Introduction

  • Name + year
  • Experience with education K-8
    • Advanced courses, relatively simple, didn’t struggle too much

High School

  • Not knowing study habits
  • Struggling to keep up with advanced courses
    • Still making it through high school with high honors despite health setbacks

College

  • Biggest struggle yet
  • Harder workload to keep up with
  • Still not having developed study habits
    • Learning skills like time management through digital planner

Lack of motivation

  • Still not having a major declared
  • Unsure of job possibilities in the future
  • No specific goal to work towards
    • Feeling as if school is “useless” without a goal
  • “Perfectionism” is the only thing holding me accountable

How I am attempting to combat the issue of motivation

  • Branching out into different types of courses
  • Trying to keep more of an open mind to what is possible for me

Wrap-Up

  • Like everyone else, I am in my journey of bettering myself academically
  • There are specific things to do to improve: study habits, time management, etc., but bettering yourself academically can also just be allowing yourself to get immersed in the subjects and topics you are learning.
  • Appreciating the “now” rather than the future