Comments | holyapocalypse: Weight watching, or watching weight?

holyapocalypse

Weight watching, or watching weight?

Sep 15, 2005 19:53

I'm eating a lot nowadays. I'm not quite sure why. I'm not really gaining weight...in fact, I've lost almost 10 pounds over the summer. And I'm hungry really often now...hungry and tired ( Read more... )

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guardian_reiya September 16 2005, 05:34:54 UTC

I don't think there's anything wrong with lacking the motivation to work hard. Your problem probably has a lot to do with the asian parent syndrome. =P Maybe it's realizing there is more to life than studying and SAT scores; that getting into a good college really shouldn't be your ultimate goal; and that your worth is not only measured by your accomplishments. Or maybe I just like to blather on. If that's the case, then leave me alone to blather in bliss.

goliath84 September 16 2005, 06:43:18 UTC

I know what happened! You passed your motivation on to me. =P

j/k

In all seriousness, obsessions aren't good, and that includes obsession with studying. Having "down time" where you're not cramming your mind with knowledge is usually helpful.

Find a balance. Make sure you have some "down time" every day, as well as some time for studying. It may be that you became tired of studying, "working hard" (as you put it), because that's all you did. If so, balancing your time between "work" and "play" should be the ticket. =)

Don't become lazy. I was like that for most of my life, and I'm paying for it (in the form of delayed education and pursuit of college) now. It's a ticket to weariness and struggle all its own. If it helps, stop for a moment and think about what your goals are. What are you trying to get to/achieve? Academically? Personally? Thinking about and setting goals for yourself--and knowing why you want to achieve them--often helps to provide much needed motivation ( ... )

veggy September 17 2005, 17:28:17 UTC

I was like that too, HPoc. I was a hard worker, maybe 7 years ago, but then my laziness slowly went up. Maybe it was cause school was too easy, or maybe just a whole bunch of little things that factored into my laziness, but in the end it doesn't matter. You're either lazy or you're not. I was also one of those kids at school who people were jealous of because they would work so hard and they would see that I didn't do any work and I produced the same output as them. This was all throughout highschool. Unlike you though, I loved myself for it. :) But really, I didn't want to have the same output as them. I wanted to excel at everything. Every year I would tell myself "Ok, this time, I'm gonna work hard." But it never works out ( ... )