Shape up or ship out.

“You know why I've started to study, though not entirely?
Because I’m desperate now, more than ever
If I don't get promoted this year, i wont have a life
I'll be shipped off to army and be left in the lower echelons of society for life

Your determination is driven by what you want in life, your lack of action is driven by your lack of desperation.
So, what's the last straw for you?

Even now, I'm not studying much because i keep thinking promos will help me.
But at least I'm a bit desperate now
Are you?

What you want and what you will be denied must be differentiated and compartmentalized so that you will be receptive to them
I'm starting to feel the denial i will receive if i fail.
You have to recognize it, and accept it, and act. "

“What you want: money
What you will be denied: money

Same thing but, sometimes people fail to recognize the negative part of it. we keep fantasizing about the positives and the possible denials become a peripheral blur.

I think it's important to be aware and alert of the denial we shall receive upon failure, so as to even begin acting against failure.

Put the two into different drawers, see the starkness. recognize the possibilities, not the possibility.

Well I'm tired now so my explanation isn't tip top."

Looks like someone paid attention during Pre-U sem, hmm?
But the difference, Thias, is that you know.
What is it exactly that you want.

And it's not fair. You always do.