How to stay motivated?

January 6, 2012 12:00pm CST
At the moment my life is the same thing day in day out. I get up do notes for a course im studying get bored then argue with my mum, every other day we go to the gym and go swimming, then come back have food and rest. I also in this have to find a job so every other day I look online for jobs but they always seem to be the same jobs and not appealing. So I guess I need help on the following: How to stay motivated when looking for a job? after 6 months still no job. How do I fit more in my day? How can I stay motivated with my course? Which i wanted to do cos it interests me and offers me more job choices but the exam fees are hight.
4 responses
@SinfulRose (3527)
• Davao, Philippines
7 Jan 12
That is a difficult thing to solve because many factors affect your self motivation and optimism. Let's try a little change in your day by changing how you start YOUR day. Before you wake up, try to think those that you wish to have, those you wish to achieve. As much as possible don't think about your problems. From there let's proceed to how your every days changes and your other concerns.
• Davao, Philippines
7 Jan 12
I mean, before you get up...not wake up. Sorry about that!
8 Jan 12
Friend,it just like we students ,we study everyday ,and we sometimes get bored with study .But we have nothing to do but to continue our job.And it is really true for .But I don't study when I feel bored .I usually go out haave a run and listen to music .After that I will spend time thinking why I have no motivations in study and then I will ask help from my elder brother .Everyong of us will come across such addition like you .It all up to you to motivate yourself .
• Philippines
6 Jan 12
you can be motivated by your goals, set a goal for yourself or your studies. if you have something to look forward to, you will have reason to still go on.
@jkct02 (2874)
• Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
8 Jan 12
You are a lucky person. How I wish I can do the same like you when I was just a student. I wanted to do a course but my family was poor. We couldn't even afford to pay the entrance fee. I had to work part-time as a shop helper to earn to get thru my high school. So everyday after school I would have to work at the shop until it closed at 9pm. I didn't have the chance to argue with my mum because she too needed to work to support the family and she would be home only at 11pm. We all would have been too tired to talk, let alone argue. I wanted to go to gym and swim but never had the time and mean to. Anyway I would have been too tired to move, let alone exercise. After I finished my high school, as I had no money to enroll in a commercial course, I had to look for a better paying job than the shop helper wages but without much academic qualification, all jobs were long hours and paid not that much. But I had to work and earn. After 2 years, I got a loan to study the course I wanted to do. After I graduated I worked in jobs I didn't like with demanding employers. I had to endure that to pay off my loan in 5 years with other means of income from some small business that I did sideline(long hours). The turning point came when I joined a newly start-up company and we grew from a single small branch to 6 big branches in 5 years. I was the group manager when our group was bought over by an international company and I became their area manager. I have what I wanted now but I make sure my kids don't take things for granted. Motivation is there when you are low in resources. If you know what you want to do in life, you will not have such problem. Just take a job. Any job. Do it. Finish it. Take it as a challenge. When you can consider things from all angles you will be all right.