the problem: I do my studies in a really sh***y rural smalltown (obviously the location stated in my profile is wrong lol) with a f*****g small university and very few students most of which I really cannot relate to.
and I feel like my results have been decreasing since I started and i definately put less effort in it than I did when I was in school.
And I was thinking about that because I compared my old life ( I'm at the university for two years now) to my university life and I must say that things have worsened. When I was at school I had many good friends and we did plenty of stuff in our spare time and I think I was rather happy back then and what school is concerned, I always had straight As back then. But now in this new town, where I have few friends and pretty much don't do anything besides studying (not because I'm that busy with my studies, rather because in this town there's not so many things you could do) I'm unhappy as f**k. Feels like all the things that I imagined about doing studies turned into their reverse and that the best years of my life pass me by without any of those things that you're supposed to experience at this age taking place, which, to put it in a somewhat dramatic way, feels a bit like being buried alive.
Normally, people (especially parents ^^ ) would suggest that not being distracted so much with that sort of things would help you to focus on your studies and being more successful at them but, I rather experience lack of motivation and decrease of effort. Due to that, I even start failing at exams.
Though I'm quite fond of my studies I even considered changeing my subject just to get to a different town where I could really live.
So I would definately state that being satisfied with your private life is a key condition to succeeding at your studies/career and I disagree which those who say that one can compensate the other or that one is more important than the other.
22 Jul 2011, 12:38 pm
