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I am so unmotivated that I just realized that I was not even listening to you ..your voice was like background annoying music for me while I was busy reading comments... ahhhhh my life
@@rajpootkhan2792 it does help, dunno about the 'talking a walk' part, cause i didn't see much Change whether i took a walk or not, all the difference was made when i organised my study space.
To anyone reading this, you got this. I know. You're tired and know that your brain is not in the homework doing place. Same. Here's some motivation: If you can get your homework done before the end of the day, after you can relax for hours :) You got this friend!!
I feel you 100% You tell yourself " Imma go home and Imma at least put in 1hour of studying" When you reach home you be like "aight time to study" then you sit down in bed with your bed and next thing you know it's 9am the next day
Maybe go for a walk while studying? Like you can read your textbook and highlight key points and topic sentences all the while taking a walk, and then you can take notes at home! That’s just what I think though.
Oh god, I've once more entered this vicious cycle of feeling stressed, therefore procrastinating to forget/avoid that stress, only to get more stressed cuz I realized just how much time I wasted procastinating... I genuinely have no will power, and it's messing me up the wrong way
I think that might be depression and /or anxiety, when you're having an episode, you feel so overloaded with exhaustion, heaviness and the excruciating pain that the emotions are bombarding you, so much to the point of complete inability to do anything. I have extreme procastination because of this, often times it would feel so unbearable that i would just end up browsing my phone or sleeping just to be distracted from the horrible feelings, even when i get myself to study, that brain fog and dullness makes it kinda impossible for me to execute my study quickly and efficiently. I think we'll just have to force ourselves to study or work at one time, so that when we get the stuff done, we would feel prouder, motivated and have a sense of control, so we can keep continuing the next times one by one, opposite to avoiding and creating bigger problems as the feeling of guilt and regret of not doing anything just build up, it's like the domino effect.
I noticed that I can't study at my house. I get distracted so easily because I can't have a study place. So, I just got a membership at a nice library near my house and so far, it has been great.
In my case I can't study in my room because I just feel too comfortable and relaxed to the point of just forgetting what I was supposed to be doing... So I just started waking up early, taking a shower and going to the library, even if I didn't have any reason to go out that day.. The fact that I'm in a public place, out of my comfort zone has helped me quite a lot
Me before quarantine: I don’t feel like going outside. During quarantine: Hmm, didn’t there used to be 11 rocks in front of that tree? I wonder if someone took the other 6 of them.
Yeah plus depression and many problems as well for the fact that I'm about to fail and when I get back I will be in the same grade but I have to do it and I will finish my work so it doesn't happen my teachers gave me a chance 🙏😔
1:25 1. Go for a walk 2:50 2. Decide on a singular task 3:50 3. Clean/Organize up your space: Declutter the mind 4:39 4. Low Effort Hack: Strive for progress, not perfection.
Him: “Go for a walk and clear you head” Me (who loves the outdoors): Heads out front door, notices weeds need to be pulled in front flower beds, pulls weeds. Then sees the flower bed could use some more plants and needs more mulch. Goes to gardening center, buys more plants and mulch, plants the new plants and spreads mulch. Then walks over to garden to check on it, and spends the next five hours tending to it. Then goes for walk, and comes back barely before dark. Feels accomplished about what I got done outside, and decides to study tomorrow. 😅 Once I go outside it’s hard for me to come back in! I definitely do find spending time outside very helpful to my mental health!
Thomas Frank Thomas, I applaud this new format (not sure if it's a format or what it is exactly but I mean, what you did different in this video) because it feels different in a magnific way and I really like the fact that you actually went outside to other places different from the room you usually film in (not that I dislked it but it's nice to see a bit of a change) and filmed in the woods. Thank you!! I love your chanel :D Greetings from Colombia :)
Yo! what are your thoughts on interdisciplinary study, polymathy and self directed study and you think you could make a series in the future about that, for people who don't want to go to university, but like to learn ? Also, awesome videos man ! keep it up :D
My son is in college, and he's struggling with anxiety and depression which he is getting help for, but in the meantime, it translates to him feeling like he stuck in neutral regarding his school work. I am going to share this video with him tomorrow. Thank you so much for doing what you do!
Summary: _Do not skip any of these steps even when your brain convinces you that "it is not necessary"_ *Take a walk.* 1:25 *Focus on a single task.* 2:50 *Keep your surroundings in a way that could help you effectively complete that one task.* a) write down the task on a piece of paper 3:25 b) have an organized workplace 3:53 *Low effort hack* 4:40 Remember : "blank page is the enemy" Start the task now and come back to it later to add the details. Because your state of mind when you start work is different from your state of mind once you are in the flow. [Start off slow; you will pick up speed once you get into _that_ mindset]
Thomas, let me just tell you that I am truly grateful for all the work you do. As a person who suffers with ADD studying was really a torture, but a lot of your videos have helped me and I already lost count on how many times I've read your book. Keep the good work and a thousand thanks.
Nida Kamal I think the best advice I got from this channel was to concentrate on doing one thing and only a thing by time. Also having pomodoro sessions in a certain amount of time. I think the best video I follow religiously it's 'Study less, study smart', but any other it's good
1. Get more sunlight exposure 2. Exercise, even light exercise will work 3. Organize/ Clean your work places 4. Single-tasking 5. Minimum effort hack My favorite is number 5. That actually is an idea which has been proven effective and explained under different names and terms, one of which is Kaizen.
I've found that in the past eliminating UA-cam (Except for tutorials) gives me more of a reason to expand and either get things done or motivate me to become better at something.
