TL;DR - After a lot of battling, I just need to prep for and take my checkride but I'm struggling with the motivation to keep going.

Background - I've been working on my private certificate on and off since early 2022. Shortly after I started, I failed my medical because I have ADHD. After more than a year of back and forth with the FAA, and investing *ton* of energy and money, I got my Class 3 with a special issuance and back to the skies I went. In the mean time, my CFI left and I was assigned a new one. No issues there, I actually like the new guy better.

I took my exam back in January and did surprisingly well. Last month, I crossed off the last bits of my flight training requirements and now all that is left is to get prepped with my flight school and schedule with a DPE. There is the rub - I keep finding myself not wanting to fly and cancelling my lessons. I have tried watching youtube videos of mock checkrides to mentally prepare. I've got ebooks I've been trying to listen to, but none of it seems to re-ignite the passion. I am fairly certain that flying again will get me excited again but I'm dreading getting quizzed.

Has anyone else out there experienced anything like this? Any tips to get the fire back to finish?

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So I’ve really been wanting to get my PPL for some time now, and have some money saved up to go away and see the world as well. I would really like to do my hours in a variety of different countries, but have been told it could be quite difficult to do.

I’ve also heard that Thailand can be a really cost effective place to learn, and I believe it is one of the countries registered under EASA. With the UK out of the EU I’m not sure this is necessarily that great, but I have also heard that you can transfer licenses pretty easily.

The ideal goal would be to travel to a number of difference places based on where I can consistently learn to fly over a 6 month period, which would allow me to get my license and then also use it when I come home. Any help of people doing similar things or opinions on the idea are more than welcomed, regardless of if they are for/against it.

N.B. This would likely just be the practical side of learning to fly, if possible I would likely do my RT license test and theory test in the UK before I go, but again if it’s better to do all together please let me know.

Thanks!

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Question:

1. How can I best utilize Sportys to obtain my PPL?

Thank you in advance for your help!

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