Indie, what else are you doing besides studying? Are you sitting and daydreaming, reading, hanging out at the Mall? Look at your daydreams and what they say about you, what is "important" to you and see if you can get them to happen through your school work. You have to connect to the work, the time of just caring about making your parents happy or doing what you have been taught is "right" is over, you're not a little kid anymore that can be made safe/happy that way?

I really liked the book: Daydreaming: Unlock the Creative Power of Your Mind, by psychoanalyst F. Diane Barth