What keeps you motivated?

[azzarah]

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We are doing ID/Micro, and I am starting to lose my motivation! Please help me get my motivation back. 🙁 Any tips or advice you could give me will be greatly appreciated.

 

[efex101]

Well, I try to go to the clinic and hang out with physicians just watching and that gives me an impetus to keep at it. Also taking time OFF does help, I do not mean like a whole weekend (I know there is no way that I can do that but others can) but maybe a whole day or even a whole night...take time to just do NOTHING. Those folks that just study 24/7 will more than likely burn and crash soon...

 

[Doctor&Geek]

Fear of failure.

 

[Gerg]

Motivation for school - volunteering at free clinics, getting pt contact

Motivation for life- Beer, Porn, and Fried Chicken.

 

[TTSD]

Motivation for school - volunteering at free clinics, getting pt contact

Motivation for life- Beer, Porn, and Fried Chicken.

That's a pretty good list. Remember, once you start calling yourself MD, the chicks will flock to you!

 

[Megalofyia]

That's a pretty good list. Remember, once you start calling yourself MD, the chicks will flock to you!

Now we know your motivation in med school.. looking at all the girls in their swim suits

 

[Gerg]

That's a pretty good list. Remember, once you start calling yourself MD, the chicks will flock to you!

I actually already go by "Em Dee" and the chicks dig me. All them 'hos just ain't enough to keep me going tho. I need my Fried Chicken.


Actually, in all seriousness.

I like putting smiles on other's faces. That's one thing that keeps me going.

 

[azzarah]

The problem is I took all of last week off and now I am completely overwhelmed. I am so far behind I don't know where to begin. 👎

 

[efex101]

Yeah that is not a good thing....just start with one subject at a time or maybe two and go from there...

 

[drlexygoat]

What made you go into medicine in the first place? When I get down, I remind myself of all those reasons and it helps keep things in perspective.

Keep on truckin'!

 

[MSI-Scrub]

I've got to give it to the fam!

They are always there for me

 

[Bevo]

the debt I already owe from all my loans.

 

[Mumpu]

If you are in ID, you should be spending all your free time washing your hands. Over and over and over again. 🙂

If that fails, patient contact did the trick for me.

 

[16846]

The Pills...

The Pills keep me motivated...

 

[Anka]

Motivation is overrated; at some point it always runs out. I find the best strategy is to build habits when I'm motivated, so that when the motivation runs out (as it must), my rut is moving toward an A. That, and I never stop studying because I'm tired/don't feel like it (and all of the excuses we tell ourselves like -- if I take a nap, I'll probably be more efficient).

Best,
Anka

 

[MechE]

The prospect of banging nurses during my internship keeps me motivated. At least that?s what ?The House of God? tells me will happen. 😀