#im so braindead its the end of my semester and final weeks is coming soon

[kokokichichi]

From what I remember you not only study in a very demanding uni but also tough major, don't know if any minor, and you also have a job?? That's so much hard work, how do you have motivation and discipline for it? And in relation to that do you have any tips about motivation and/or discipline?

LMAO yeah im currently attending an ivy league level uni (yes, i'm still somewhat proud of this bc it was my dream school, and no i'm not going to be very humble about it on this blog LOL), studying comp eng and comp sci, and i work part time!! i'm also involved in a lab for a research project, which is a surprisingly huge time commitment (T.T)

now saying all this i will admit it sounds pretty impressive but i think most kids majoring in stem have this sort of overloaded uni experience (tbh i would even say i'm doing much less compared to half of my friends) but i'll still give my two cents on motivation or discipline. i actually got asked a similar thing way back but i don't remember what the fuck i tagged it as so don't bother looking for it

half of what keeps me going is tuition... like i’m not paying so much just to slack off LOL and my overwhelming fear of failure. but the other half is:

friends!!! make friends in all of your classes to study with or at least people you feel comfortable comparing hw answers/asking questions with. they’ll keep YOU on track by asking YOU questions and vice versa

this might not apply to everyone but find a passion project that’s conductive to ur academics? for example, my research. it’s hard to explain but it kinda makes me feel like there’s light at the other end of the tunnel. like not only is it fun and exciting (to me at least because i’m a fucking nerd).... it’s like.... i could make an actual change in the world and this could impact people and this is what my future career could be like. it just kinda keeps me going idk 

you know i see a lot of “be kind to yourself” posts and that’s all fine and good but don’t be too kind to yourself. you don’t need a 5 hour break from doing a hour long study session. get off ur ass and go do some class work

might just be me but get up earlier in the morning. you’re more productive then and if youre far less likely to be distracted.

work on the smaller assignments first so that it feels like you have less to do and you don’t have that “oh my god i have so much hw” anxiety that make it so that you never start on anything

school is hard. studying is so fucking hard. i have times where i’m up at 3 AM crying over my code that won’t compile. i get tests back where i’m 20% below the average. you’re not alone! we’re gonna get through this and get our degree