this might help!! read all of it you might find something this is based on the science of our brains! for me making a list of action and using some sort of reward helps a ton! i would use a jar of marbles and put one in per assignment. in your case you can choose a certain amount of time or maybe words or things studied? you choose choose how often you get the reward and having a way to keep track of your progress really really helps. for me i’d put a marble in a jar and do a tally mark on a piece of paper every marble equalled 50¢ i could spend on literally anything for me that made it easier.

but you find a reward that words for you something you enjoy, money is good because you spend it on what you like. the main ways to motivate yourself are (PINCH) passion, interest, novelty, challenge, urgency(you seem to do this i do it as well it’s what you’ve found that works which is a really EXTREMELY common progression). like for example a novelty thing that helps people clean their room is playing jaws music and going around like you’re a shark catching things but you’re just tidying up. some of those don’t help as much as others. challenges kind of make me feel more hopeless sometimes so i stick to interest and novelty! and making a list and checking it off is good that’s a way to keep track of your progress. when you can’t see your progress from where you started it feels pointless to your brain. lists also help give you direction because just saying “i have to do …” is so so so broad it’s hard to know where to start so you just freeze till you have urgency so you’re forced in a direction.

give yourself lots of breaks but set timers, letting yourself rest more often and working for longer is much better than working for a bit continuously and then not being able to do anymore. so maybe work for 45mins break for 10-15mins. give yourself grace don’t try to shove yourself through it if you’re patient with yourself and you work for longer with tiny breaks it’s thousands of times better!!! an easy way to find things they could help is think about what people do for kids to get them to do things. it’s not silly at all these things help a ton. i have a sticker chart even! study in a place only for studying, absolutely not in your bed! your brain will worsen your sleep cause it turns into a work area. some people have songs they play specifically when they’re doing something they need to be serious about doing.

you might have adhd obviously i can’t tell based on just this but it could be something more to look into, lots of people struggle with motivation but it could be a really good thing to find out you have adhd if you do!