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Bluebird

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Burnout and Motivation
« on: February 06, 2021, 02:48:43 pm »
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Hi Atarnotes,

I'm in year 11 doing 3/4 bio and 1/2 chem, methods, English standard, lit and texts and traditions

All of my subjects I'm doing fine in, and even somewhat enjoying, except chemistry and methods!!! Every time I open Edrolo to attempt chemistry questions, I get discouraged by the fact I make so many mistakes on the exam-style questions (especially if I don't mention all the details they provide in the exemplar responses).

I read lots of guides on ATARNotes on achieving 40+ ss in these subjects and most say that you must log your mistakes, work consistently, work ahead of the class and actively learn and I'm trying to really hone in on my mistakes but I just get burnt out so quickly and overwhelmed with information.

How do you guys keep up the motivation to study? I genuinely want to put in the hard work, I just don't know how to go about it...

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Re: Burnout and Motivation
« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2021, 12:43:44 pm »
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In terms of the discouraging questions on Edrolo, don't stress, I am like 2 weeks ahead in physics but they still get me sometimes :(. The best solution to them is doing a mistake book, makes it much easier to remember. But don't stress, the exam questions will come up but not every question will be like them. Understanding the theory and concepts beyond what the teacher says can help.

Honestly during year 10 I felt the same way for the first half of the year. I think that the only real solution is just to... start the work. I know that sounds kind of obvious but I would always struggle to start work, like you I would read on stuff like study guides, but as soon as I started, I would just work through it. Make sure to get some relax time, find a youtuber or a tv series and spend some time when you get home or later in the evening just chilling. Maybe set aside one day like Friday to just veg out. 
In terms of studying ahead... Honestly it is good if you can but you should never prioritize  pushing ahead at the cost of understanding. Go at your own speed, make sure to create your OWN revision and do the homework(or at leas the relevant bits) and it will be better than pushing ahead and barely understanding.
TLDR; Make breaks, just sit down and go through HM+ OWN revision notes. Don't get discouraged and ask the teacher for step by step examples if you still don't get it.
"Don't give up, and don't put too much effort into things that don't matter"-Albert Einstein, probably.

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Re: Burnout and Motivation
« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2021, 02:17:52 pm »
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You're at the start of the year, not getting 100% on practice questions isn't failure it's to be expected :)

That you're already working on this now gives you an edge. Make sure you're not trying to be productive 100% of the time & have breaks scheduled in. If you're not taking care of your health (including having some do-nothing/socialise/whatever time) keeping motivation is going to be much harder

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Re: Burnout and Motivation
« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2021, 04:06:11 pm »
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To avoid burnout definitely find something other than studying that you are passionate about - it really helps in reducing your stress. Also try to stick to a timetabling method of sorts, that way you have some sort of predictability in your studying which lowers the amount of motivation needed to study. Hope this helps

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Re: Burnout and Motivation
« Reply #4 on: February 22, 2021, 09:33:54 pm »
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Don’t overthink it, I always lose motivation if I start thinking too much about what needs doing instead of actually taking the action needed to do it.
You can accept failure as a part of the process rather than a sign that you’re not good enough, it’s important that you find out why you’re not getting something as soon as possible so you reduce repeated mistakes.
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