have hanging in my room. It reads: Justification For Higher Education. There is a picture of a mansion on the water with a lot of awesome cars in the garage. Is this a materialistic mentality? Yes. But it is what helps me get motivated.

Now- to the school work I got done as a result of these motivating factors. I only have one test this week and it is Thursday. Since I am a visual learner, after using the visual of the poster I applied the 20 minute technique to my Sport Management course to start making a study guide. The motivation did work quite well because the poster is literally right above my desk. So every time I got a little sluggish or started looking around, my eyes met the poster and I got right back into doing the assignment at hand.