This was uploaded at exactly the right time, I'll let THIS one be the LAST video I watch until I actually get on with my assignments! Edit: I actually went and watched way more of Thomas's videos ahaha but after that my god I was productive
Every time I’m struggling with some things such as no motivation and procrastination, I open up UA-cam and Thomas Frank has done a video about it. Believe it or not I actually take notes on your videos and they have helped me a ton. It made me feel a lot better to know that I’m not the only person who struggles with these things, and somebody who is as successful as you are struggled with them too. I’m glad you decided to do this type of thing with your time. your video about bouncing back from failure helped me more than you’ll ever know.
Pretty sure this applies to anytime you’re not feeling motivated to do any task. I’d consider myself a very hard worker, but have moments of procrastination or laziness. What I’ve found that works for me is literally to create a smaller list of “checkpoints” I need to accomplish to finish my task. Then I just start on the first one on the list to build that momentum. Great video!
the more I think about it that momentum building part is super important, you typically dont go from 0 motivation to concentrated hard worker. Thanks for the tip.
I hope Thomas sees this! But I feel like there should be more of an emphasis on self care, since doing this without allowing yourself the time to love yourself and the things you do, will result in depression. I used to work very hard everyday and push myself very hard everyday, because I cannot motivate myself to do things due to my depression. I feel like this is a problem that is not discussed enough especially among those who DO work hard towards leading fulfilling lives. (sorry for any language mistakes)
This video is motivational tool I use everytime I don't feel like doing the work! I've saved it to a inspirational playlist and meditate to the words ! Some of you struggling with concentration should test yourselves this way. Actually listen to the video and nothing more !! Hope this helps 😘
How to make yourself study when you have zero motivation(Short-term) 1. Go outside and take a walk Recommendations: Use your phone light to wake you up but playing exercise app on while you have nature music on 2. Commitment to one task Recommendations: Sketch book and chrome extension: Momentum 3. Clear to neutral Recommendations: Clearing up the clutter( A place for everything and everything in it's place) 4. Low effort app Recommendations: Do what's easy first
this might be hella late but a good tip is taking a small power nap around 15 minutes. Its crazy effective and you feel like you took a 3 hour nap instead. Life-saver for sure
I never leave comments on videos normally and I know you won't see this but I wanted to say thank you so much for this video. I have recently started my final year of university during the covid pandemic and I had just lost motivation. I wanted to let go of everything and just stop caring. I started skipping classes and getting behind on assignments which is really unusual for me. I started eating crappy food and just not keeping a good sleep schedule. This video is the only video that has helped me break down what seems like an insurmountable task of recovering my semester. The whole premise of doing it little by little and not seeing it as this big scary task honestly does work! I'm now in the library busting out assignmenta and actually enjoying doing so. You have saved my degree and for that I thank you 💯❤️
Dude, me too. I have 8 subjects and 2 more exams of 3 total. I was awfully bad in the first exams and I can't fail in any of them, or else I'll have to spend 1 more semester in college... But I'm focused right now and I now for a fact that we both will top our grades. The most important move that we've done was to look for study advice. Keep it up man, we can do it.
WOW! The production effort you put into that one is really insane. The differents shots, angles and locations really add up to the overall quality of the video. Don't stop making such quality content. P.S. Your french pronounciation has really improved since the start of the channel, and that is coming from a native french speaker.
How am I supposed to be motivated if I spend my life learning things that I am not interested in? Only for an exam that I probably won't be able to do anyways because I wasn't motivated to learn enough? Of course there are also things in school that I am interested in... so why can't I just learn more about these things? Instead, I have to learn about things where I know that I'll never need them later in life and which I am not interested in... *Why does this school system exist?!*
What if those things u study are the opportunity which will let u to go and do in the end what u wanted or be something u wanted. I want to be a developper but i study physics chimestry and math , these things thay i wont need but im obliged to study it the first years
How can we tell the difference between "i'm not motivated" and "I think I chose the wrong path for me, I have no interest in doing this" (for uni students)
Well, it would depend on where your unmotivated-ness is coming from. Do you want to refrain from doing a certain task because of the way it has to be completed/how hard it is, or because the subject itself doesn't interest you?
I minute into this video I went this video is to long, put down my phone, threw it away and got down to work. Three hours later and I got a lot of work done so thank you genuinely thank you!
Something that turned my life around: Getting enough vitamin D. If you live in a country above the 40th parallel and or you don't spend much time in the sun and you rarely eat fish and eggs, you might have a vitamin D deficiency and that would make you feel chronically tired and low in motivation. Get your blood vitamin levels checked and make sure to take about 5000 IU in liquid D3 supplements daily if you are low. A walk in the sun is not nearly enough if you live in the North.
@@ironbullet9956 Depends on where you live but 35000 will be way too much anywhere in the world. Too much is toxic for your liver so make sure you get a blood test before taking high doses.
What helps me the most is definitely taking the time to organize my work space and, because of COVID I work in my bedroom, I also make sure to do my bed, sometimes open a window and keep my room organized enough. It's the first thing I do when I come to work, I organize everything those before me left and plan my things.
Battling depression while having a career and future to work on is absolutely terrifying. Baby steps are required. So Thanks for the vid, off to work! :)
I'm actually on my study break. And thank all the stars I needed this exact video. I think I'm going through a mid-semster crisis. Thanks such for this video and your whole channel.
