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I need some sort of motivation

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Slinger1x1
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Well, this has been something obvious about myself. I am lazy as fuck. i have no push. no need to do better. so i need something that will motivate me, something that will push me.

heres the deal. im smart, but i dont apply myself (im sure you've all heard this before). i got like 3.5's or 4.0s these last two quarters in every class, but its inconsistant, and i do the least amount of work and studying that i possibly can. If i studied and really tried, i could be getting straight 4.0s (i mean anyone could, but i actually have the chance to).
Finals are here and i keep telling myself, "you went through an entire school year and now you have a couple days of finals. Finish off this year and make the the time spent, this entire school year, worth it. why fuck it up now? just strap down and study hardcore for 3 days and get it done with, whats 3 days anyway? just do it." and it sounds right in my head, but when i go to actually study, i sitll procrastinate and shit and dont get it done.

Also, with sports. i am very athletic. I am a good football player, but i hate practices and all that shit. I also love lacrosse, everything about it, and i plan on getting recruited to the D3 level. But i dont do shit for these sports. i know i should run, i know i should be lifting, but i cant do it. i cant go out and run everyday. im really impatient which doesnt help. i also go to the weight room and stand around and talk to people and occasionally lift. I guess i want instand results that i obviously wont get... i need something to motivate and push me... but i cant figure it out

my brothers actaully pissed at me, he loved football and thinks lacrosse is a great sport and he knows my potential, but he hates to see me sitting around not doing shit when i could be working out or running. it kills him because he had the push but he didnt have my natural talent (not trying to claim, i promise).

so where do i get this push? you know how people do things for a lost loved one or for their handicapped sibling, but i dont have that. i need something to work for. suprisingly, trying to get recruited is not giving me the push that i would expect. i need something, i need someone to like murder my cat, you know what i mean? i need something. anyone got ideas? dont give me hate for this thread either. i know im being a bitch and need to just get out there and do it, but its easier said than done
Jun 15 2009 9:35PM
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BFFset.
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d3 schools dont even have scholarships so why would they recruit...?
Jun 15 2009 9:43PM
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sklermang
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ive had the exact same problem this year, didnt used to have it when i was younger, i think its a function of being a more relaxed person like transitioned from type A -> type B. for some reason within the past week ive started being productive as i used to be, getting out of procrastination slumps etc. the one thing that has helped a shitload is to pick, at the end of the day, 1 thing to be excited about for the next day, no matter how trivial it is, or just pick something for the next day thats out of the norm. do it consciously for a few days, and after a while you'll do it without even trying.
Jun 15 2009 9:43PM
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Kmania
Posts: 756 - Karma: 79
I can kill your cat if you really want. haha dude, the best way to get motivation is to do that stuff for you, not for anyone else. sounds kinda phony, but just push yourself with running and lifting till it becomes a habit. once you get to that point, motivation just comes naturally. and thats my lame speech of the day
Jun 15 2009 9:54PM
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InkShrink
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At least you know you're lazy and unmotivated. Knowing is power they say. You know what you want to do, you know what you have to do to accomplish these things, and yet you're still sitting around being a bum? Motivation doesn't have to come in the form of a dream, or some movie-esque setting. For me, motivation is a battle of will power, and to me, it sounds like you just lack will power to get off your butt.

Jun 15 2009 10:01PM
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no_steeze
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i've had this same problem for this past year, i just don't feel like doing anything and i'm not interested in anything. i'm still looking for the push
Jun 15 2009 10:03PM
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Phill.
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if you dont have self motivation than why are you wasting your time? you know?

if you dont want to strive to get better than why are you even in sports, and dont say becouse you love it, cause honestly if you loved it then you would want to be working hard to get better, maybe you need to just laugh more and have fun during the practiced or conditioning, thats what i do, im working hard but also having fun, cause its not worth it if you arnt having fun...
Jun 15 2009 10:07PM
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Slinger1x1
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you obviously have no idea about college sports. D1 schools hardly ever give money, D3 doesnt give money. im not playing for money, im playing cuz i love to play lacrosse. and they still recruite...
Jun 15 2009 10:15PM
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Phill.
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actually its illegal for them to give out money,
Jun 15 2009 10:17PM
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Slinger1x1
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the things is, i do want to get better, and i do love it, but the lazyness is a seperate issue. i mean i have come along way in lacrosse, gotten a lot better and i've become more fit and im going to recruiting camps and what not. i do love it and i want to get better i just need some sort of push because something within me stops me everytime.
Its not practice or conditioning, i love lacrosse practice and i dont mind running in practice, we dont run to much for punishment anyway. i mess around in practice and all, yet i feel like im definitely the most serious on my team.
Jun 15 2009 10:18PM
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jakepwilliams
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smoking ganj can really have that kind of effect on you. if you smoke, stop?
Jun 15 2009 10:35PM
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Snowgoner
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i have this same problem, but it's more on and off again. like all winter i was pushing myself so hard, i think it was because i was skiing all the time, trying to progress, while balancing out my school work. i did better winter term than i did this past spring term. i wouldn't say my motivation has slipped as much as your's, but still for some reason, i didnt have the same motivation. i think the key to me, well at least for motivation in your school work, is to have another thing that your balancing it out w/. like, if your not playing sports all the time, then your free from when you get back from school to when you go to bed, and it's easy to just sit back on the computer for 5 hours, and not get anything done. whereas if you have a hobby/sport(i know you have lacrosse, but this is the case w/ me) you have a limited time frame to get your work done, and you know that this is the only time that you can do it. but when you're not playing sports, you can just look at it from the prospective of, "i've got 6 hours to do my work, so i'm gonna go on the computer for a little bit," then you end up staying on the computer til when u go to bed, then you look back on the evening thinking, "wtf did i do??"
Jun 15 2009 10:46PM
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.jr
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Yeah I have this problem too, and I don't really have a solution for you. As far as some things like cleaning your room, I usually avoid it till I can't anymore and just do it.

The only thing I can say that might help is for you to just think about all the time you waste during a single day, and then thing about how long its going to take to do whatever it is, then just do it.
Jun 15 2009 10:50PM
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Snowgoner
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yeah, thats a good idea. think of the time you waste during the day, then fill it up with something, i remembered that that's what i try to do, and it works well.

(god, i gotta stop double posting by accident)
Jun 15 2009 10:52PM
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grifftang
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you will die soon.
Jun 15 2009 10:59PM
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Slinger1x1
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no, D1 colleges can give athletic scholarships. not actually give out money, that is illegal, yeah.

but anyway

yeah, i mean like i just procrastinate, but besides that, its like a push that i need, something to work for. like its deeper than just procrastination, its a want, a need, a hunger to do better. like, someones always trying to be stronger than you, strive to be the best and strongest so work out a ton. And i just think o, good for them.
i need like a gun to my head, something thats really meaningful to me.
Jun 15 2009 11:34PM
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gmack24
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dude no offense, but you really need to stop being a little bitch and man up. "Just do it"
Jun 15 2009 11:42PM
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