{"id":14080,"date":"2023-09-20T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/oasis-news\/study-mojo-mia\/"},"modified":"2023-07-05T12:29:06","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T04:29:06","slug":"struggling-to-stay-motivated","status":"publish","type":"oasis-news","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/oasis-news\/struggling-to-stay-motivated\/","title":{"rendered":"Struggling to stay motivated?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We are in the final weeks of the semester and some doubt may be starting to creep in. How will you get through all those last assignments, and then study for and perform well on those exams? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You know it\u2019s essential to hit the books hard, to get the grades you need, to get the career you have been dreaming of, yet you often get stuck. So why can\u2019t you get yourself to study consistently? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Humans don\u2019t do anything that they\u2019re not motivated to do. Motivation determines what we want to do, how long we want to do it for and how hard we want to try to get to our desired outcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Understanding how motivation works is key to making the most out of this period of struggle. Here are some quick tips to make your study tasks more manageable and less of a threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Three ways to boost your motivation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Consider your values<\/strong>. Ask yourself, how does your work actually align with yourself or your values?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Try delayed gratification.<\/strong> Rewards feel greater when you delay them. For example, committing to getting extra work done before meeting your friends is a great way to keep motivated.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Break down your tasks.<\/strong> Break down your tasks into smaller steps and reward yourself when you complete each step.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lunchtime Life Skills: Staying motivated during tough times<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Need a bit of support in boosting your motivation? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join Curtin&#8217;s Psychological and Counselling team in this free webinar and learn how to reframe, refresh, and develop strategies for picking yourself up and carrying on as the end of the semester draws near.<\/p>\n\n\n<section\n                class=\"block block--no-indent article-overlay \"\n        role=\"complementary\" aria-label=\"Article overlay\"\n        data-segment=\"all\">\n    <div class=\"grid\">\n\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/I4R8968-1000x500.jpg\" class=\"article-overlay__image\" alt=\"Photo of three female students on bean bags\">\n        <div class=\"article-overlay__inner\" data-overlay-offset=\"medium\">\n                            <h2 class=\"article-overlay__title\">Lunchtime Life Skills: Staying motivated during tough times<\/h2>\n                                        <div class=\"article-overlay__content content\">\n                    <p>Date: Wednesday 4 October<\/p>\n<p>Time: 12pm to 1pm<\/p>\n<p>Location: Online on Zoom<\/p>\n\n                <\/div>\n                                        <ul class=\"article-overlay__links pink-links last-mb0\">\n                                                                    <li>\n                                                            <span class=\"ico ico-arrow ico--gray\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\"><path d=\"M15.71 2.29l-1.42 1.42L25.59 15H3v2h22.59l-11.3 11.29 1.42 1.42L29.41 16 15.71 2.29z\"\/><\/svg><\/span>\n                                <a role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/unihub.curtin.edu.au\/students\/?s=event&amp;ss=ws&amp;mode=form&amp;id=13c254d154c97dcdbc02b224b5aded33\" >Register on UniHub<\/a>\n                                                    <\/li>\n                                    <\/ul>\n                    <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also visit Curtin\u2019s Counselling &amp; Wellbeing webpage to learn more about&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/personal-support\/\">Curtin\u2019s free counselling services<\/a>, other&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/personal-support\/counselling-wellbeing\/workshops\/\">group programs<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/personal-support\/health\/medical-centre\/\">medical services<\/a>&nbsp;for all students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Twelve tips for boosting your motivation\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6_dANLx5kz4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how to reframe, refresh and develop strategies for picking yourself up and getting through the last few weeks of semester.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4408,"featured_media":20555,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"6709,8459,6237,8303,5746,4895","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","wds_primary_oasis-categories":0,"footnotes":""},"oasis-categories":[141,149],"class_list":["post-14080","oasis-news","type-oasis-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","oasis-categories-online","oasis-categories-wellbeing"],"acf":{"post_options":{"":null,"banner":{"image":false}},"post_components":false},"featured_image":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Motivation_OASIS_Image.jpg","author_meta":{"first_name":"Nikita","last_name":"Osckar","display_name":"Nikita Osckar"},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-27 00:37:40","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"oasis-categories","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-news\/14080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oasis-news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-news\/14080\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"oasis-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-categories?post=14080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}