Sometimes, I experience a lot of difficulty becoming motivated. For me, the most important thing is to put myself in the right setting. While I can study at home, it usually takes me much longer to complete anything, and I'm easily distracted. Instead, I get myself out of the house and go my favorite computer lab on my university's campus. Once I'm at school, I'm in an academic frame of mind, and I find I'm much more productive. I don't allow myself to do more than check my school email account as far as using the internet for personal use at school. It's a school computer at school, and I can only do school-related things; at least, that's what I tell myself. I can spend eight hours straight studying if I'm at school, but at home, I can hardly study for an hour before I distract myself with something else.

When it comes to other things in life, I motivate myself by writing lists of what I want to or need to accomplish. I find that writing it down makes it more real and necessary to me.

I've found this tips on how to motivate yourself to study at ehow.com.

1. Don't forget to lose focus on your purpose and goals in life. Try to picture what you want to be or where you want to be 5, 10 or 20 years later. The time spending studying will be the way in which you will be able to make your dreams become a reality. Studying is your bridge to the future where you want to be so never lose focus.

2. Don't forget that knowledge is power, it is something that cannot be bought nor be stolen from you so you have to work hard for it. Think how much power you will be getting just by sitting down and studiying!

3. Challenge yourself to succeed and make it a point to face head on whatever obstacles that comes your way. If you find a certain subject difficult take it as a challenge and double your time and effort. It would be all worth the while to see that you were able to pass it all in flying colors because of hard work and study. Do certain things that can contribute to your personal achievement and fulfillment and studying is one way.

4. Decide early whether you want to be an outstanding student or a mediocre one. A mediocre student is just contented to pass and no thoughts of the future while an outstanding one is aiming to rise high and sail the heights. Making the effort and forcing yourself to sit down and spend time to study even if you don't feel like it is an achievement itself on your part and you have to build on that.