Staying Focused and Motivated in Studies

Okay, you’ve got a positive attitude. But you’ve got a lot of reading for

classes to do tonight, a test tomorrow, and a paper due the next day. Maybe you’re a little

bored with one of your reading assignments. Maybe you’d rather play a computer game.

Uh oh—now what? Attitude can change at almost any moment. One minute you’re enthusiastically

starting a class project, and then maybe a friend drops by and suddenly all

you want to do is close the books and relax a while, hang out with friends. One of the characteristics

of successful people is accepting that life is full of interruptions and change—and planning

for it. Staying focused does not mean you become a boring person who does