Honestly none of these videos can really motivate you until you want to be motivated , i watch these videos and do nothing so its better to motivate your ownself because nobody in this world knows you better than your ownself , just start studying without even thinking for a second ,open your book,word document or ppt and just start ,that's the only thing that is going to work
I just force myself, but since studying is about a fun as playing in the steaming hot depths of hell, I have developed a panic disorder when I start studying. I have mild panic attacks that subside within 15 minutes because the process of studying is so tortuous to my psyche. I'd rather be doing anything else. After about 10-15 minutes, I can focus and finish what I've set out to do, but the physiological symptoms I've developed, probably triggered by the psychological reluctance to want to study has been something that I cannot overcome and has been with me for several years now. Studying is akin to torture for me, a necessary evil, and there are days where I've felt like I just want to give up on my academic career because I hate it so much.
Your method of forcing yourself to study might be the reason why studying is so tortuous to you. You have conditioned yourself to treat studying as an evil to be overcome. I have similar problems and I think a possible solution is to find intristic motivators, to learn to enjoy the act of studying or whatever else you want to accomplish rather than forcing yourself through them to meet the expectations of others or yourself. That said, I still haven't found a way to completely shift from extrinsic to intristic motivation myself, it is a continuous process that drains a lot of willpower.
Convence your subconcious mind that you love studying. Say Every day stuff like: i love studying ,studying is so easy, I percive studying as something normal. (Fake it till hoy make it!
@Carly Fournier lol but it works there's a lot of studies that it works, CBS your subconscious mind controls 90% of your actions. For example I have been telling myself that I hava and amazing memory and that I am a positive person, and you know what after a week I feel that is working .
I find that when I have no motivation to study, it's often because my monkey mind is going berzerk. Meditating and journaling has helped tremendously. Exercise is definitely amazing, especially on those low energy days.
I never had this problem during college/university, because when I was accepted into my program, I promised myself to remain 100% focused. I locked myself in my room for 3.5 years and did exactly that, graduating in the top tier of my class. I still get asked by family/friends how I was able to do that. It all boils down to one thing and that is commitment! I am the biggest procrastinator of them all and find it difficult just to stay motivated from day to day. If you commit yourself though and stay true to yourself, anything's possible.
I was in the absolute dead zone of motivation... this actually helped. I forgot I used to make lists so I am making it now. Thank you so much. I'm taking 5 classes at a University and drowning in homework and had zero will power.
This is EXACTLY what i needed. I have an exam at 9am tomorrow, its currently 11pm here, gonna have to do an all-nighter cuz i didnt study ANYTHING before. Thanks dude
@Rayne Hala literally said she lives in a desert lol. There's this thing called the Rub al-Khali on the Arabian Peninsula, part of the middle east, which is the largest sand desert in the world. I don't know how much of the middle east you're aware of but there most certainly is sand.
Wow! This really gave me the motivation, I immediately started studying once i watched this and it's been over 2 hours and I'm still going! (I'm on a pomodoro break)
Got a physics exam in 2 days that might decide which uni I go to. So glad youtube actually recommended something that got me off youtube for a couple of weeks.
He failed and didn’t get into college and now he can’t get a job so he’s broke now and had to sell his phone so he can’t go on UA-cam and tell us how it went
I usually find myself unmotivated after school when I'm tired. Instead of forcing myself to stay upp for studying, I have started to pick the habit of going to bed at 6 or 7pm and putting the alarm for as early as 4am and then study couple hours before going to classes. Things get done so much smoother when I am rested!
Points: -Commit to one task at a time, don't look at the whole to-do list -Go outside, take a walk or do some sports -Clear up your workspace and set it to the specific task that you working towards accomplishing -dont always put a lot of effort into things, try using low efforts first, later on when youre looking back on the task improve on the things you were lousy on -change your state of mind before you start you're work, here's a quote; it's not the exact line BC Im too lazy to rewind: " sometimes your PR's are set on off days "
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I only get motivated to study or to do my hw when It's the deadline.
Ughhh
i clicked it many times to help lol
@@ji-hyungye6641 Yeah man, same
“-how unmotivated are you?”
Me: searching for a comment with the short list of all the things said in this video so I don’t have to watch it
😂😂😂
Trueeeee
I'm so called out 😂
😂😂😂😂
Omg mood
"go for a walk"
* watching this video at 2:00AM *
That be.sooo danm true😂😂😂😂
sammee broo
Aine ・ᴥ・ 4am here 😂
With the deadline being tomorrow
I went for a walk at 12am the night before a massive exam 😂
1. Go for a walk
2. One task at a time
3. Clear your desk
4. Low effort hack .
Thx, ur an mvp
Thanks
thanks all the stuff he said in the last 1/2 of the video made me forget the good stuff
You saved my time bro thanks
Thanks
him: go outside for a walk
me at 1am trying to get myself to study for my 8am exam: 👁👄👁
try to leave more time to it next time
That's more like it
I can relate to this right now man
Walk around your house or your room for a few minutes while you think about what you were just reading.
me rn☹️💔
“You’re probably not even supposed to be on UA-cam right now,”
Me, “danm, how did he know.”
Amateur_Artist agree
they always know
Then he shows you watching UA-cam
Amateur_Artist....Because mediocrity is predictable!!!
danm
I am so unmotivated that I just realized that I was not even listening to you ..your voice was like background annoying music for me while I was busy reading comments...
ahhhhh my life
Yes me too 😂😂
Same😂😂😂
Same...
Same😭💀💀
I just realized I was doing that.
4 steps:
• Go for a walk
• Decide a topic to work on
• Organize your work space and remove all unwanted things.
• Low key effort
thank you!!
did it helps ?
@@rajpootkhan2792 it does help, dunno about the 'talking a walk' part, cause i didn't see much Change whether i took a walk or not, all the difference was made when i organised my study space.
I don’t have enough effort to put in the effort
@KaNaK loooøl
To anyone reading this, you got this. I know. You're tired and know that your brain is not in the homework doing place. Same. Here's some motivation: If you can get your homework done before the end of the day, after you can relax for hours :) You got this friend!!
