I'm also doing data collection too, so I feel ya! Working on my lit review/method etc. Feeling a bit demotivated still but just trying to slowly chip away at it. The Self-Control app is good, I find it pretty useful. I also like using noise-cancelling headphones to play no-lyric music to help me focus. How are you going with everything? Just checking in on everyone else in the lead up to uni starting next week?
@ecla34 from what i've heard honours is full on! How have you been finding it? You must be so excited to finish!
@May_ Yeah exactly! I've already picked up a few tips to use in my own life - which is the beauty of psych i guess !
@MisoBear I've found my first few weeks really demanding! putting in so much effort and it not being enough and failing some assessments 😞 which is new for me to kind of come to terms with because I haven't failed at uni before - but i'm taking it as a learning experience and trying to workout what i can do better!
Also @reach804, failing can be such a hard thing to deal with. Especially when you haven't failed before! That's great that you're taking it as a learning experience. It can seem like a really awful, big thing now, but your failures will help you to recognise what you need to work on. I was in a really similar position at the start of my degree and it kind of gave me a bit of a wake up call that I needed to put my studies first and it was really what I needed. And, in the end I still got to where I wanted to go. But it's definitely tough when you first have to face up to those failures, so I hope you're being kind to yourself?
I am being increasingly kind to myself, in the sense that each day i'm feeling better about it and more optimistic about the remainder of the semester.
I try to balance uni and working about 23 hours a week and i'm starting to think i can't keep it up as much as i want the money, you're right, uni has to come first!
@lokifish yeah a lot of psyc students on here it seems! Yayy i have every faith you'll get into honours!
Thankyou 🙂
Hi guys. Congratulations to you all on how far you've come with uni! Reading all your posts I feel proud of you all.
Similarly to a lot of you I am pursuing a psychology career path with hopes of probably doing clinical psychology one day.
I'm still in my undergrad years but have been seriously thinking about my future in this pathway. After talking to some people (career advisors, mentors and my mum) I'm becoming more and more open to the idea of doing the masters for 2 years. It opens a lot of opportunities for me and I feel like I would be happy at the end of it all. But I have doubts. Mainly about my ability to do it. I know I am smart, but so is everybody else. And it is a hard journey, very competitive and will take a long time. It looks good now but I'm worried that over time I will lose my motivation and possibly even passion.
What do you guys think? Have any of you considered this path or did you all stop after Honours?
@Ladybug I've been stressed out to the max about even getting admitted into clin masters - it is so incredibly competitive to get into where i am and i'm worried i can do everything i possibly can and still not get in! High GPA, experience, first class honours and all the rest!
I also worry about things like getting burnt out or losing my passion, and i guess taking care of myself and taking time out are the only preventative measures i can seem to come up with at the moment.
You have what it takes 🙂
Along a similar line...
Does anyone have any tips about getting into clinical masters by any chance?
Thanks guys!
@JanaG I do have a mentor. She was set up through my university and she's good. We spoke about doing 5+1 which is a great option but also very expensive for supervisors etc. I think I'll wait until I'm closer and see how I feel about the research then.
@reach804 I'll try to look after myself, thanks for the advice. And honestly it feels nice to know that I'm not the only one and we can all support each other on the journey. I really hope you get into masters @reach804. You have what it takes too! 
I heard that volunteering in the community can help along with the academic marks. But I'm not sure what else. The competition is steep!
Yay, glad I found this thread!
I'm also a psychology (+ majoring in literature) third year student, looking to do honours next year. I'm a bit daunted reading all your posts because I feel like no one has ever explained to me my options after honours + what to do after. Like I know I probably want to do a PhD or something (if my mental health lets me get that far) but I have absolutely no idea how it works. I barely know the difference between 4+2 and 5+1... 
I'm doing quite a lot of volunteering in the area and looking towards an internship maybe next year, but I'm just baffled how I've made it this far without really understanding it all! 
Does anyone have any tips for managing mental health with assignments? I've said a lot on the forums before but to explain again last year I had to take a year off uni to focus on my mental health as the pressure around assignment times was getting too much. I have OCD so I obsess over failure and compulsively try to make sure everything is perfect/ avoid the stress/ make sure I hit a set limit of stress to be able to produce the best quality of work. I'm so exhausted having to navigate this awful pattern every single time an assignment comes along .
I have a learning plan with the disability team that lets me make extensions if needed etc, but maybe the next step might be organising a psychologist visit at the uni. Has anyone had experience with psychologists on-campus? I already see a psychologist but I'm thinking of switching anyway because it's not really the best help for me right now, I find.
I don't feel it to the same extent - but i also put a lot of pressure on myself to do well and it definitely can be really hard to come to terms with failing something or not doing as well as you wanted to in an assessment.
What has helped me this semester is the whole 'i'm going to do my best and that's just going to have to be enough' type of self talk. I also tell myself that it's okay to have good days and bad days - we can't be perfect all of the time and we aren't going to nail an assessment every single time either 🙂
@MisoBear @TOM-RO @reach804 - thanks everyone! I managed to make an appointment with a uni psychologist next Monday. 
I also made the hard decision of dropping one of my units. This late in the semester it counts as a Withdrawn Late, which I still have to pay for but it doesn't affect my marks. I know I can get it reimbursed due to it relating to worsening mental health so I'll ask the psychologist about that when I see them. I had the thought I'd best for me to do part-time anyway, but when the semester started I got overconfident, I guess.
I also figure I'll probably have to do honours part-time, too. It kinda sucks knowing I'll have another two years in my Bachelor's haha but I guess it's better than not doing it at all, or making my health worse through the stress.
I'm sending my best wishes for your appointment next Monday 🙂
*Hugs* @lokifish I have confidence in you that you can get it done! 
I'm struggling with motivation today as well. It's really hard isn't it?
@A_Friend First year is so exciting! Good to hear that you're coping. Very impressive actually considering the remote learning situation. Idk about you but I have really enjoyed university this year since it has given me something to do at home hahahaha!
