Keeping motivation high - Senior School - Study Skills Guide - LibGuides at Carey Baptist Grammar School

Finding motivation

If you're stuck in an unmotivated headspace, here are some ideas on where to go for more information...

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Mental wellbeing
Books, websites, podcasts, and more to help with mental wellbeing.
Physical wellbeing
Books, websites, podcasts, and more to help with physical wellbeing.
Spiritual wellbeing
Books, websites, podcasts, and more to help with spiritual wellbeing.

Additional resources for figuring out what you want from life

Mark Manson: Author
No idea what you should do with your life? Ask yourself these odd yet thought-provoking questions to find out.
Psychology Today: Worksheet
A simple table to figure out what you want - by eliminating what you don't want.
Forbes: Career Paths
5 steps to finding the right career for you.

Jess achieved a 99.95 ATAR, and shares her best tips and methods in this series of Q&As.

Watch the rest of the videos in this playlist here.

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iWish
iWish is a virtual vision board for your goals, wishes, and plans. Create goals and track your progress towards achieving them.
Sanity & Self
"Level up your self-care". Targeting women, this self-care and motivation app includes meditations and advice.
The Done App
Simple and aesthetically pleasing habit tracker.
HabitBull
A data-driven habit tracker to set deadlines, write down commitments, get handy reminders, and enter specific, measurable goals.
ThinkUp
A positive affirmation app where you can record in your own voice, add in some music, and make your very own uplifting playlist.

Smiling Mind
Smiling Mind is a unique tool developed by psychologists and educators to help bring balance to your life.
Headspace Headspace is meditation made simple. The app takes you through the basics of meditation, with progress pages to track your stats and reminders to help you with your practice.
MoodMission MoodMission helps you learn new and better ways of coping with low moods and anxiety. Tell MoodMission how you’re feeling and it will give you a tailored list of 5 Missions that can help you feel better. Missions are activities and mental health strategies that are quick, easily achievable, and backed up by scientific evidence.
PAUSE PAUSE is an interactive app that can help you regain focus and release stress. By slowly and continuously moving your fingertip across the screen, PAUSE triggers the body’s ‘rest and digest’ response, helping you regain focus and release stress. The calming audiovisual feedback in the app is designed to help you keep your attention and focus.
Thinkladder Thinkladder’s unique tools are designed to help you rewrite the script in your subconscious mind. When we replace our limiting beliefs it changes our old thought patterns which helps us feel better and do better. As we practice these new beliefs and actions with focused concentration and perseverance, they become our new normal.

If you're stuck on a topic you can't understand, here are some ideas on where to go for more information...

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Carey CLI Library LibGuides
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Carey CLI Subject Databases
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State Library of Victoria
Through the SLV, you can access even more databases and expertise to help your approach. See the SLV LibGuide (linked) for assistance navigating the site.
Crash Course
Some great videos on different topics and subjects, ranging from specific terms and concepts to the big questions.
YouTube - Learning
When used carefully, YouTube is a treasure trove of access to expert knowledge, and different ways of explaining subject concepts.
ClickView
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