7 Ways To Motivate Ourselves In Study

Study is a process to apply one's mind purposefully to the acquisition of knowledge or understanding of (a subject) (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/study). As a college student, we have an obligation to study. Without study, students will fail in their education. But, students also have some problems when they are studying, such as feel bored, feel tired, and sometimes they surrender when they think the subject is too hard to be understood. So, students must be able to motivate themselves to keep studying.

The definition of motivate is to provide with an incentive; move to action; impel (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/motivate). The act of motivating is called motivation. Motivation can helps students to keep fighting in their study. There are several ways to motivate ourselves to study :

1.      Set the goal

The important thing in education process is set the goal of the study. It helps us to motivate ourselves in learning. If we know our goal exactly, it is impossible for us to belittle studying. Because we always think how to reach the goal. So we will be motivated to keep studying until we reach it. If we clearly state what we want to accomplish and how we can accomplish it, we are much more motivated and more likely to succeed.

2.     Set the graduate time

As a university student, we have to determine how long we are going to finish studying in this university. We certainly do not want to spend much more time to be here. Naturally we want to graduate as soon as possible. But it can not be realized if we just relax and lazy to learn. Therefore, setting the graduate time will make us to be harder in study because we are motivated to graduate according to the time that we have set.

3.      Remember our parents

Parents are the most significant people in our lives. We certainly did not want to see them to become sad or disappointed with us. By remembering our parents, we will be encouraged to make them feel happy. As a student, our parents are certainly felt proud when we succeed and get high grades in study. Therefore remember our parents when we are bored or tired of learning can be one of motivation in learning.

4.    Associate with people who love to learn

            Associate with people who happy to learn will make us more excited to learn because they will give a big influence for us. When we realized that other people can do something, surely we can do it too. We will also be infected with their positive habit. We will become more diligent and knowledgeable.

5.     Look at our friends who have been successful

Our friends can also motivate us in learning, especially they who have been success. Because by looking at their success, we definitely want to be like them too. So we will be more active in trying to achieve that success.

6.     Always think that we would be embarrassed if we failed

Feel embarrassed is one way that can motivate ourselves in learning. If we do not have a sense of shame, we would not be concerned with the grade that we get. However, if we feel ashamed when getting low grades or fail in learning, we will certainly make every effort to get high grades.

7.      Create fun learning

Some students sometimes feel bored in learning as they learn with learning process as usual. Along the development of technology, we can create our own fun learning. We can use Internet as a learning medium. Because the current study not only contextual in the book, but we can also learn from other sources. We can learn from the website, blog or video. Or we can also create our own learning media. For example, we can create a summary of what we have learned with our creations, so we become more interested to learn from it.