Aww shucks:)
I need to work in my goldmine again. I make 10 dollars every 8hours
OMG U R THE BEST
@@videoawesomeness5234 Happy to help!!
high school just doesn't work that way :(((
I don't even have the motivation to get motivated
That's a lie because you had the initial motivation to look for this video :)
@@andy6076 this came in my recommend and I thought huh. Thats funny.
You just described my life right now😂😂
XD me too 😂😂😂
Welcome to the party
i even procrastinate by adding the videos i plan to watch in my watch it later playlist
i have around 70 videos in my watch it later playlist
@@voidl_rd i have over 250 videos in my watch later
@@cherrynicole bruh
anyway i started slowly watching through them
Soft Rosie same
I love Blackpink
When I go for a walk I'm motivated, then I come home and I'm no longer motivated I just want to sleep lmao
That's probably because you're sleep deprived...
I feel you 100% You tell yourself " Imma go home and Imma at least put in 1hour of studying" When you reach home you be like "aight time to study" then you sit down in bed with your bed and next thing you know it's 9am the next day
that's why I put a desk on the treadmill! still haven't tried it yet but if it doesn't work: you know imma put my desk on wheels
SAME AHHAHA
Maybe go for a walk while studying? Like you can read your textbook and highlight key points and topic sentences all the while taking a walk, and then you can take notes at home! That’s just what I think though.
Oh god, I've once more entered this vicious cycle of feeling stressed, therefore procrastinating to forget/avoid that stress, only to get more stressed cuz I realized just how much time I wasted procastinating... I genuinely have no will power, and it's messing me up the wrong way
Exactly I feel sick when I want to revise
My life is falling apart man, and I can't blame anyone but myself. I'm going through the same cycle.
I feel the exact same way and i feel lost and that i will never ever make it
I think that might be depression and /or anxiety, when you're having an episode, you feel so overloaded with exhaustion, heaviness and the excruciating pain that the emotions are bombarding you, so much to the point of complete inability to do anything. I have extreme procastination because of this, often times it would feel so unbearable that i would just end up browsing my phone or sleeping just to be distracted from the horrible feelings, even when i get myself to study, that brain fog and dullness makes it kinda impossible for me to execute my study quickly and efficiently.
I think we'll just have to force ourselves to study or work at one time, so that when we get the stuff done, we would feel prouder, motivated and have a sense of control, so we can keep continuing the next times one by one, opposite to avoiding and creating bigger problems as the feeling of guilt and regret of not doing anything just build up, it's like the domino effect.
Right now I have an f in math and it's all from homework I haven't done. I'm going to do 20 assignments in an hour.
I don't even have enough motivation to watch this video becouse it's 9 minutes long
Captain Autismo me neither 😂😭
Lol I checked the time and groaned like “nine whole minutes?”
Just speed it up
2x baby
Glad to know I'm not alone 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I noticed that I can't study at my house. I get distracted so easily because I can't have a study place. So, I just got a membership at a nice library near my house and so far, it has been great.
I have the same issue. I can't be productive at home easily. Especially in my room
I can relate, the solution for me was a group study (a serious one)
In my case I can't study in my room because I just feel too comfortable and relaxed to the point of just forgetting what I was supposed to be doing... So I just started waking up early, taking a shower and going to the library, even if I didn't have any reason to go out that day.. The fact that I'm in a public place, out of my comfort zone has helped me quite a lot
Solange I can’t study in public places where other people are. I just can’t help but people watch the whole time lol.
Man I don't even have a room nor silence just a small desk in a kitchen I can't focus nor be motivated. I never thought of trying the library tbh.
Once a week? I feel this seven times a week
This comment needs more likes 😂
then you hate what youre doing and if its schoolwork you just have to push through. collwge will be easier
14 times
Easy for you, i feel this 9 times a day
Sounds like depression lol
Normal life:
Me: I don’t wanna go outside
Quarantine:
Me: what does a tree look like again?
I think they’re...
Big? No, that doesn’t sound right. 🤔🤔🤔
Me before quarantine: I don’t feel like going outside.
During quarantine: Hmm, didn’t there used to be 11 rocks in front of that tree? I wonder if someone took the other 6 of them.
Sameeee haha😂😂
I think they're in the ocean or something. But i remember always seeing them before quarantine... do i often go to the ocean before quarantine..?
Normal life:
Me: I don't wanna go outisde
Quarantine:
Me: Ahhh!! I really wanna go outside
Who is watching this during quarentine were you absolutely lack the motivation to study
XaleYT - COD MOBILE everyone
I'm in a country where we have exams every end of year that basically defines your life
You're not alone bro
Yep really um really just sitting on my bed I have 5 bottles food next to me laptop all what I need
Yeah plus depression and many problems as well for the fact that I'm about to fail and when I get back I will be in the same grade but I have to do it and I will finish my work so it doesn't happen my teachers gave me a chance 🙏😔
@@estherimo1802 me too
1:25 1. Go for a walk
2:50 2. Decide on a singular task
3:50 3. Clean/Organize up your space: Declutter the mind
4:39 4. Low Effort Hack: Strive for progress, not perfection.
thank you. u my friend are a legend
Go for a walk.... shit now i want a hamster -_-
5. buy skillshare
i wish that i saw you earlier -_-
nice
Was looking for this comment cuz its 9 mins long LOL
Him: go for a walk
Coronavirus: I’m about to end this man’s whole career
:D
lmao that's my current situation, can't even go out to the street
junhui te amo yes u can
Typical brain dead 10 year old
klyrj correction: typical brain dead 17 year old that couldn’t think of a more generic comment than this but somehow got 80+ likes
Him: “Go for a walk and clear you head”
Me (who loves the outdoors): Heads out front door, notices weeds need to be pulled in front flower beds, pulls weeds. Then sees the flower bed could use some more plants and needs more mulch. Goes to gardening center, buys more plants and mulch, plants the new plants and spreads mulch. Then walks over to garden to check on it, and spends the next five hours tending to it. Then goes for walk, and comes back barely before dark. Feels accomplished about what I got done outside, and decides to study tomorrow. 😅
Once I go outside it’s hard for me to come back in! I definitely do find spending time outside very helpful to my mental health!
