This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Nottingham chapter.

Sometimes we students need a little motivation in order to start work at the beginning of the academic year. So at Her Campus, we thought we would provide you with some motivational animals in order to inspire you to start that first assignment!

The first animal comes in the form of a guinea pig. This guinea pig believes that you can start that assignment, even though it seems like you’ve got ages until it’s due. Make this year different and start early, plan ahead and find your geeky guinea pig glasses!

Follow these corgis and keep on going, once you’ve started writing that first paragraph, you’ll be finished in no time…

This snake understands the struggles of writing an essay: You don’t understand the question, the subject is incredibly uninteresting and you can’t be bothered. But don’t abandon ship, keep on sailing.

But if your ship does begin to sink, listen to Dory and…

Here’s a positive bunny for that well-needed procrastination break:

Everyone needs encouragement when they reach that unconquerable brick wall. So we thought, what better to cheer you on, than a cheerleading crab equipped with its own pom poms.

This penguin believes in you, and you should too.

This hedgehog believes that you can do anything, look at that fist-pump!

So fly towards that finish line! And start early so you can party later!

You CAN finish that assignment, and if you need a little motivation when you hit that wall, just refer back to these animals and you’ll be right on track.

Edited by Caroline Chan

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http://stinkerbellestormborn.tumblr.com/

http://reallol.tumblr.com/

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