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How does one combat with the motivational obstacles that may come with college?

As the ongoing pandemic of COVID-19 continues to surge this year, my worries is how it may affect how college will go for me? #college #college-advice

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Ken’s Answer

To stay motivated in college set lots of small, easy goals that will help you achieve your larger ambitions. I would make a short list almost every day of things I wanted to accomplish. It feels good to cross them off as you complete them and makes you feel productive each day.
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Sonya’s Answer

Staying motivated can be challenging in any circumstance and add a pandemic on top of the regular challenges and things get tougher all around. First of all it's good to be aware that it will take extra effort to stay on target and stay with your goals. On the other hand don't be too hard on yourself and expect too much. After all, everyone else is in the same boat. We all have the extra difficulty.
Good advice already given was to create a schedule but be flexible within your schedule. Build in some make-up time for your tasks, homework etc knowing that you may spend extra time waiting in line etc. I plan for when I may need to wait somewhere and bring something I can get caught up with that's not too distracting for others around me and I can pay attention to when the line is moving...like a podcast or read a lesson that doesn't require too much note-taking so you're not juggling a bunch of books.
I also like the idea of applying for an internship, especially something that you can do part-time so you can learn, stay busy and stay motivated.
Take time for yourself by exercising in whatever form you enjoy - for me nothing beats beachwalking but you may enjoy a serious hike, bike, run etc. Get the adrenaline going while clearing the mind and this will help you stay focused with your goals.
All the best to you and one day you'll look back and say yep! We made it!
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Nick’s Answer

One thing that I would recommend is to try and create some kind of schedule. Of course, there are still a lot of variables with the pandemic so try to think of things that you can do regularly:

On Tuesdays, schedule a video chat with friends,

Every day at 5PM, ride a bike or take a walk for 30 minutes,

On Thursday mornings, order coffee from a cafe...

Something like that. At least for me it helped during the start of everything.

Best of luck!
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Angela’s Answer

Hello! It might be helpful to find an internship in the field you are studying. This helped me with motivation when I was a student. It pushed me to be better and also motivated me since I knew it was ultimately experience that aligned with my career aspirations.
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Vernie’s Answer

Hello!

Having a solid support system - family, friends and even professors, can help you push through college. Another thing that can help is to have a mood board that you can constantly look back at in order to remind you as to why you started in the first place.

Best of luck!
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