{"id":8201,"date":"2018-03-16T14:32:11","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T13:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/?p=8201"},"modified":"2020-10-28T15:27:12","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T14:27:12","slug":"staying-motivated-during-your-studies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/2018\/03\/16\/staying-motivated-during-your-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Staying motivated during your studies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Third year BA (Hons) Business Studies student Corey Kemp shares his advice on staying motivated during your studies:<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/files\/2018\/03\/Corey-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8202\" src=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/files\/2018\/03\/Corey-2-300x243.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/files\/2018\/03\/Corey-2-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/files\/2018\/03\/Corey-2.jpg 669w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n<p><strong><u>Opportunity: <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I know assignments, coursework and exams can be seen as daunting but you should try and change your approach towards it. See it as an opportunity to showcase your hard work and your capabilities in your chosen subject. At university, you\u2019ll have the chance to work solely on your choice of subject so study in the knowledge that this will soon be a reality.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Effort:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Take extra revision sessions, pick your teachers\u2019 brains, and take extra notes to give you an advantage in your final assessments. \u00a0Sure it will take more time but at least you know every minute you spend will improve your grades in the end. If you have to revise, give it everything you\u2019ve got \u2013an exciting, new adventure is on the horizon.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Organisation: <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Structuring your days will make the revision period go like clockwork. Decide when you\u2019re getting up and when you\u2019re going to bed, know when your breaks are and know your content. You want to eliminate any unnecessary distractions so you can have confidence in your revision plan. Taking this into your exam will be invaluable and optimise your performance.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Exercise: <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Your mind and body work in tandem. A healthy body, fuelled properly and charged by regular exercise, will make you feel better throughout the exam period. There will be times when you\u2019re going to feel unmotivated but exercise gives you that energy boost to power through and is a quality break to have.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Attitude:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes the way you approach your exams can determine how well you do. Don\u2019t worry about not doing as well as you expect. Focus on how you\u2019re going to answer every question competently and to the best of your ability. When I did my exams, I believed I had the ability to get marks from every question and that approach helped me to achieve the grades I wanted (and needed).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Third year BA (Hons) Business Studies student Corey Kemp shares his advice on staying motivated during your studies: Opportunity: I know assignments, coursework and exams can be seen as daunting but you should try and change your approach towards it. See it as an opportunity to showcase your hard work and your capabilities in your&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/2018\/03\/16\/staying-motivated-during-your-studies\/\">Read more &raquo;<span class=\"sr-only\"> about Staying motivated during your studies<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2072,"featured_media":8202,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1646,12,1638],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-area","category-student-blogs","category-undergraduate"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2072"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8201"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8895,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8201\/revisions\/8895"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}