Dear Motivation, Please Come Back
It's that time of year when the feeling of Christmas is in the air along with a hint of dread. Yep, it's the end of the semester. I'm not sure about all of you, but this time of year my motivation to do any work plummets. I eventually get it done, but it's a matter of forcing myself.
We've all had a deadline to fill. You know you have to do the assignment, but you don't want to. I find that a lack of motivation is more of a pain than writer's block. It gives you this nagging feeling. How I force myself to finish work is by two things: 1. The most obvious thing being that my grade will suffer. 2. The sooner I get it done, the sooner I get to stop worrying about it.
By the time my motivation comes back, I only have a few days to do the assignment. I keep telling myself that I won't do that to myself again, but that doesn't work most of the time. So my question is this: What tactics do you use to combat lack of motivation? It can be for anything.
It is really difficult when you know you are almost done. Trying to push the last bit of assignments together creates that exhausted feeling.