bitteorca Posted July 6, 2010 Posted July 6, 2010 Hi people I am struggling to find motivation to complete my Masters thesis. I have already left it too late, with 2 months to hand in date. It really grinds on me that I am not doing it. Its a really big weight on my shoulders that I constantly feel, but I still don't do any work on it. I know its massively important to do, but still no action is taken, or not enough action. I have already done a dissertation, and I am quite sick of education at this point, but I know that if I just put my head down for 2 months straight, I can get a good grade and then will be relatively well set up in the world. So why am I not doing it?! Why am I not putting my head down?! Its like I know what I SHOULD be doing, but I don't ACTUALLY do it! Help
Ronni_W Posted July 6, 2010 Posted July 6, 2010 Hugs, bitteorca. I read here somewhere to effect of, you NOT doing it is less painful than you doing it; meaning that, right now, you're receiving more (emotional) 'benefits and rewards' by not doing it. So, maybe. Try to figure out what are those subconscious or conscious benefits -- enjoying the stress/pressure? enjoying being able to talk about it? fearful of what lies in your future if/when you do finish it? Could be that you're afraid that you won't get the grade you want/need, so leaving it to the last minute...at least you'll have an "excuse" for the grade that you eventually do score? All just my guesses, of course. Point is there is something going on for you, and that 'something' is blocking your inspiration and motivation to just get on with it. You could also write a list of all the positives that will enter your life once you do finish it -- feelings of pride of accomplishment, being stress-free, having proving your determination, self-discipline and perseverance, etc. I have the same thing about getting my ass to the gym, and doing 10 minutes of daily self-reflection -- I honestly WANT to...but that's not the way I'm acting So, I'm still working on figuring out my own 'benefits and rewards' for not doing what I'm telling myself I want to do. Maybe it'll turn out I don't really want to do it? Best of luck getting it done, and Much happiness and success for the rest of your life.
yasmina1706 Posted July 7, 2010 Posted July 7, 2010 Hi people I am struggling to find motivation to complete my Masters thesis. I have already left it too late, with 2 months to hand in date. It really grinds on me that I am not doing it. Its a really big weight on my shoulders that I constantly feel, but I still don't do any work on it. I know its massively important to do, but still no action is taken, or not enough action. I have already done a dissertation, and I am quite sick of education at this point, but I know that if I just put my head down for 2 months straight, I can get a good grade and then will be relatively well set up in the world. So why am I not doing it?! Why am I not putting my head down?! Its like I know what I SHOULD be doing, but I don't ACTUALLY do it! Help Hey, I am a law student and used to have this problem as well... I just COULDNT get started. The way I did it was to set the clock to do just 15 minutes work... I knew I couldn't take a break for that time and as it was so short I kept going. After 15 minutes I was usually quite able to keep working as it is the starting that is so difficult, and once you're started it's okay. I know how hard it is to study when you don't feel like it - I realised too late into my law degree that it is totally unfulfilling academically to me, but decided to press on and get it finished. Also, another thing that helps is imagining results day, when you get your good results and everything seems worth it and all the work is behind you and you are glad you did it Then imagine a terrible results day and how such a short period (maybe a few months) of working hard will affect your whole future. Good luck and I hope you can try and at least start doing a bit .
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