Afternoon Lovely's,
I agree that self motivation SUCKS lol. I am currently 7 months pregnant and I am trying my hardest to get this out of the way before bubs comes along. I have finally just submitted Unit C today and started in February. I seem to have moments of ability to sit and stay focused but then find that once I submit a unit that I tend to find it hard to start the next one.
Its the 46 page booklets that I have to keep putting down and picking back up again. Love doing all the assignments and enjoy everything that I am learning as well, its just hard to read large amounts at a time, especially when there is something good on TV.
I have found that some things are helping.
*Try turning the TV off for a while, or if you are a stay at home mum or not working like myself try and do it before everyone comes home, once my husband gets home I want to spend more time with him
*Try set aside between 1-2 hours each day and dedicate that only to your course, and don't allow yourself to wonder off or get distracted
*While doing my course, I have also been preparing to start my business - applying for ABN, Registering Business name, looking into insurance, started a FB page offering my services free of charge till the start of June so I can get my portfolio up and going, creating my webpage (
http://kylieseventsandweddi.wix.com/eventandweddings), trying to promote myself, running polls on FB to see what people are interested in (There is a section in Unit C in one of the booklets regarding Living Funerals that I found interesting and want to know how many people would be into something like that as I think it would be a unique service to offer), looking up services and starting a database to keep that information, creating consultation forms and other templates that I may need, going shopping to price supplies for my business (invoice books, folders, files etc.), creating logos, introducing myself to some of the Canberra suppliers.
* Run yourself a bath and spend your time in there reading one of the booklets
* I even sometimes take a booklet to the Gym and read it while I'm doing my cardio workouts.
* Drink lots of coffee...
* Remember the end result that your aiming for
Hope some of these ideas work for people
guess we all have to find what works for us and sometimes force ourselves to get it done.
Since starting my website and Facebook page - Kylie's Event and Wedding Planning - I have started planning a farewell for a friend going over seas and 2 weddings which is also taking my mind off doing the course all the time, while allowing me to start my portfolio and giving me more hands on experience. I'm doing events free of charge and asking people for photos of their events and a written reference at the end of my services to incorporate into my portfolio. It is also at the same time, keeping me motivated to push through till the end and gain an actual qualification that I can show people to back me up.
