Kick up the arse needed please!

[middlemuddle]

I've been doing an Access Course for just over two years via distance learning. I'm not far off finishing it (it's all at your own pace) but I just can't seem to get through the last leg. It was supposed to only take a year.

I want to go back to uni (I have a degree already, but it's old hence the access course) to qualify as a Speech and Language Therapist. I really can't think of anything else I'd want to do in my life, but I seem to be sabotaging myself every time I get near it. I had a place at uni both last year and the year before but had to withdraw due to my mental health. I'm 31 now so I feel like I'm 'getting on' in terms of doing the degree and becoming qualified. September 2020 would be perfect timing as my youngest starts school then.

My mental health is quite good lately, I'm withdrawing from anti-ds and feel alright so far apart from crying over little things (I think it's just dealing with having my emotions back again). I've got more energy than I've had in years. I just have this block when it comes to the work.

Anyone with some wise words please?

Is it that it seems such a huge mountain to climb that you can't get started? Could you set aside an hour to work on your course and decide that you'll work with concentration for one hour and then stop and do something else? I am thinking that could help get you back into your work without the feeling of the job stretching away indefinitely.

What do you still have left to do?

Thats a good idea HeresMyReply. I have biology modules left- homeostasis, reproductive system, cardio and then a macromolecules exam over Skype. It just seems like a mountain even though I already have an A Level in Biology. It's more tedious than anything though. I know I need to change my mindset as I'll struggle at uni if I don't as I'll have biology and psychology units in my degree.

Do you have to do the modules together or can you take them one at a time? If the latter, I think the first thing you need to do is pick one module and focus just on that. Have you been advised which order to do the modules in, or is it fine to do them in any order?

They're all one at a time but the tutor decides which order you do them in, usually according to their workload and planned leave etc. I'm doing Homeostasis at the moment and it's nearly finished but every time I open it I just end up procrastinating and closing it. I have a very short attention span, it has long been suspected I have ADD. I don't want it to hold me back, I'm just not sure how to manage it. :(

Allocate an hour for homeowhatever. Leave your phone in a different room. You haven't come this far to fail so just grit you teeth and Get On With It.

Take a short break and do another hour. Rinse and repeat.