Fighting Through Exhaustion in College Most of the time when we meet doctors or professors at prestigious colleges, we are in awe, not only because they have a career that is intellectually demanding, but for the mere fact that they made it through years and years of school. How did they fight through the sheer exhaustion at college to come out on top? Here are some secrets to help you make it through even if it is only a few years.
One Step at a Time If you are continually looking at the mountain that lies before you, you will be much more likely to trip on the rocks along the way. Those rocks may be pending assignments, tests, or just studying for it all. When you stress and worry or just feel discouraged about where you are, it is hard to focus. This is why you need to take one step at a time and focus clearly on each step and goal that you make.
Find Joy in the Journey There is obviously a reason that you are there. If you are only in college because you want to have a better job, then you may find that it is harder to remain motivated and keep your head on straight as the months and days drag on. This is the reason that you should be studying what you want to learn so you can be motivated by something more than money.
Have fun School shouldn’t just be about the classes, so make sure you are getting out and enjoying the campus life. This will pay off later on as you find that you have made some valuable connections with people that you were around in college and it turns into future job prospects.
Fight the Stress When stress comes knocking at the door it is easy to be stressed about even opening the door. This only adds to the stress. College is really all about how you handle stress and what you can produce in that sort of environment. By adding more stress in your life, you will find that this task becomes much more difficult. That is why you need to have the confidence that you can conquer any project that comes your way.
Incentivize Make sure that each checkpoint that you reach has a reward or incentive. When you do this, it will be much easier to pick up speed to get to the next checkpoint. It is all about reaching one after the other and pretty soon you will be there with your cap and gown just gaiting across the stage to pick up that piece of paper that will lead you to a good career.
Take these tips and reach your goals. If you are doing a business degree, an accounting degree, or even an event planning degree, you will find that all of these tips can help you make it to the next year and soon you will be the one that everyone looks at and wonders how you made it through so much college. Photo Credit: zeraphim , Smicko