Losing Motivation

[cookderosa]

Lately I have been losing motivation to do anything. I haven't been sleeping and I am so tired of school! Fall semester has started and I just don't seem to have the drive like I used to. 2 weeks in and I am regretting it. I look forward to testing out much more than I do going to classes. I used to love online classes but as a requirement for BAH the VA wants the one class I am taking. It is boring and I just don't feel like I am learning anymore.

Have you ever felt like this? How long does it last?

we all have ups and downs in our motivation, the key is to know what you can back off of. Look through the syllabus, do the high yield assignments with gusto and give the low yield assignments minimum brain space.

Case in point, I had a 16 week class that had weekly homework. It was the end of chapter type questions and took a long time- hours. The grand total for all that work (hours!) was only like 10% of our grade. Discussion posts were another 10% and the two exams each about 40%. So......I did the absolute bare minimum on the homework, never more than 15-20 minutes tops. I completed every answer (didn't want the teacher to KNOW I was a slacker) but gave any answer just to "do it" and get it turned in. I didn't care if they were all right, because the effort rewarded was tiny.
I averaged in the 70's on my homework. The point? To earn mid-70's (which accounted for SO LITTLE of my score) took 20 minutes per week. To earn high 90's on the same work would have taken HOURS. Instead, I used my efforts to study hard for my exams. FWIW, I ended up with an A in that class, but I would have taken a B or C. Sometimes school sucks, and most of the time that's enough for people to stop.

Just do what needs to get done to get it done. Learn later. Keep going, walk if you can't run, but don't stop.