>>34428742
Just finish the degree, it will took longer if you change it now.

>>34428794
Time wise it's 2 vs 3 semesters so like 6 months diff which feels like a lot but will be easier. Idk maybye I'm just having a mental episode my mental health has been really shit this semester and once I get deep enough I low key lose the capacity to separate what I actually want from just the desire to escape quit and run away.

Finish the degree. you already know this is the smart thing to do. my recommendation is to make a lot of friends and embrace the suck together to make it more bearable. also have an after school hobby to destress. could be gaming but a sport is much healthier. i recommend rock climbing or pickleball

>>34428742
>But Physics is basically the gender studies of STEM
engineers always got lower marks than the physics students at my uni.

finish eng.

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>>34428742
>I know I should stay in engineering but my motivation is draining even harder now that I know I could swap out and actually enjoy my last year of school.
nigger if ur only reason to want to switch is ONE fewer class, it's a bad idea
u'll probably drop out of physics just as easily

finish your engineering degree, find ways to maintain motivation/energy

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>>34428803
>Time wise it's 2 vs 3 semesters so like 6 months diff which feels like a lot but will be easier. Idk maybye I'm just having a mental episode my mental health has been really shit this semester and once I get deep enough I low key lose the capacity to separate what I actually want from just the desire to escape quit and run away.
i think it is just a mental episode
try to find ways to relax/unwind properly like i said, go fishing or urban exploring or some bullshit
get the classes & work over with as quickly as possible and then relax the rest of the day

mediocre work is infinitely better than procrastination/no work, think of it like you're a blue collar worker
don't worry too much

you'll be proud when you finally graduate and then you'll have fuck-you money once you get a job

>>34428813
I have a hobby in art my issue is I suck at time management so I say I can do some art gaming or whatever after my homework then I procrastinate the homework cause I hate it. So no time for stuff I like which makes the burn out even worse. And eventually it gets bad like it is right now where I'm like losing sleep constantly. It's a self perpetuating problem that I can't stop because I'm a lazy slacker with no self control.

>>34428843
1 fewer class?

What????
No it's 10 credits less so about 3 classes total. But due to the scheduling is more spread out so instead of 3 hard classes a semester it's like 1 or 2.

But also low key idk I gets As in my physics classes and am borderline failing my engineering ones cause I suck at projects and writing but writings an issue for both desu will just be one writing. Lass at a time instead of 3.

>>34428845
Your probs right I probably am putting to much pressure on myself to get As like I always have maybye I should practice what I preach with the Cs get degrees mentality. I'll disappoint my profs and parents but so what at this point better than feeling like this

>>34428742
I hope you know what job you want to do before you keep wasting time

>>34428742
FACT: Only about 25% of college graduates wind up working in the same field as their majors.

>>34428845
>i think it is just a mental episode
i agree. i think what OP needs is some basic "life coaching" in order to re-frame their current circumstances. This video will probably give the jist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyTINgAFqms

That will help with this...
>>34428742
>Idk I just keep trying to keep telling myself to keep stepping forward why?
If you've just been passively going through the motions of high school > uni/college > job > etc, then you will end up asking yourself `why`. So what you want to do now is basically make a plan, set some goals, and start working towards them.

And I'm not talking goals like "be rich enough to buy a ferrari within 2 years", but "i'm going finish this course in 9 months time, AND at that moment i'm going to be prepared for whatever comes next". So it's kind of good that you're thinking of changing course, because that gives you at least 3 choices:
(1) begrudgingly stick with this course, (2) change to another course, (3) knowingly choose to finish this course. 3rd option isn't the same as the 1st one! That's the reframing/etc.

Another aspect to reframing is taking time to acknowledge the wins you have been already been having, but haven't been acknowledging. So like, it sounds like you've been passing your courses thus far, which is all wins. And you've realised in yourself that you've got a motivation problem, which is a win (some people can't even do that). AND you've started seeking answers/solutions just by posting this thread, which is another win. It seems the wins have been stacking up!!!

So the point is that you should start "actively making choices". You don't have to know where you're going, but that doesn't mean you can't be ready to find out. And in fact, you should be ready so that you can seize any opportunities - ready to "jump in with both feet" sort of thing. And that's what I eluded to when I said "finish the course AND be ready for the next thing"...

>>34430405
So lets presume you're going to find a job at the end of your course. Well in order to be ready for that you'll want to have your resume written, and you're linkedin going. There's no point in graduating and then being like "welp, i guess I better write a resume now". That's not effective. What if a moment comes along in 6 months time and someone says "send me your linkedin, i might have a job for you soon". You don't wanna be like "uhhh, I don't even have one". Lol.

More ideas on how to be ready;
* maybe you don't have your drivers license yet. you should make sure you get it before you need it.
* maybe you know the last 2 months of your course are going to be very hard. that means you've got 7 months to meal-prep and get your shit sorted, so that you can get through those 2 months with minimal stress.
* if you're going for an office job, then perhaps you should get some suitable attire
* and if you can't afford that suitable attire, then I guess you're going to need to get a job in order to earn a bit of money to buy some clothes (and some food for all that meal-preping).

Anyway, I'm sure you've realised by this point what "being ready for anything" actually implies.

And for a bit of extra motivation: I wonder if you watch Asmongold? In his recent "i'm unbanned" videos, he says something like "I thought to myself on my first day off 'why haven't I got my teeth fixed yet?' Am I too retarded to get my teeth fixed?" No he said, and then he went and got his teeth fixed. And that's an example of how easy it is to reframe yourself towards success. Not everyone can do that, but that's their problem.

>>34430237
Idk I low key hate every job I here about or have tried. I thought engineering would be peak be mad scientist inventor or something, but the more I learn the less it's like my physics classes but making money and the more it's just another spread sheet job.

At this point anything with work life balance will do and If I can't have that I'll just kill my self.
>>34430359
That's a solid point in favor of just doing what ever will be the more fun ending to college
>>34430405
I just feel like I have no compass to make the decision with anymore. I know engineerings the easiest path to actually getting a decent job post college. But whether I actually keep it given how much I hate engineering reports and am just not a detail oriented person idk.

But genuinely all I truly want is to just not be a burden on my parents anymore or my girlfriend when we move in together. And to just spend time together make art do my otaku hobbies. I'd be a NEET after college if it wasn't for reality lol.

>>34430431
>I do have a resume I made it at a resume workshop to apply to internships that I never got around to doing because of how unmotivated I felt about it this winter break I just kept putting it off until tomorrow until the deadline came and unlike usual even the deadline couldn't make me do it
>No licence I've been meaning to call them since December for driving lessons. And I just never get to it
>Have a free set of office attire or 2 through my school and my chainsawman cosplay lol.

I haven't watched asmongold because streamers bore me desu. I never really understood the appeal

You can't be doing physics man, you already know that's career suicide. The fact that you're not doing a more common engineering major like EE or ME is already making me want to heave. I hope there are firms near you that are actually doing optics stuff and hire engineers with less than a master's

>>34432985
A lot of people in my program get jobs right after. Don't want to go to into location because it would be way to easy to do myself because of how few undergrad programs there are in it.

I went for it because it let me take things like quanumn that I'm interested in.