Has Anyone Else Gotten Problematically Lazy Since Being Accepted?

[PhDerp]

I made a three-step plan to graduate with minimal work this semester. >_>

How are you staying motivated? Or are you not?

[DeleteMePlease]

Not really. I am kinda scared that I will fail one of my tests and not be able to graduate in time so I study a lot. However, I have never failed a test so this is just me freaking out

[ecm07e]

Oh heaven's no. I am excited to get back in the classroom as a student this time. I am even more motivated! I can't wait to start!!

[pears]

Heh, I remember losing virtually all my work willpower in March and April last year. I had been at that job for a relatively long time — by my own standards, at least — and was in the middle of slogging through a monstrosity of a report, complete with dry data tables and "we ain't found sh**" results, so I was already low on motivation. I had my head in the clouds daydreaming about grad school every day, even when I was doing fieldwork. I started a new regular season job that May, though, so I think the excitement of moving to a new place with better pay helped rev the motivation engine again.

[DerpTastic]

My laziness has increased and increased. I still am doing well, I just sit around way too much. c:

[MadtownJacket]

Not really.  I'm still working 60-hour weeks at my full-time job.  If anything, I just don't get nearly as stressed out because I know I'm getting out in a few months.

[i.am.me]

I have worked very hard to be where I am today...and I'm here...and I don't want to be here. So, I know how you feel OP. I've become unbearably lazy and a time waster in regards to school work and...whatever. I am trying to stay motivated by remaining in contact with friends, family, and students that make my research important to me...since I'm so far away...it's easy to get lost in everything. Especially when classes don't focus on my research focus, and...no one in my program shares my focus.

 

I'm trying to keep the big picture in mind. I have not been able to connect with people who share a similar cause that I do (research topic), and that is what I will be seeking out with the traveling that I plan on doing. I'm also trying to connect with people in different disciplines that have a similar population focus. Because...well, you just gotta talk to other people. 

 

EDIT - Oh, I'm sorry, I think I misread the topic. I've already started grad school.  so....

Edited February 24, 2014 by i.am.me

[ihatepencils]

If anything I'm more motivated to study now. I'm taking a graduate course that I know I will have to take a prelim in within the next two years so I want to learn it all really well now to make my future easier. I'm also taking some other topics courses and independent study that relate to my potential specialization so I want to learn as much as I can before I enter grad school!

[mmorrison]

Oh, my, yes. Well, maybe not lazy, but certainly less productive. Senioritis. I didn't anticipate (wouldn't let my mind go there) the extra work load and time-suck of planning campus visits, talking to people at various schools, and just deciding. And besides the time drain, it's so emotionally exhausting--in a good way, but exhausting nonetheless.

[Monochrome Spring]

If anything, things are staying just as busy, because I'm finishing my graduation requirements, finishing up a literature review to publish, and planning for field work abroad. I think it'll slow down in spring, but for now, things aren't letting up.

[starofdawn]

No, but I wasn't paying close attention to my job before getting accepted, either! Work around here is sllooowwww, I don't feel bad about playing around online.

[PhDerp]

EDIT - Oh, I'm sorry, I think I misread the topic. I've already started grad school.  so....

Your experience sounds very relevant to the topic still!

[Between Fields]

It's making finishing my MA thesis slow waaaaaay down. (Much to my advisor's chagrin)

[Vene]

This thread makes me glad I already had my BA completed before applying.

[gellert]

I haven't gotten less productive -- if anything, I've gotten more so -- but I definitely feel a bit stir-crazy.  I'm ready to be an official graduate student, but I guess we still have to wait another 5.5-6 months!

[tgamache]

I've definitely gotten somewhat less motivated, but I'm still chugging on.  Finishing up my final semester of undergrad, and then off to new things!

[DeleteMePlease]

I haven't gotten less productive -- if anything, I've gotten more so -- but I definitely feel a bit stir-crazy.  I'm ready to be an official graduate student, but I guess we still have to wait another 5.5-6 months!

 

Yeah that is so painful. I spend so much time looking for apartments and thinking about how my life at grad school will be.

I want this experience to start. NOW!

[Methylmadness]

I've definitely gotten exponentially more lazy, though I still have to finish my Master's thesis and my classes and I have not a care in the world. It's not good.

[PhDerp]

I'm glad to share that I've successfully completed step 1 of my 3-step optimally lazy plan. 8D

Edited March 5, 2014 by PhDerp

[geographyrocks]

I feel more lazy, but I haven't had the chance to actually be lazy.  I apparantly have this innate need to succeed.  It also doesn't help that I have 3 research papers to write along with finishing my senior thesis and 2 research projects to complete in the next month.  That doesn't include my normal work (which I've been slacking at for a while now) or my "hobbies" which always end up taking up gobs of time during the spring.  If it wasn't for spring break, I don't know that I could get all of this damn work done in a month. 

[likemythesis]

I thought being an RA as well as agreeing to do work for another prof would be time consuming, but both have not been nearly as demanding as I thought. It's been incredibly difficult to stay motivated. I turned in a paper last night that was just the crappiest thing ever, but luckily it was only 10% of my grade. 

 

On the plus side, having more time to lounge means more time to hang out with my housemates and the bff. We're all headed to different places after college, so I want to get all the chill time I can. Don't underestimate friend time.

[Guest Gnome Chomsky]

Reminds me of the old guy's 5-year-plan in Big Daddy. 

[starofdawn]

Reminds me of the old guy's 5-year-plan in Big Daddy. 

 

"He has a 5 year plan!"

"What, 'Don't Die'?!"

[microarray]

I'm struggling to stay productive during my last semester as an undergrad. I've worked so hard up until this moment to get good grades, now all I care about is just passing. I am so ready to move on to the next phase of my life.

 

However, I've gotta refocus myself so I can get a bunch of research done and finish up this semester with a bang. I just don't want to. lol. such internal struggle

[Guest Gnome Chomsky]

I'm struggling to stay productive during my last semester as an undergrad. I've worked so hard up until this moment to get good grades, now all I care about is just passing. I am so ready to move on to the next phase of my life.

However, I've gotta refocus myself so I can get a bunch of research done and finish up this semester with a bang. I just don't want to. lol. such internal struggle

I feel you on that. I've managed a 3.97 GPA so far throughout my undergrad career. Well, now I'm in my final semester, taking four classes, but my prospective grad schools have already received my transcripts so what I do now doesn't really matter. I never thought I'd relate to those kids who would say, "Dude, as long as I pass," since I've always been such a do-gooder, but I honestly feel like I could relate to those people. Edited March 8, 2014 by Gnome Chomsky