How Do You Get Motivated?

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I'm tired.

I get to school at 8am, study until 10am, class from 10-3:30, home to cook, clean, and be mommy, and then it's time for MORE studying. By the time 8:30 rolls around and I throw the kids in bed I don't want to hear about nursing. I don't want to think about nursing. I don't want to read or write about it nursing.

But I have no choice. Schoolwork haunts me like a very angry ghost, and it must be done.

So how do you get yourself back in the saddle when you'd rather have a root canal?

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Girl what made me feel better , I completely broke down in class had to walk out. Went to the bathroom washed my face felt so much better. I'm a single mom of 3 boys ages 8.7.6 yes it tough but I'm doing it just not for me them. I don't know what part ur in but I started first 2 weeks starting to love it

Wow, I'm not even a single mom and I'm beat...I don't blame you for having a complete break-down. But sometimes a break down is good...clears the brain a little :)

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So it looks like I should plan a vacation, print out a giant picture of the location, tape it on a student loan statement and hang it on the wall in a diploma frame to remind me of graduation and maybe that'll work!

Rubato, I'm struggling with "husband clean. His idea of clean and my idea of clean do NOT match and he doesn't really have much extra time either (works long hours.). And honesty I would've already stopped caring, but since I have a nanny at my house every day it KILLS me to have her over to my wreck of a house.

And you mentioning exercise made me realize I'm getting NO exercise. I'm not a sedentary person, so even if I don't "officially" work out, I'm always moving. And now suddenly I'm SITTING for a minimum of eight hours a day and it's killing me. I'm more tired from being inactive than anything else, and I get anxious and depressed and then who wants to move at all? It's no bueno. Doggie and I went out and burned some energy tonight and I'm already feeling a little less burnt out :)

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I just got back into the swing of things after one heck of a summer (in school). I was so deidcated during the summer and managed to pass both my nursing classes with an A.

I have my acceptance letter in a clear page protector in the front of my binder, I look at it almost everyday. This reminds me of the day I read it for the first time and how happy I was. I also have on a post it what I need in order to get an A posted in the front of my binder. I graduate in May 2013 (God Willing)

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Ah, love this thread! I'm in week three, and already feeling so tired. Hubby works lots, and my kids are demanding and messy. I love them all, and I'm so thrilled to be in nursing school but I'm tired. It's only week three! I've already had two tests, gearing up for the third. My house is a mess, lots of demands from kids, friends, etc. I can do this! Time to study pharm...

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Wow, I'm not even a single mom and I'm beat...I don't blame you for having a complete break-down. But sometimes a break down is good...clears the brain a little :)

I had to it was just to much, it did clear a lot. My motivation is to give my kids a better life. I grew up as very poor. I remember sleeping at night with 5 blanks by a old heater to keep warm because we didn't have no money to pay the lights or heat. The snow was touching are roof. Than taking cold showers it was horrible I promised myself my kids will never have to worry about that. They will be kids and not worry!! So im making a good example

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My motivation is fear of failure. My typical day now is 13 - 14 hours (office then school, back to back), then I get home and start my reading and studying. I'm already exhausted, but I don't want to go through this more than once, so I am determined not to fail.

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You also have to get organized. With everything, it takes time but it will save time in the long run. I pick one day a week that I make a grcoery list, go shopping, and try to freeze meals or plan meals that can be thrown in the crock pot.

MY children are also a bit older so I make a chore list and then give them "tickets" with their chore on it and how much they can make. I then put places to hole punch (like a train ticket) for each day that they do the chore "correctly". I have a notebook that has each and everything that they need to do for each room and they do not get the hole punch unless they do everything on the check list. I know what they need to do so I do not need to look at the check list. They have the "master list" so they do not forget anything. (my children are 11,8,7, and 3 they all have chore tickets and earn money)

This might not work for your children. And it might sound "mean" to have them do chores but I have to teach them to keep a clean home. One day they will be grown and me cleaning up after them will not help them in the long run. Plus it shows them that we all have to "work" together for a happy home. I do the heavy cleaning still but them doing the little cleaning helps me not go crazy from a dirty house.

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I have to remind myself WHY I'm doing this.

Some days I have weighed the option of quitting because everything seems too hard.

But in the end, this is what I want and I have to do whatever it takes to get there.

I was hoping to find a good website for nurses to post but I have yet to find anything with motivation.

If I do I will post a link here.

Stay positive!

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I am dealing with this problem aswell. I just did my first day today of clincials. I won't be making direct contact with the patients until tomorrow. I am excited, yet a little unmotivated at the same time. I wake up in the morning and have panic attacks because I am scared to go out and make myself look stupid. I am scared period. My anxiety gets worse and worse and I just dont know what to do !

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