I find that one of the hardest things I have to do academically is write a paper on a subject that I really have no interest in. To meet a diversity requirement, I am forced to take a Sociology course. The class itself isn't bad at all, but I have found it almost impossible to be motivated to write papers for this class. This is because of two reasons: 1) The papers in this class make me write about something that doesn't interest me at all, and 2) the papers are hard to come up with a conclusion for, since "social problems have no one, clear solution", as my professor would say. This makes staying motivated to write this paper a problem, and I decided to take a creative approach to solve this problem. It may not be the healthiest thing, but I began to reward myself with treats. For every paragraph or so I wrote, I would feel that I had "earned" a snack. And if I ever got writers block, I would just take a shower, and take my mind off the thing entirely. Once I returned to the paper, I would find that the answer would just flow naturally. I'm quite proud of myself for finding a motivation technique that works for me.
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I like the use of rewards. I kind of use that myself, except with computer games instead.
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