Motivation

How about a relaxing break? What if you "forgot" it all for a day and took a long walk, went out for coffee/tea and just had some down time? Would that help you regain your focus?

cut yourself some slack you'r a fine intellegent woman You can handle anything that comes your way. Your just taking a breather

Well Flit, I just picked up Pher...he's tired, dirty, cold, and smelly....and of coarse hungry.

Don't fight it. Take a breather and you will get back on track. Have a nice day.

Well POOP!

Thought I would get ONE thing accomplished today at least - went online and TRIED to apply for one of the university programs - made the mistake of going to the FAQ and lost the whole blessed application.

I am SO impressed. NOT.

oh I lied...didn't lose it... they automatically sent an email wth account login info to my email address...so I can get back into it

did he have fun, jax? or did he hate the being quiet thing? LOL

Okay, finished ? Gotten it off your chest? Now, go do something constructive - make a bed, wash the dishes, kiss someone, make cookies and quit wasting your wheel-spinning time in high gear. Take time to do one thing and take it off your plate, Flit. By flitting away your time you compound the problem - uncomplicate and surrender to 15 minutes of deep depression and then get OUT of it and do something good. Life is a trade-off, never enough hours in the day, never enough money, never enough US to go around. You are alive, becoming someone you want to be and relatively healthy and you have more basics than some people in the world can claim. Have I made you feel guilty yet? Not my intention but sometimes a little guilt is a wonderful thing. Take a deep breath and dive back in, little Flit. The water is (far from) fine!

Maybe you work better under pressure and will complete these things the day before they are due.

everyone has one of "those" days from time to time, relax and get a days rest and start it again tomorrow!! Scarlett O'Hara was no dummy you know!!

Charlie Brown used to sing: If I start wrting now when I'm not really rested it could upset my thinking which is not good at all.....

How about doing one thing for 15 minutes, if that is not working then switch to something else. Try rerading a little of one of the poet's or just considering what the paper will look like if you do question a versus question b. or go for a friggin walk! move the body a get some air.

When I get stuck I clean the bathroom, takes a concentrated amount of time, but it is limited and then I can usually get something moving.
Have a good and and I will check in with you this evening.
Grems

I'd give you some good advice but I don't have any. I don't have any motivation either.

I am affraid to bend over for fear of someone kicking me there to get me motivated in getting done what I need to get done. I need to start backing up my work so if I havea crash I don't lose everytime. I have smaller Compaq laptop, the plug spot where you plug the cord in got loose and went up into the lap top, I did a dump thing and took it to a local repair shop, I was working fine with the battery. Seeing the plug wouldn't work The battery couldn't be charged, So everything was there for ever. I recently got my stories off the hard drive, on to a cd,and onto my other laptops. The little one has windows 95, for some reason, some of the stories aren't compatable with my xp laptop. But some of them are, really strange. I have to get busy and back up my stories saved onto disk.

Flit, it sounds as though you have a lot on your plate right now. I agree with the previous posters - take some time to do something relaxing. A walk can often be just the thing. Or put your favorite cd in and sing and dance. Then tackle one thing. If you can't decide which one, do a lottery. Write the projects you need to do on a piece of paper, put them into a bowl, close your eyes and choose one. Then decide that you will put off worrying for the next 15 minutes. The next 15 minutes you will devote to the chosen project. Ignore the phone, ignore the doorbell. This 15 minutes belongs to your chosen project. If after 15 minutes, you feel you are in a groove, fine continue as long as that feeling lasts. If not, it's time for another walk or song/dance fest. Then begin again,either with the same project or another. Oftentimes, if you can just get yourself started again, just interrupt the rut, things fall into place. I hope this helps. As someone already said, you are an intelligent, capable woman - you can do this!!

am not! :P~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I spent $139 on an external drive to back everything up so that I never lose everything again... too bad the darn thing SUCKS

makes my mouse not work very well... beyond that it bites!

another thing I should get round to doing - either figuring it out or taking it back

Flit, I've been working on smiling therapy. I try to smile for at least 15-20 minutes per day. It does help. I wish you the best.

I've been in similar situations. So much going on and not really sure what to do first. When I choose what's first, I go do something else that's not on the list at all.

Take a couple of baby steps to start. A sentence here. A paragraph there. When I feel like I've made even some tiny progress, things fall in place a little easier.

And have a wine cooler tonight.

Wow....take a breather.... then attack with vigor :)

flit, you may need to come up for air. I don't know if if possible in your case, but I would look to see what doesn't need to be done to ensure that I didn't over extend myself. I would try to keep things nice and very manageable.

get a grip girl and get going, if your grad school is anything like mine, you will never have a moment's rest and you will have to have an agency to get everything done on time. You knew to practice now.

love ya and I know you can do it.

I am having the same problems lately. I have zero motivation and even less focus!

Hang in there...you'll get it together!

Oh, I remember those days...I went back to school late (graduated at 45) and put the kids, the house, life all ahead of the school stuff because I felt like I had to. I often had to spend an entire weekend day shut in my room, my husband in charge of the kids and I just didn't come out all day. I made it through, and it felt great...but, it is so hard.

Make a list, and don't jump around on projects...just finish something and cross it off. As the list gets smaller, your focus will improve...promise!

sorry your are having a rough time Flit maybe you do need a break and to start it fresh. good luck

Take a little time off. Relax. You will get everything done. You have always got the things done.

God I'm glad I've had two beers.

LOL @ lynn

guess what my sister pays for water?! $50 / month ... that is LESS THAN HALF WHAT WE ALREADY PAY

Hey Flit, you need to relax you are typing in all CAPS, shouting are you, well calm down I for one, and lol, do you care, have every faith in you that you will get everything done you need too, you need to take a little me time, you know it is called rest, well then attack everything, one thing at a time, and you will get there, remember the tortoise and the hare, oh well, maybe not that story.

Calm down girl, take a deep breath, go for a long walk in nature and then come back. You might have a cigarette too....that always refocuses me!

I don't what would work for you but this is what would work for me:

1. Make a list of everything and prioritize it. What is most important to least important.
2. Whether I want to do it or not, do what is #1 and stay with it until it is finished.

When I have found that my first task is finished, it motivates me to move on to the next. I have to be kind to myself enough to allow breaks but pushy enough on myself to get back at it whether I want to or not! LOL! I have become my own mother! Ack!

I have the same problem. Hard to get motivated sometimes.

Bad enough when I slip deadlines, but always feels worse when someone else slips them on me. There I am, all ready to be ready on time, and suddenly... I definitely sympathise. But don't worry, motivation usually follows fairly close on lack thereof.

Flit ~ It was a little tough finding an article. I see now why you prefer brevity : ). I hope things are coming together better for you.
PAY IT FORWARD

I've been there too many times. Somehow it passes, but the stress is too much at the time. I've found that going to a movie or taking a nap helps sometimes (definitely not always).

I feel for you so much. I wish I could do something.