Watched this video instead of studying
Look for help is half of the way to get the job done. You can do it man.
Bahahhahahahahahahhahahahahahha i LEGIT laughed out loud
Yeah
I see you everywhere!!
"Your brain is not a hamster ball" - Time Magazine's top quote of 2018
Thomas Frank thanks sir for your great videos
Thomas Frank actually i was searching for motivation video and you posted a video on motivation
Thomas Frank Thomas, I applaud this new format (not sure if it's a format or what it is exactly but I mean, what you did different in this video) because it feels different in a magnific way and I really like the fact that you actually went outside to other places different from the room you usually film in (not that I dislked it but it's nice to see a bit of a change) and filmed in the woods. Thank you!! I love your chanel :D Greetings from Colombia :)
Words to live by
Yo! what are your thoughts on interdisciplinary study, polymathy and self directed study and you think you could make a series in the future about that, for people who don't want to go to university, but like to learn ? Also, awesome videos man ! keep it up :D
If u are here, ur trying to start over
And trust me u will do it
whatever it is that u want to achieve
😉 Good luck
thank you
Thank you mate
thanks so much
Ahhh the 100
We need more comments like this
"How to get study with 0 Motivation"
*GET MOTIVATED*
Makes sense😂
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Holy guacamole a genius
Who else is here now cause you're unfinished work is piling up in quarantine :,,) 🙋
Literally me 😂😂
I have 94 pages of homework yea I counted
IM SO STRESSED PLS HELP
Meee
I have 6 assignments due in 6 hours, and they're all 450 word essays
Me in my bed: "I should probably do my online work..."
*Clicks another video*
Me: I'll search some info that I need for my essay
After 5 minutes...
Me: *watching vlogs*🤦🏻♀
@CyanideC3PX lol🤣
My son is in college, and he's struggling with anxiety and depression which he is getting help for, but in the meantime, it translates to him feeling like he stuck in neutral regarding his school work. I am going to share this video with him tomorrow. Thank you so much for doing what you do!
I'm kinda going through the same. This video won't change anything.
Yeah it won't
Hope your son is better now, he'll find a balance soon enough!
Jessica Beca Different people, different feelings. Stop discouraging them.
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Summary:
_Do not skip any of these steps even when your brain convinces you that "it is not necessary"_
*Take a walk.*
1:25
*Focus on a single task.*
2:50
*Keep your surroundings in a way that could help you effectively complete that one task.*
a) write down the task on a piece of paper 3:25
b) have an organized workplace 3:53
*Low effort hack*
4:40
Remember : "blank page is the enemy"
Start the task now and come back to it later to add the details. Because your state of mind when you start work is different from your state of mind once you are in the flow.
[Start off slow; you will pick up speed once you get into _that_ mindset]
Thomas, let me just tell you that I am truly grateful for all the work you do. As a person who suffers with ADD studying was really a torture, but a lot of your videos have helped me and I already lost count on how many times I've read your book. Keep the good work and a thousand thanks.
Hey! I suffer from ADD too. Have you watched HowToADHD?
Nida Kamal I think the best advice I got from this channel was to concentrate on doing one thing and only a thing by time. Also having pomodoro sessions in a certain amount of time. I think the best video I follow religiously it's 'Study less, study smart', but any other it's good
Shrey Mathur I have!
Soso Mama thanks for the suggestion
just use that fucken ritalin as I do
The comment section is depressing I feel like I should stop reading it and start working
You too stop scrolling down and get back to work
😢😢OK
N o :)
NO UR NOT MY MOM
I like the comment and then keep scrolling lol
okay mom
1. Get more sunlight exposure
2. Exercise, even light exercise will work
3. Organize/ Clean your work places
4. Single-tasking
5. Minimum effort hack
My favorite is number 5. That actually is an idea which has been proven effective and explained under different names and terms, one of which is Kaizen.
i can't go out side on my own cuz i'm blind i don't know where tf i'm going lmao,
@@Lepetitagite3432 you can go with someone to accompany you
Thank you for saving me from 9 minutes!
You just saved 9 minutes from my life, thank you
I like *Kaizen*, makes it sound like a super power!
I've found that in the past eliminating UA-cam (Except for tutorials) gives me more of a reason to expand and either get things done or motivate me to become better at something.
"Stop trying to convince yourself that you can study with Sailor Moon reruns on in the background, Kyle"
....Kyle is literally me
Same
The Wise Viper Well then, Hi Kyle
literally
Im the one
I clicked pause at 3:35 to see what was wrtitten and i ended up spending 30min learning how to fight polar bears
*Game of Thrones intesifies*
Same
Watch the Golden Compass. Simple.
haha
This was uploaded at exactly the right time, I'll let THIS one be the LAST video I watch until I actually get on with my assignments!
Edit: I actually went and watched way more of Thomas's videos ahaha but after that my god I was productive
I need motivation to do homework let alone study. Online school has been the worst
You guys do home work? I never do home works I only study
I often don’t have motivation to wake up
OK, understood. Will continue my homework after another video
:,)
That is adorable lool
No do it now don't wait
@M&W NL It happens to me all the time.
