Being motivated for studies is something that we all desire, we all have a dream and we all want to achieve it, some of us want to be a doctor, some longs for being a lawyer and the others have different ideas of what they want to do with their lives and so we all work towards it. But the number one goal towards achieving anything is Knowledge because without knowledge you can’t achieve anything in your life.
Now if we talk about knowledge, there are many ways by which you can achieve it, it has nothing to do with how you study or what you study. In my experience one could do far better in life by acquiring practical knowledge than by reading textbooks, now it does not mean textbooks are a waste but the work you put on by using your own hand gives a far better result. For example, if you are taking an automobile class you are reading about cars and their functioning in the book but instead, if you go to a mechanic and work as an apprentice you will have a piece of far better knowledge as to how automobile functions and which part fits where than any of your classmates who have been busy reading books.
Now enough of this chitter-chatter and let’s focus on the ways by which one could be motivated for studies because there are certain jobs and skills which does require studies and most importantly if we wanna do anything in life we have to qualify for our exams ( Which I completely find shit and meaningless but its the way of the world). So in this article, I will be talking about 5 ways to be motivated for studies
1-) Choose a silent and comfortable place
Yeah, that’s right, the focus is the primary factor for motivation and it’s one of the most important factors to keep in mind. In a quiet and comfortable place, you will find it easier to concentrate. I have talked to a few people who like playing music while studying, but let me tell you something when you focus on more than one task at a time you can never be able to complete the task at hand. Believe me, I am myself a multi-tasker and I am a good one and unfortunately, even though I complete my work on time, it’s not always the perfect one. So if you wanna have a fruitful result while studying, you should move to a quiet and comfortable place. Also, make sure the place is not very comfortable because if it’s much comfortable you are surely gonna feel asleep. Now you may be wondering I am contradicting myself but I am not if the place is hard and uncomfortable then you will spend your entire time trying to be comfortable and if it’s too comfortable then you will fall asleep. So comfort is important but it’s not too important.
2-) Only study when you feel like studying
The second most important thing to be motivated while studying is to study when you feel like studying because if you are gonna do something you don’t want to do then in that case you are gonna just waste your time, and time is the most precious thing that you have. There are many people out there who want to study but they don’t feel like doing it so they end up either daydreaming or just ruining their memory. Yeah, that’s right. If you don’t feel like studying but you still study you end up ruining your memory. Think of it as eating food when you are already full. If you keep on eating you are surely gonna puke, the same goes with studying when you don’t want to. Now some of you might be thinking what if you never feel like studying. Yeah, that’s something that can happen but no worries if that’s the case then you can make a routine of studying. Just study for 5 minutes on day one then 10 on the next 15 on the third 20 on the fourth and extend it up to an hour for a month. Once you get that habit then you can slowly increase your study time.
3-) Take recurring breaks and don’t sit for too long
We all tend to get distracted while studying, sometimes we use our mobiles the others we just scribble on our notebooks and just pass our time. Now, this would seem a lot similar to what I said in the last paragraph but there is a slight difference in both of them. Once you complete the steps given in the last paragraph and can easily study for more than 1 hour then you can follow this step to be perfectly motivated. Now the major source of distraction is your mobile and other surroundings and a lot many people will tell you to keep them aside for the time of your study, but that’s not what I am gonna say. I will just ask you to set a timer after every 30 minutes and then take a 5 to 10-minute break and use your mobile or anything that you wanna do. This way you will feel less distracted and you will be able to concentrate better thus staying motivated for studies.
4-) Make a fixed and achievable goal
We all like playing games and the reason we are so addicted to games is we want to win and we all like winning, each and every game we play give us a task that we have to complete at a specific time and if its a game with an infinite number of levels we set such a reachable goal for ourselves. So we need to apply the same formula when we are talking about studying. Setting small and achievable goals is like playing a game and we would definitely want to win so it’s one of the best strategies you need to have if you want to be motivated for studies. Let me give you an example of how you can do it. For example, if you are studying mathematics, now suppose you take a break after every 30 minutes, now you can set a goal of doing 10 questions within these 30 minutes and you gotta do it with all the concentration and don’t be disheartened if you are not able to complete that goal because the main task here is to be focused for studies and not complete 10 questions.
5-) Keep on taking regular tests
The best way to be motivated while doing anything is to know that you are reaching somewhere, if you are a businessman and you are earning a good amount of money with your business, you will be motivated for continuing the same, similarly, you will only be motivated for studies if you know that you really are benefitting from it and the best way to know that is to test yourself. When it comes to testing you can do one of the few things, you can ask your friends or family to test you or you can use the internet to find some tests or you can make a test yourself and give that. Once you are done with it check the score, if you get a good one you should be happy and should work on giving the tests for new topics and if you score less even then it’s okay there is always a ground for improvement.
There are a lot many ways to be motivated for studies these are the five steps that you can use to grow that motivation. And before I conclude this article I would say that if you are reading this article you are already halfway there, because you already want to study and that’s the hardest thing there is. I would like to wish you all the best in your studies and hope these steps benefit you. Please let me know if these steps helped you in your studies. Feel free to give me more topics to write using the comment box below.
