In need of some motivation

[Glavinsolo]

Got 281 days left until graduation
Got 310 days left until being Married

Personal goal to be done with my BS before I get married. However, I am just too relaxed. I don't know why. I drink coffee and focus on my work but only do it leisurely. Take for example this past summer semester. I enrolled in 5 classes, dropped 1 upfront, dropped another 4 weeks into it, did lousy in 1, got a B in the another and currently enrolled in another. So out of those 5 classes 2 will be completed and count toward my degree program. So in essence I have 10 classes left for fall and spring.
Should I see a doctor for some meds to help me focus and not be so distracted and relaxed with my work? Seems I need a complete personality adjustment so I can finish my degree within 5 years from when I started, I just didn't feel like I was in a rush until now.
Give me some motivation techniques.

 

[ojai00]

It's all about wanting to do something. If you're going about your classes by taking it easy and not wanting to take it, of course you're going to drop it and not do well. If you're this way with your classes, how are you going to be as a husband? I'm sure you'll have a lot of earaches!

 

[b0mbrman]

You could try me yelling at you:

"How about you just pirate the f*** up and get it done!"

...and so forth...

Personally, when I want to make myself work harder, I visualize travelling with a future wife or my kids' college bills...

Or throwing it in the face of such-and-such from high school

 

[aswedc]

Adderall

 

[Kyanzes]

Forget about medication and personality adjustment. Don't you ever consider a shrink. What is this stupidity that you count the remaining days anyway? Give yourself a few days, if within that time you invent something worth millions of dollars, you are golden. If not, which is the most likely outcome, then harden yourself and endure.

 

[PCMarine]

What's your major?

 

[Kyanzes]

Originally posted by: aswedc
Adderall

Common side effects of Adderall include:

Increased heart rate
Insomnia
Loss of Appetite
Vertigo
Headache
Diarrhea
Sweating
Sexual dysfunction
Dry Mouth
Irritability
Tremor
Euphoria


Less common side effects

Upset stomach
Nervousness
Mydriasis
Bruxism
Formication
Urinary retention
Pyrexia
Tachycardia
Tics
Urticaria
increased urination
Emotional Numbness
Detachment from reality


Rare side effects

Phonetic tics
high blood pressure
hallucinations
Tourette's syndrome
cardiomyopathy

 

[lokiju]

STOP BEING A LAZY BASTARD!!!!!!!









Did that help?

 

[aswedc]

Originally posted by: Kyanzes
Common side effects of Adderall include:

Increased heart rate
Insomnia
Loss of Appetite
Vertigo
Headache
Diarrhea
Sweating
Sexual dysfunction
Dry Mouth
Irritability
Tremor
Euphoria


Less common side effects

Upset stomach
Nervousness
Mydriasis
Bruxism
Formication
Urinary retention
Pyrexia
Tachycardia
Tics
Urticaria
increased urination
Emotional Numbness
Detachment from reality


Rare side effects

Phonetic tics
high blood pressure
hallucinations
Tourette's syndrome
cardiomyopathy

So? You could make a list that long for alcohol.

 

[lokiju]

Originally posted by: Kyanzes

Originally posted by: aswedc
Adderall

Common side effects of Adderall include:

Increased heart rate
Insomnia
Loss of Appetite
Vertigo
Headache
Diarrhea
Sweating
Sexual dysfunction
Dry Mouth
Irritability
Tremor
Euphoria


Less common side effects

Upset stomach
Nervousness
Mydriasis
Bruxism
Formication
Urinary retention
Pyrexia
Tachycardia
Tics
Urticaria
increased urination
Emotional Numbness
Detachment from reality


Rare side effects

Phonetic tics
high blood pressure
hallucinations
Tourette's syndrome
cardiomyopathy

Wow, the side effects are way worse off than what it's meant to fix!

WTF?!?!

 

[Glavinsolo]

Originally posted by: PCMarine
What's your major?

Computer Science and Engineering

 

[Kyanzes]

Originally posted by: aswedc

Originally posted by: Kyanzes
Common side effects of Adderall include:

...

cardiomyopathy

So? You could make a list that long for alcohol.

I'm not dismissing your advice, I'm merely pointing out the facts.

 

[Glavinsolo]

Originally posted by: lokiju
STOP BEING A LAZY BASTARD!!!!!!!


Did that help?

To be fair, I'm only lazy when it comes to school I have a great relationship for 3+ years and been at my current job for 2.5 years. I have 2 offers so far when I graduate.

Edit: My question in this thread wasn't clear. I'm asking what you do to stay motivated?

 

[lokiju]

Originally posted by: Glavinsolo

Originally posted by: lokiju
STOP BEING A LAZY BASTARD!!!!!!!


Did that help?

To be fair, I'm only lazy when it comes to school I have a great relationship for 3+ years and been at my current job for 2.5 years. I have 2 offers so far when I graduate.

Edit: My question in this thread wasn't clear. I'm asking what you do to stay motivated?

Oh, in that case for me at least it's usually my not wanting to feel like a disappointment to my fiancee that motivates me, whether she'd feel that way about me or not.

 

[chorb]

I have 2 offers so far when I graduate.

How did you get 2 offers already if you still have 281 days left of school, 1 obviously from the company you currently work for, but where the other one from?

From what you said in your original post it seems you didnt get straight A's in college, not saying your not smart, but how did you secure 2 job offers by this point?

 

[Garet Jax]

Originally posted by: Glavinsolo
Got 281 days left until graduation
Got 310 days left until being Married

Personal goal to be done with my BS before I get married. However, I am just too relaxed. I don't know why. I drink coffee and focus on my work but only do it leisurely. Take for example this past summer semester. I enrolled in 5 classes, dropped 1 upfront, dropped another 4 weeks into it, did lousy in 1, got a B in the another and currently enrolled in another. So out of those 5 classes 2 will be completed and count toward my degree program. So in essence I have 10 classes left for fall and spring.
Should I see a doctor for some meds to help me focus and not be so distracted and relaxed with my work? Seems I need a complete personality adjustment so I can finish my degree within 5 years from when I started, I just didn't feel like I was in a rush until now.
Give me some motivation techniques.

The best motivation is to consider what will happen if you don't graduate.