How do you maintain focus on objective?

[Lindagerr]

Hi All-

I am coming down to the wire. I need Intro to Psyc and Intro to Soc. and I will have my AA. I seem to be doing everything but study this past 2 weeks. I know I have to get these done if I want to Graduate and be able to walk in Oct.

Everytime I sit at the computer I seem to come up with an excuse to do anything except study. I even use this board as an excuse, I have posted more in 2 weeks then the past 2 years.

Is it cold feet? or burn out? Somebody please give me a kick start!!:o

[WendyR]

I think it's burnout and I"m feeling it now, too. I started my path to my ASBA last June 1. Since then I have earned 45 credits and I have 3 currently in progress with a required math class - online format and it's hellacious, to say the least. This hasn't been easy - I work and have a 4 year old and a 17 month old at home.

I absolutely need to study for the Principles of Financial Accounting DSST and I just can't get motivated at all. To stay on schedule, I have to take it within 3 weeks, so I need to get a move on.

I don't have any advice to offer, but I can just tell you I am in the same boat right now.

Let me know if you find something that works to get you motivated hilarious

Wendy

[cookderosa]

Hi All-

I am coming down to the wire. I need Intro to Psyc and Intro to Soc. and I will have my AA. I seem to be doing everything but study this past 2 weeks. I know I have to get these done if I want to Graduate and be able to walk in Oct.

Everytime I sit at the computer I seem to come up with an excuse to do anything except study. I even use this board as an excuse, I have posted more in 2 weeks then the past 2 years.

Is it cold feet? or burn out? Somebody please give me a kick start!!:o

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Maybe you don't need to give the attention to those subjects like others...and so your putting it off until the last minute. I have done this too- when it was something I felt like I had a good base in, I only spent about 3 days of study. From your siggy, it looks like you might have already taken a class or two in soc/psych? So, maybe you are telling yourself these last two won't be too bad.
My only advice is that if your spending time on this board- spend it over in the specific exam feedback section! THAT'S productive!!

[Lindagerr]

Thanks for the kick in the butt bmills

Wendy we can do this if we set ourself small reachable goals and reward ourself for meeting them

Cook Thanks for the encouragement

After that post I took a nap and spoke with my husband, then I came back up here read your replies and set my goal one set of flashcards and 1 whole petersons test. I have done that (got 57%) and now I will reward myself with a break some beautiful sunshine and work in the garden and best of all 2 pieces of Dove Dark Chocolate.

Sometimes it is just so lonely we need reminding we have each other here on the board to lean on.hilarious

[knucyt]

For sure Linda!

We obviously have similar reward tastes! Now that Spring is here, gardening, chocolate, and reading lighthearted novels are my first picks (altho' reading school books put me to sleep much faster!).

a 57% on Petersons means you are probably very very close to being ready go take the exam!

[barbara2bba]

For what it is worth, I found my fear of failure helped my motivation out quite a bit. I would do some self-talk about failing the test if I didn't study and I became very motivated!

I also found changing study resources every 1/2 to 1 hour helped. So I would do IC, then do some quizzes, then go to wikipedia, then google the course and add .edu or .ppt to find some professor's notes or presentations, etc.... I was able to keep myself from being bored this way.

[OnMyWay]

I am the greatest procrastinator in the world! It sure doesn't help that I have a 4 month old daughter that likes to grin at me and giggle while I study. So rewards are extremely helpful. My reward of choice is Ben & Jerry's Coffee Heath Crunch. :p

[yelesomnerual]

Linda-
i definitely procrastinate through this board. but it also gives me such great motivation at the same time to see that other people kind of get what's going on in my life-- no one in my everyday world really understands this testing stuff!

I've taken the sociology, and all i can say is really don't worry about it. i mean, study, but this is not one to stress over. i would take the official clep practice test and judge your readiness from that. once you review the sociology material, it seems almost like everyday knowledge.
good luck!

[crshore]

NO counselor in the WORLD would suggest this method, but it worked for me...

When I felt unmotivated, I would engage in lots of negative self talk! I'd say, "You're a bum....you'll never make it!!"..LOL! Again, no psychologist or counselor would ever suggest you use negative self talk. But for some reason, it always made me sit up in my chair and do my work.

[WendyR]

Thank you for this post, Linda. It motivated me. I got through one section of the flashcards last night and more than half of the DSST study guide