MOOD
1. Take a walk
Me: it’s 1 am
Even better
Corona
It's 6 in the morning
Exactly lol
Open the window and just breathe for a while, get yourself together, then continue... Ig just do the best you can.
Its 11 pm
I studied
But dont remeber anything
SEND HELP-
Never ever study late early in the morning like four or five is ok but in the night i never study past ten pm
I tried everything, whole night + morning, whole day, so far walking up at 4 am and studying throughout the day plus early morning is great
Omg sameee
@@hanz2904 wrong it's working with me
@@hanz2904 that is so wrong, it may be helping you but it need not help everyone. Not everyone's brain is networked the same way
Every time I’m struggling with some things such as no motivation and procrastination, I open up UA-cam and Thomas Frank has done a video about it. Believe it or not I actually take notes on your videos and they have helped me a ton. It made me feel a lot better to know that I’m not the only person who struggles with these things, and somebody who is as successful as you are struggled with them too. I’m glad you decided to do this type of thing with your time. your video about bouncing back from failure helped me more than you’ll ever know.
1:25 - walk
2:50-decide on single task
3:53 - Clear to neutral(clear the table except the single task related ones)
4:40- Use the Low effort
thank you
"go for a walk"
*Me living in China while coronavirus is out there *
"go for a walk"
"just wear a mask so you can't breath while doing it"
me too bro😂
😂😂
hahahhahahahahahaa, same
Goes outside to go and take a walk
You: Ah such nice breathtaking a........I. cough cough.......r and then collapses
Video:Go for a walk
Me:mom, am going for a walk!!
Mom:where do u think you're goin You have a test tomorrow go to your bedroon and study!!!!
Me:😤😤😤😤
Bedroon
NOICE
Is your name Gohan?
Literally me
@@MalaysianAviator737-8 that was my solution too, if only i could go back in time :(
hah, I can't relate, my mum always tells me to go outside but I'm like nO I hAvE tO sTuDY I HavE sO mUcH woRK tO dO
Who is watching this on November quarantine? Can't even walk outside and I don't even feel the spirit of Christmas tf, good luck to us
your editing is killer !!!
Ujjwal Bisht. agreed
Yess!
Almost 1 million! Congrats Dude.
Pretty sure this applies to anytime you’re not feeling motivated to do any task. I’d consider myself a very hard worker, but have moments of procrastination or laziness.
What I’ve found that works for me is literally to create a smaller list of “checkpoints” I need to accomplish to finish my task. Then I just start on the first one on the list to build that momentum.
Great video!
The 24K Life aHHH THANK YOU! this is a great tip duddd
the more I think about it that momentum building part is super important, you typically dont go from 0 motivation to concentrated hard worker. Thanks for the tip.
If you get it done now, your future self will thank you so much for it.
I just wanna succeed and get into a good college :(
@@lifeuncovered6188 YOUVE got this!! I believe in you!! But remember to get a career that you’ll enjoy & love! Not just because you’ll get good money.
“Go for a walk”, oh well is corona outside
Hhaha
Then walk inside
@@muzeebanisha6772 is the sun inside?
Chad Champion can also open the window for sun :)
@@scaramouche768 why not walk out in the back yard or out front? It isn't ideal but it's motivating
Your editing is amazing Tom. I've been here for two years and I've seen you develop so much!
Thank you!
I hope Thomas sees this!
But I feel like there should be more of an emphasis on self care, since doing this without allowing yourself the time to love yourself and the things you do, will result in depression.
I used to work very hard everyday and push myself very hard everyday, because I cannot motivate myself to do things due to my depression. I feel like this is a problem that is not discussed enough especially among those who DO work hard towards leading fulfilling lives.
(sorry for any language mistakes)
This video is motivational tool I use everytime I don't feel like doing the work! I've saved it to a inspirational playlist and meditate to the words ! Some of you struggling with concentration should test yourselves this way. Actually listen to the video and nothing more !! Hope this helps 😘
How to make yourself study when you have zero motivation(Short-term)
1. Go outside and take a walk
Recommendations: Use your phone light to wake you up but playing exercise app on while you have nature music on
2. Commitment to one task
Recommendations: Sketch book and chrome extension: Momentum
3. Clear to neutral
Recommendations: Clearing up the clutter( A place for everything and everything in it's place)
4. Low effort app
Recommendations: Do what's easy first
thank you I was just looking for this!
Thanks Arianna.
Thanks
Life saving!
ilysm
SUP procrastinators?????
hey fellow procrastinator :/
whaddup homie
sky master yo where yall at dont be guilty,
Hello
guess what ?....procrastination
I need to study but im so sleepy aghh--
i need to do 6 overdue assignments but they are really boring so pass
how did it end?
this might be hella late but a good tip is taking a small power nap around 15 minutes. Its crazy effective and you feel like you took a 3 hour nap instead. Life-saver for sure
@@hyderjafri4563 and I heard take 5 minute breaks after 20 minutes or 30 minutes of studying or doing homework
I never leave comments on videos normally and I know you won't see this but I wanted to say thank you so much for this video. I have recently started my final year of university during the covid pandemic and I had just lost motivation. I wanted to let go of everything and just stop caring. I started skipping classes and getting behind on assignments which is really unusual for me. I started eating crappy food and just not keeping a good sleep schedule. This video is the only video that has helped me break down what seems like an insurmountable task of recovering my semester. The whole premise of doing it little by little and not seeing it as this big scary task honestly does work! I'm now in the library busting out assignmenta and actually enjoying doing so. You have saved my degree and for that I thank you 💯❤️
I have 30 days till exams and 7 different subjects and I pretty much haven’t even started....:/
I am the biggest procrastinator
Wow days go so fast...
