I've met (virtually!) with many students over the last few weeks. The refrain I hear over and over is that it is really hard to stay motivated and on task at home. There are many reasons for this, but I suspect the most prevalent is that home is the place you go to take a break from school. And when you are home ALL DAY that means it is the weekend right? Couple this with the days running together, the monotony of just putting one foot in front of the other with no end in sight, and the overall stressfulness of the situation, and we have pretty much a perfect storm for being unmotivated.
I don't have a panacea to offer you. But the utterly banal and cliched advice to "cut yourself some slack" and know that "we are all in this together" does ring true. For better or worse, you only have to push through a couple more weeks of class. Given everything you have accomplished, I know that you have the self-discipline to dig in and get this done.
Some overly-simplistic bits of advice:
1) If you haven't made yourself a schedule, you should. I promise that giving your days and weeks some structure will help.
2) If you can, create a space/nook/corner that is where you study and nothing else. When working from home, it is psychologically important to separate the work space.
3) Bribery. Give yourself a reward after you complete a task. This could be a treat, an episode from your favorite show, a nap, whatever.
4) Find and virtual study-buddy or group. Keep yourselves accountable, check in, keep each other motivated.
You've got this.
-Kelsey
