Tag: motivation

givin-it-my-bestest:

I finished uni!

I haven’t written a post for this studyblr in such a long while. Because frankly real life studying and personal experiences (traumatic, enjoyable or somewhere in between) have meant I’ve not had the time or energy to create posts along the way.

But I just want to commemorate that I have finally finished my university undergraduate degree in history.

I finished exams a few weeks ago, and my dissertation too. But my mental health and academic burnout prevented me from actually having the time and freedom to sit in the feeling of success and pride at my own efforts.

I experienced a lot of bad things, have been at my absolute lowest lows, and thought so little of myself and needed so much professional help and created real emotional support networks. University has been incredibly difficult for me in so many new ways which knocked me for six and at times left me spiralling in heavy episodes of depression, in anxiety attacks that put me in ambulances and in sleepless nights crying and in apathy at everything.

It’s been really tough.

But I have made it through! And signed on to do further study in the form of a masters postgraduate degree. And I want to go even further and get my PhD and I want to become a history lecturer and I have so many hopes and dreams and ambitions for a future. There were times I didn’t believe I had any future. For numerous reasons. Yet I made it to a place where I can now hope for one. I can invest my emotions in anticipating a future that I will enjoy. That is huge! So significant. Something to be so completely proud of myself for.

I am so proud of myself for making it through the things I endured. That my weakest moments were still enough to get me through. That I didn’t have to be some idealised version of myself in order to do what I have done.

Results day is in a few weeks, and I am already a success. I have been so resilient and I will continue to be. I am so proud of myself and all that I have learned in this process.

In many ways I am a completely different person to who I was when I started university. I am so proud of all that growth.

Wherever you are in life now, if you read this please take a moment to think about how proud you are of yourself for getting to where you are now. Congratulate yourself for surviving what you have, whether you’re in the midst or in the clear. You’ve got this far! You can go further!

crimefighterphd:

Quick reminder, especially for you younger undergrads: Discipline is a skill, not a character trait. And just like any skill, it can be practiced and improved upon incrementally. Try not to get discouraged if you have a day, or multiple days, where you are less disciplined than you would like or need to be. Don’t quit. Don’t spend the next week binging Netflix because you think it’s a hopeless endeavour. Just get up the next day and try again. Each day you try is more practice, and each day you practice, you’ll get a little bit better, and that continual improvement will pay dividends in the long run.

Keep at it.

averagefairy:

2018 is about little victories. we’re not putting pressure on ourselves to become everything we’ve always wanted to be because nobody can do that in a year. instead we’re focusing on making forward strides and we’re celebrating every single win no matter how small.