#Why study? For what reasons do you keep it up?

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tall briar
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I started this year thinking I could crush this.
I've received my "midterm" report and had realisations in the meantime.
I can't find any reason in my mind as to why I should esteem or progress in the subjects I've chosen - and why I should even work harder (which I'm being asked/told to do) than I have been. I felt at my limit already. ||Too much is happening to me tonight and my mum is yelling and my parents can't understand me it's extremely difficult and it's about tomorrow. my mum's shouting non stop all over the house about my situation. i wont say anything more about my personal scenario and if anyone mentions it at all (like "Im sorry for what you're going through") it'll make things worse in my mind so please please dont - this is just for your reading.||
those are the basics of why I'm asking.
I'm interested in your own reasoning that keeps you going. hopefully it may help other people too

thorny plume
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Honestly I just really enjoy learning and figuring out new things. However, I can "afford" to take it at my own pace now, as I'm just studying part time along with working full time. So if I'm feeling overwhelmed I will 100% drop a subject and pick it back up later.

I mean, I'm the type of person to take an astronomy class for shits and giggles (figuratively speaking). I just find space super interesting and getting a grade with it is just a bonus.

minor pebble
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On my good days my motivation comes from my love of learning. I'm lucky that I've yet to have a subject in my degree that I haven't found interesting to some level or another. On my worse days though, when everything is hard and the assignments are piling up I focus on the big picture. Why am I doing my degree? Why am I studying social work? Because I want to help people! I want to make the world a better place. I want to have a stable well paying career, which a leadership position in social work will give me. I want a career that doesn't get stagnant. If I want to achieve those long term ideas I need to do this degree. On the worst of days I sometimes go "spite fuel me" and think about how well im doing despite what I've been through and the people who've put me down in the past. I try not to rely on spite normally, but its a good fall back if all else fails 😅

proper ferry
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Why study? Hmm. It’s more like this to me. If I as a procrastinator push the temptations of the distractions around me, discipline myself, and finish the work I need to get done then those couple of hours of struggle is 1 more step towards success.
It’s like this. Some people use school or college to have good jobs and start a family etc. , and others do it some other way like being an entrepreneur, but in order to become this successful person, you still have to be a disciplined person to get to that point. Any career path you choose will be hard and stressful but if you push through the stress and don’t collapse under it, you’ll be able to live in this world.
This next part is kinda sad and disturbing so TRIGGER WARNING ⛔️! This last reason is probably the biggest reason why I keep pushing. My dad’s friend, who’s around age of 30-40, has a sad life. Let’s say that his name is John. John first became a restaurant owner after his friend said he couldn’t own it anymore and transferred the ownership to John. Some time passes as John takes of this place and takes care of his 2 kids. But one night when he’s driving home very tried, he crashes. Badly. His rib cage is shattered and the other person’s car is also broken. In court they find the person at fault is John so he has to pay like a hell ton of money. Now he’s financially struggling to take of his clam restaurant and feed his kids. And because of this, he is not able to go to the doctors and get himself fixed. To try and lower the cost of the shop, he cuts corners. See, oyster shops freeze their oysters and when a customer orders them, they rinse it under water to unfreeze them and then serve it to them. Problem is, John is financially struggling so he leaves them in the open to unfreeze instead of using water since the water bills would be too costly. One day the heath inspector comes in and rates his restaurant an EXTREMELY low score. He is told if he doesn’t fix up his ways the restaurant will close.

proper ferry
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Now he wake up everday, broken ribs so he’s in pain, constantly trying ways to feed his kids, and his only source of income is soon to be gone. Living a life like that sounds worse then death. It sounds like torture. So if I ever feel unmotivated to do something. I also think of John and how he most likely regrets many things in the past and it would be selfish of me to not do work just because I don’t feel like doing it, while people like him suffer from the exact mistakes Your about to make.

crystal yoke
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Idk bro. I feel guilty for not pushing myself when my parents work so hard, plus my older brothers are really cool. One's a pilot and another is in med school, so there's a lot of pressure for me the "gifted" kid to find a stable career.

tacit thicket
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I really don't know but I know it is something that I will regret if I don't do it. Also there are benefits for studying..

tacit cloud
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Honestly, I study because I wanna learn what the course has to offer, but at the same time I feel like I have reached my limit and can't catch up with the academic system anymore. I just want to study in my own pace. The grading system just stresses me out and demotivates me. When I work so hard but report cards and grades don't reflect that it affects me pretty bad even when I know those numbers or letter don't define me.

tacit thicket
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I so agreeee

sharp walrus
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Because i want to consider myself as someone who has deep understanding of complicated subjects , and i suppose in a sense that gives me a very strong sense of power and belief in my self. Everytime i feel unmotivated i watch videos of people who have gotten where i want to be , aka intelligent people such as psychologists , doctors , engineers and so on.

marsh flax
crystal carbon
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I love learning new things, but I hate school bc of its tight schedule and no time for yourself :"

tacit cloud
marsh flax
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I love learning but hate school cuz of the grades. If I get low grades even if I put a lot of effort and time my parents will only see the grade and they will punish me. In the future I wanna be a game developer so I'm giving my best

hybrid vale
waxen bridge
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I was searching for a forum like that one. To be honest I don't know. I just realised when I am literally typing this sentence, I think I am mainly gain motivation for solve a problem or etc. I might have a problem solver type of motivation. I want to do somethings when i think people need me or when i think they might need me, or i might inspire someone with my studying or i might inspire someone with my work to be better. Cause when i saw something and thought "this could have been done better" i want to do it better not for competition but for showing people we can do somethings better and be better. This is not for some specific people or my goal is not being a some specific person to help people. I just want to make things and people better and inspire them for do better or for them to be better theirselves.

I love learning too. I cant explain why and i dont know why but i just do. But that is more like a habit or something fun to do. It is motivating me too but not as well as the things that i just told above

flint marsh
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For me, it is because nothing else is fun or makes sense. I mean this is me saying but my brain keeps pushing me toward instant gratification which makes me feel like sh.t afterward. Yeah, in the end, I tried all games, anime, series, and youtube... Nothing gives the satisfaction and calmness of studying. When I do them I feel like in the middle of a war but when I study for something I feel like in the middle of a flower garden.

worldly nova