Expelliarmus ! I have to write a 12 page essay until tomorrow.
On Monday my first big exams start - Biology, Chemistry and Physics. I haven't started either 🙃
Dude, me too. I have 8 subjects and 2 more exams of 3 total. I was awfully bad in the first exams and I can't fail in any of them, or else I'll have to spend 1 more semester in college... But I'm focused right now and I now for a fact that we both will top our grades. The most important move that we've done was to look for study advice. Keep it up man, we can do it.
I have 1 day till exama and today is sunday. I have 8 subjects to study and i havent touched on them... i'm basicly doomed :p
i have a pc tomorrow in the morning and i havent done anything
It's impossible to study with *ZERO* motivation
Nothing is impossible
@@prodechooo yes
@@lifebasedtipsandtricks625 don't let your dreams be dreams
What about with *ONE* ?
@@xSquiidxwe did not need to read this
You do realize you are a Life Saver right?? With exams round the corner and zero motivation, I so needed this. Thank u so much.!
Thank you, “blank space is your biggest enemy” really hit me.
WOW! The production effort you put into that one is really insane. The differents shots, angles and locations really add up to the overall quality of the video. Don't stop making such quality content.
P.S. Your french pronounciation has really improved since the start of the channel, and that is coming from a native french speaker.
How am I supposed to be motivated if I spend my life learning things that I am not interested in? Only for an exam that I probably won't be able to do anyways because I wasn't motivated to learn enough?
Of course there are also things in school that I am interested in... so why can't I just learn more about these things? Instead, I have to learn about things where I know that I'll never need them later in life and which I am not interested in...
*Why does this school system exist?!*
So true
Mood tbh
What if those things u study are the opportunity which will let u to go and do in the end what u wanted or be something u wanted. I want to be a developper but i study physics chimestry and math , these things thay i wont need but im obliged to study it the first years
Exactly my problem. I wouldn't mind studying physics all day but when I get headache after studying geography for an hour .
big facts no cap
How can we tell the difference between "i'm not motivated" and "I think I chose the wrong path for me, I have no interest in doing this" (for uni students)
Same here..
This is not a joke
Flip a coin
Well, it would depend on where your unmotivated-ness is coming from. Do you want to refrain from doing a certain task because of the way it has to be completed/how hard it is, or because the subject itself doesn't interest you?
Here I am, 1 year later, searching for this video again..
Honestly I’m so tired of all this
I minute into this video I went this video is to long, put down my phone, threw it away and got down to work. Three hours later and I got a lot of work done so thank you genuinely thank you!
1:25 Me: watching a video from 2018
The video: Go for a walk
Me in 2020: Well that's not that simple
😂
depends where you live if it's too crowded, it not there are easily good places to walk where there's nobody.
Usually my motivation is the imminent dread that comes with knowing that my test is tomorrow and I have done nothing
Ikr. But quarantine makes me procrastinate like a bih. Monotonous days. It's like living the same way over and over again. Nothing's new.
Something that turned my life around:
Getting enough vitamin D.
If you live in a country above the 40th parallel and or you don't spend much time in the sun and you rarely eat fish and eggs, you might have a vitamin D deficiency and that would make you feel chronically tired and low in motivation. Get your blood vitamin levels checked and make sure to take about 5000 IU in liquid D3 supplements daily if you are low. A walk in the sun is not nearly enough if you live in the North.
5000 UI is a very snall amount its mostly used for kids tho I'm usşng 35000 UI
Oh well that makes more sence of why im so tired and not at all motivated these last couple months....
@@ironbullet9956 Depends on where you live but 35000 will be way too much anywhere in the world. Too much is toxic for your liver so make sure you get a blood test before taking high doses.
What helps me the most is definitely taking the time to organize my work space and, because of COVID I work in my bedroom, I also make sure to do my bed, sometimes open a window and keep my room organized enough. It's the first thing I do when I come to work, I organize everything those before me left and plan my things.
I almost watched 10 motivation videos and here I am with zero motivation....... GOD tomorrow is my exam😭😭😭😭
Sorry. How did it go?
Same!!!!!!😭😭😭😭
SAME OMG SOMEONE SEND HELP IM FAILING MY EXAMS I KNOW NOTHING
I feel that. I have a research proposal that's past due and tomorrow is the last day to get credit for it.
And here I am.
@@whogavehimafork oh no, so did you get credit for it?
Battling depression while having a career and future to work on is absolutely terrifying. Baby steps are required. So Thanks for the vid, off to work! :)
Baby Steps To Huge Strides!
Hang in there!
You gonna get there!!!
Don't give up! You can do it!
You are my heroine! ;)
I'm actually on my study break. And thank all the stars I needed this exact video. I think I'm going through a mid-semster crisis. Thanks such for this video and your whole channel.
Frances Escalera 68vb,ughhh4g8r Basque
Honestly none of these videos can really motivate you until you want to be motivated , i watch these videos and do nothing so its better to motivate your ownself because nobody in this world knows you better than your ownself , just start studying without even thinking for a second ,open your book,word document or ppt and just start ,that's the only thing that is going to work
He got me when he said your not supposed to be on UA-cam and how there is a pile of papers and book in front of me
You have the PERFECT Timing Thomas!! Thank you very much!!
I didn’t even have the motivation to watch this but it really helped
You're already motivated. This motivation is for who is in zero motivation zone.
I am a 9 year old and i was having problems with math, decided to go to youtube, this helped me SO MUCH, thank you.
