Sid: Challenge yourself. Tackle more difficult classes and/or join clubs and activities that will stretch you. Read a book, take up swimming, do something outside of your comfort zone - physically and mentally. Stretch yourself - even during the summer break -- maybe you can look into some internships in some Pharmacutial company for the summer.
Don't let your lack of motivation get in the way of earning a college degree and making something of yourself.
You can 'skate by' in college fairly easily, but once you are out in the 'real world,' you won't be able to remain unmotivated. And employers will pick up on your lack of motivate real quick. The key is to develop motivation NOW. Also - if you have more credentials to put on your resume, it will make you more attractive to potential employers.
I too, skated through high school and college. And even in the first few years of work. These days, at 42, I am probably the most motivated that I have ever been in my life -- and it has payed off of late. I've chosen to take on more and more responsibilities at work, and I am getting noticed, and have developed a reputation for being precise, reliable, and knowledgable. You can't get that without being a motivated person.
The quote in my signature is my mantra these days: "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty & well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, totally worn out & proclaiming, 'Wow what a ride!' " You can't say that if you can't get off your lazy behind...
-Z-man.
PS: Geez - I'm sounding like one of those 'How to be successful in Life" infomercials. Maybe I should write a book or something....
