Motivation-DO IT!

For me personally getting motivated is the hardest aspect of completing an assignment. Once I become motivated and actually get started I will be able to finish. However, if I do not get that initial motivation it is hard for me to get into the assignment, which is often. Reviewing the motivation strategies I was particularly drawn to one method the “Rewards” system.

I believe this method to be most effective as if I know there is something I am going to get out of completing the assignment on time and efficiently I find that I suddenly become motivated. I used this method for two classes Three-Dimensional Arts and College Learning Strategies

For 3-D I rewarded myself with food. As this studio starts at 1:30 and ends at 6pm sometimes I stay after until 10pm in studio hours to complete my work. Usually around 8ish I become hungry tired and de-motivated. Therefore, I devised a plan to keep me on track and motivated I give myself a goal such as (it was this week we are building with wood) if I completed the sides to my box I could go eat. This tool of motivation worked really well as I love to eat and not only am I taking a break but boosting my energy to go back to the studio and continue on. 

My next class I used it in was CLS. ClS an assignment due every Wednesday and every Sunday. To ensure that I could go out with my friends on the Thursday and Friday nights I gave myself the task of completing both the journal for this upcoming week and TECH assignment before it was actually due. Ergo my reward method was socializing with my friends. I consider socializing a very important aspect of my life and nine times out of ten I will always put my social life before my school work. Consequently, by making this a reward for work I actually completed my assignments on time. In opposition although I did not have to follow through with my possible consequences I had planned out for myself (because I completed my work on time) I decided that if I didn’t get my work done that I would have to stay until I completed it. Which would have been very annoying and I knew that I would not have been motivated then and that’s what I think motivated me that much more because I knew I wouldn’t get it done unless I did it now.