I just force myself, but since studying is about a fun as playing in the steaming hot depths of hell, I have developed a panic disorder when I start studying. I have mild panic attacks that subside within 15 minutes because the process of studying is so tortuous to my psyche. I'd rather be doing anything else. After about 10-15 minutes, I can focus and finish what I've set out to do, but the physiological symptoms I've developed, probably triggered by the psychological reluctance to want to study has been something that I cannot overcome and has been with me for several years now. Studying is akin to torture for me, a necessary evil, and there are days where I've felt like I just want to give up on my academic career because I hate it so much.
Omg
Your method of forcing yourself to study might be the reason why studying is so tortuous to you. You have conditioned yourself to treat studying as an evil to be overcome. I have similar problems and I think a possible solution is to find intristic motivators, to learn to enjoy the act of studying or whatever else you want to accomplish rather than forcing yourself through them to meet the expectations of others or yourself. That said, I still haven't found a way to completely shift from extrinsic to intristic motivation myself, it is a continuous process that drains a lot of willpower.
Convence your subconcious mind that you love studying. Say Every day stuff like: i love studying ,studying is so easy, I percive studying as something normal. (Fake it till hoy make it!
@Carly Fournier lol but it works there's a lot of studies that it works, CBS your subconscious mind controls 90% of your actions.
For example I have been telling myself that I hava and amazing memory and that I am a positive person, and you know what after a week I feel that is working .
You seem good at writing tho😊
I find that when I have no motivation to study, it's often because my monkey mind is going berzerk. Meditating and journaling has helped tremendously. Exercise is definitely amazing, especially on those low energy days.
I have an exam day after tomorrow. Wish me luck!
I passed the exam! Made an A!!
@@aoutsky Congrats :)
Congrats man!
I also have exam some days later i will pray for u
@@aoutsky oh wow congrats
I never had this problem during college/university, because when I was accepted into my program, I promised myself to remain 100% focused. I locked myself in my room for 3.5 years and did exactly that, graduating in the top tier of my class. I still get asked by family/friends how I was able to do that. It all boils down to one thing and that is commitment! I am the biggest procrastinator of them all and find it difficult just to stay motivated from day to day. If you commit yourself though and stay true to yourself, anything's possible.
I was in the absolute dead zone of motivation... this actually helped. I forgot I used to make lists so I am making it now. Thank you so much. I'm taking 5 classes at a University and drowning in homework and had zero will power.
It's impossible to predict the arrival of the ads, what a perfect timing and flow.
This is EXACTLY what i needed. I have an exam at 9am tomorrow, its currently 11pm here, gonna have to do an all-nighter cuz i didnt study ANYTHING before. Thanks dude
Mery wala hisab 😆
Literally have my exam to graduate NEXT WEEK, still have no motivation now and will
The only motivation I get to study is when I imagine my parents anger when they see my report card
i live in a desert. the middle east. It's night-time. there are no trees around me.
Swim in the sand
At least it's nice and warm in the morning.
@Rayne tfw you don't even have some sand to swim in
Lol same and I have a math test tomorrow
At least it's cooler at night lol
@Rayne Hala literally said she lives in a desert lol. There's this thing called the Rub al-Khali on the Arabian Peninsula, part of the middle east, which is the largest sand desert in the world. I don't know how much of the middle east you're aware of but there most certainly is sand.
I took like 3 hours studying the first lesson, and I'm too tired to study the second. The test is tomorrow.
This is exactly my problem. It takes me like 5 hours to do one subject and I have to do it for other subjects everyday.
Great tips, Frank! I agree, motivation is overrated and it’s almost never there when we need it. What helps me most to start is the Pomodoro technique
it's 11 pm and i don't have time to walk outside.
janna lmao same, except it's 7:05 Pm here.
Same it's 11:30 pm here, but that's funny that your comment is from 13 hours ago so I guess you're from the other end of the world :p
@@laaori nah time travel
12:37am.... I should get some sleep.
patrick dhatt oof
2:16 a wild tripod has appeared
Ahahhahahahahhahahah cant stoppp laughinnngggg
Thomas: You probably have that huge assignment staring at u desk right now.
Me: How did he know?
bro surreal
Wow! This really gave me the motivation, I immediately started studying once i watched this and it's been over 2 hours and I'm still going! (I'm on a pomodoro break)
Got a physics exam in 2 days that might decide which uni I go to. So glad youtube actually recommended something that got me off youtube for a couple of weeks.
Cool Dude F!
How did it go?
He failed and didn’t get into college and now he can’t get a job so he’s broke now and had to sell his phone so he can’t go on UA-cam and tell us how it went
@@kobejr6462 bruh he dead
Broken One 💀
*Watches video*
Learns how to fight polar bears instead of studying calculus
I usually find myself unmotivated after school when I'm tired. Instead of forcing myself to stay upp for studying, I have started to pick the habit of going to bed at 6 or 7pm and putting the alarm for as early as 4am and then study couple hours before going to classes. Things get done so much smoother when I am rested!
Points:
-Commit to one task at a time, don't look at the whole to-do list
-Go outside, take a walk or do some sports
-Clear up your workspace and set it to the specific task that you working towards accomplishing
-dont always put a lot of effort into things, try using low efforts first, later on when youre looking back on the task improve on the things you were lousy on
-change your state of mind before you start you're work, here's a quote; it's not the exact line BC Im too lazy to rewind: " sometimes your PR's are set on off days "
Your timing is AWESOME!!
Ashish George Aby 27th march?
Dude, anytime, anyday he would post this video, there's a guy like you procrastinating on the internet. It's not a rare thing.
😂 yeah you're right
Go outside and take a walk... Covid-19: I don’t think so
Extremely helpful video, you're awesome. Keep up the great work!