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How to be motivated to study?
We are currently living in the most stressful period. Schools and universities have closed down until further notice. Exams cancelled. Graduations and proms suspended. I guess we can all agree that this is not we all planned our end of term to be like.
By Crystal_studygram's Blogs6 years ago in Motivation
Pride and Shame
I was watching The office in the past few weeks and depression caught up to me. I’m sure going to put out a long writing about false hope in order to fulfil my two weeks per writing goal that I put for myself. You see... I’m writing constantly and it’s frustrating to delete all the hard work I did in that two weeks. And mostly, I’ll feel unsatisfied and just discard it into the draft pile. In with the weird stories.I give up some of the finished product, due to it being too deep into the zone(which is too mystical to comprehend myself, but those I’ll try putting it on my instagram page) , or it dug too deep into me(those stories are so raw I’m afraid to share them to begin with, But I do wish to be fully transparent as a person. So I’m working on being shameless and owning up to my past) , or some are just straight out effortless(this is more of an understatement ,because at the end ,it’s still effort. But more likely it’s how I rate my writing. If it seems effortless , I’ll either discard it or just try to redo it over. Sometimes it takes three or four time of redos and I could still find it effortless and just give up.) I usually write things about everything, ranging from my childhood to my modern life. I sometimes add dreamy and confusing visions in my writing. It helps with the more philosophical part of my stories. My uncle and dad love to talks , like quite much. They are basically storytellers. I was inspired today by my uncle , by how strongly he convinced me to not get government help. It’s his speech about how some of the black people here has multiple girlfriends from left and right and getting social welfare from the Hong Kong government. It took my focus away from my dark take towards false hope inspired by Michael Scott from the show The office( it’s interesting tho, it’s still within polishing).Criticising the black people that he claims to be lazy, and keeping themselves poor in order to get away with rent with the government welfare programme around here. As this pandemic is slowing killing my spirit to live on, jobs were harder to find and my income is getting tighter than ever before. My uncle found out about my actions in making an application towards government welfare, at that point I was eligible for that programme and I’m simply sick of my daily routine of binging The office and self quarantining. He simply urged me to quit that and keep finding a new job, like as if I’ve never been doing that for those week and I’ve figured it’s too late for me if i even get a job eventually. The rent is almost due, and my hands are still empty. Remember the speech? It’s a problematic way to see the situation honestly. I’m sure that we are all equal when it comes to getting help from others, but often appliers get painted as the villain only because they are willing to be vulnerable and honest enough to seek for help. The last thing they want is a person like my uncle telling them how non-prideful that is and they are leeching on society. It takes real courage to walk into apply, as the negative stigmas around it is often invisible. Even though he did hard work to live within one of the most expensive place in the world without government help as he claims, it doesn’t make him entitled to judge others in his moral high horse. It’s kinda harsh to be honest. It’s easy to joke about living with government welfare as it’s common in expensive cities like these. And I never thought I’d even consider myself getting it. But here I was, deeply troubled by how my decisions has left me where I’m now. I’m always prepared to go for the high road, but it’s revelling that it also means that there will also be lesser support from the higher roads. I’m sure we all need support from time to time eventually, so what gives with this toxic mentality towards being disadvantaged? The pride. Of overthinking and glamorising our own status. The shame. To let everyone know you are taking the “easy way” out in life.Either way it’s hurtful to ourselves and others. So it’s crucial to sometimes look at the situation with a wider lens and learn the tools to survive around this concrete jungle. Some problems will get you stuck eventually, it’s perfectly a-ok to find help professionally if needed.We are all humans, just chill and let us all prosper. ✨🌱
By Basil Fresh6 years ago in Motivation
Face Your Demons or They Will Face You...
I am naturally introverted... and according to my mother, I have been since I was a child. I don't really remember these days but what I do remember is not wanting to be bothered with friends outside of school or sports. Writing stories in my journals that no one would ever have the privilege to see or read. I was outgoing but I wasn't. I was social but I wasn't. My mom was forced to get a second line in the house because of my sister...she was born with a phone attached to her earlobe, now I can barely get her to call me back. I didn't like the phone much and I am still partial to face to face conversations.
By Tanaine Jenkins6 years ago in Motivation
Why we cling onto hate so forcefully
Why we cling onto hate so forcefully We cling onto hate so forcefully because we know that the second hate is gone we will be forced to deal with the pain. The pain and the sadness we have spent our entire lives running from. Remember the first time your heart broke as a child? It wasn’t from a crush or losing a game, it was deeper. It was pain from a parent or someone close to you whom you trusted. The betrayal and the confusion that explored every crevice of your body when you realized that in life there is pain, great pain. The sadness you felt when you confessed your love to someone for the first time and they said it back but then they turned around and ripped your heart out from your chest and burned it with a cigarette. How you had to put on a show in order to not let anyone around you know how devastated you actually were. The pain of when you applied to your dream school, the one you’ve wanted to attend since you were a child and didn’t get in. The pain you smother yourself in as an adult because the world is so ugly and there’s constant disaster after disaster. You come up to the surface just to get dunked right under again. You see there’s something on the horizon but don’t know what it is because you can’t get yourself to fully emerge from the waves because you my friend, don’t know how to swim.
By Gabrielle Contreras6 years ago in Motivation
A letter I wish I Could've wrote to Myself
Hello D, Its me, Deon. I need you to stop right now, and I need you to breathe. Please, I know its hard, but trust me it helps. I’m 5 years ahead, its almost our birthday, today is May 3rd, 2020. I am not going to bullshit you though; the next 5 years are going to be hard. They are going to push you to limits you did not even know you had. They are going to tear you down and you are going to think that you can not get back up. Just like right now D, but hang in there, you will. You are stronger than you know, and we are going to turn out stronger than we could ever imagine.
By Deon.C6 years ago in Motivation
Finding Your Own Tempo
Finding Your Own Tempo, written by yours truly, Jim Gaven, is about finding your own tempo in life. Leading your own life instead of following in someone else's footsteps takes faith, hope, and courage, and 'Finding Your Own Tempo' sheds some light on ways to do that, specifically through faith, music, and exercise, particularly, soccer. Designed to inspire others to take action to live the life they so desire and be more at peace with themselves, I hope to light a fire under you, the reader.
By Jim Gaven6 years ago in Motivation
Thoughts from 2017
Today I realised I deserve better. The past 6 months have been a roller coaster of emotion, it’s overwhelming. What they say about life, being it perfect today and falling apart the next day is very true. You can have everything today but lose everything tomorrow. Lesson learnt? Live in the present and cherish every moment.
By Aira Santiago6 years ago in Motivation
