How to fight procrastination and boost productivity? (1 Viewer)

[barcyy]

I procrastinate a lot. I leave things until last minute and I have the ideology that I need to spend more time resting than working. What could I do to get back into the habit of working hard?

 

[Queenroot]

You just do it

 

[enoilgam]

Here is a copy of a post I made a while back:

With procrastination, you will procrastinate no matter what - it is a part of human behaviour. The key with procrastination is to manage it so that it doesnt become harmful. In order to do this, focus on the setting up your work in such a way that it encourages you to work harder. As mirakon has said before, the HSC is all about attitude. Break the work down into small achievable goals. If you achieve these small goals you will feel much more confident with work and this will increase your morale and motivation. Remember, the best way to defeat an enemy is to cut off their strategy - the worst way is to take them on head-on. Procrastination's strategy is like a snowball, the more you put off doing the work, the larger your workload becomes, thereby further crippling your desire to do the work. To beat it, you attack it's strategy and prevent the snowball from getting bigger by chipping away at the work.

There is an old saying which goes "it's easy to commit to an idea, but it's hard to commit to a process". To commit to the process of doing well, you need to focus on the work itself - having long term ATAR goals is all well and good, but they often fail to motivate people in the day to day process of studying.

I know it seems like I am talking shit, but I actually used this strategy and I found it to be highly effective.

I know I post this up a lot, but I really think that procrastination has more to do with how you manage your work as opposed to stuff like goals and aspirations etc. The latter is usually what gets you to sit down at the table to study, the former is what keeps you there.

 

[astroman]

 

[BlueGas]

 

[obliviousninja]

Told my parents if i dont get HD to deport me back to china

 

[Crisium]

Not sure if he's on drugs or auditioning for a Nike ad

 

[astroman]

Not sure if he's on drugs or auditioning for a Nike ad

that's just him being himself

 

[wu345]

1. Deactivate facebook
2. Block youtube.
3. Suppress the urge to eat instead of doing work.
4. Just do it.

If you are really struggling to control your time on the internet you can use this helpful extension
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/stayfocusd/laankejkbhbdhmipfmgcngdelahlfoji?hl=en

 

[barcyy]

1. Deactivate facebook
2. Block youtube.
3. Suppress the urge to eat instead of doing work.
4. Just do it.

If you are really struggling to control your time on the internet you can use this helpful extension
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/stayfocusd/laankejkbhbdhmipfmgcngdelahlfoji?hl=en

I deactivated facebook, youtube isn't a problem but yeah it's probably three because i always subconsciously use the excuse to eat to not do work.

 

[astroman]

I deactivated facebook, youtube isn't a problem but yeah it's probably three because i always subconsciously use the excuse to eat to not do work.

go to a library and study

 

[astroman]

just get off the internet all together

 

[strawberrye]

Perhaps you need to be a bit more specific about your goals, for example, what is your ATAR goal, what sort of university courses or what uni you wish to attend? You need to find an intrinsic source of motivation-something that you want to strive for personally, not just because everyone tells you you should strive for that particular thing. You also need to identify what exactly do you hate about study, do you hate studying alone?-perhaps try to study with people of SIMILAR INTELLECTUAL ABILITIES, do you dislike your studying environment-i.e. you have ready access to technology which makes you very easily distracted?-perhaps try turning off the modem or phone for a while and work-and use surfing the internet as a kind of reward. Also consider just how strong your determination is-studying is a serious marathon, and if you don't have enough determination, you won't be able to find enough passion to persevere through-talk to your parents and friends-see what things they can do to assist you, if you have a short attention span, why not try to teach the content to your friends? If you hate the subjects-or the teachers, perhaps try to find a tutor to engage you in the content, otherwise, consider that to do what you really want to do in uni, you are most likely need to get a certain ATAR, suffer through the hardships right now and you will reap the rewards later.

Regardless of what strategy you end up taking, just remember this, you've got two years to open a new door to your future. Retrospectively, the HSC is a very important journey, beyond its academic importance, it really teaches you some valuable time management skills which are essential to survive in uni, you are merely at the start of this journey-don't give up, focus on a goal-and do everything possible to achieve it-may you have absolutely no regrets at the end of your HSC-best wishes

I think the crux of my advice is-You are the only person who can truly help yourself, unless you are determined to change your current mindset and habits and really see a point to studying hard-nothing much will change. Don't rely on anyone's advice as a magic pill-create your own. For more study tips and subject specific advice, feel free to check out my study guide: http://community.boredofstudies.org...how-excel-senior-year-studies-yr-11-12-a.html

 

[seremify007]

I procrastinate a lot. I leave things until last minute and I have the ideology that I need to spend more time resting than working. What could I do to get back into the habit of working hard?

Define clear targets, milestones and rewards. And don't overdo the rewards.

e.g. if you finish one past paper, you get to watch 2 episodes of TV series, etc.