I'm in my final year at university. Technically, I could have graduated 3 years ago, but I was lazy, had a lot of emotional baggage to deal with, was extremely demotivated and worst of all: I wasn't interested in ANY of the stuff I was learning about. Fortunately, I live in a country with a ridiculously low tuition fee at the state university, so those wasted years didn't pose a financial issue because I don't have students loans or anything like that. Although most of my peers pity me because at 25, I still live with my mom, have no social life, no car, never travel etc., I feel like financially, I'm not in such a bad place. I don't make much by any means, BUT I don't have any debts, no loans etc. This privilege, however, has made me lazy. I feel depressed and lonely and bored because I don't do much in my life. I don't even have to study so hard, but I don't even study the required minimum because I fucking hate it. I like learning about stuff that interests me, but the stuff I have to read and learn about or write 25 page essays about just doesn't do it for me.
I absolutely have to graduate in September. I have to write 3 more papers, pass 7 exams, and write my 100 page thesis. How the heck do I start? My biggest wish would be to just drop out, but I can't do that so close to the finish line. It would make zero sense. So that is out of the question.
My question is: how do you work hard for something you absolutely don't care for? I procrastinate all the time, and no amount of blocking sites, turning off the computer etc. has helped. Even when I lock myself up in the library, I find myself daydreaming.
How do I learn to live simply like a college student should, with no distractions?
Submitted November 07, 2018 at 07:29AM by plan2haveaplan https://ift.tt/2qzLMK4
