I always procrastinate!!! I can't help it....I work better under stress.. but I keep pulling too many all-nighters..
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With a little effort one can retrain their patterns but it takes(and develops) ones will power. Don't be too hard on yourself and reward your successes.
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perhaps refreshen your study room, brighten it up with bright paint, clear out the debris, open the windows, let in fresh air, take a quick shower, set yourself a break time before you get stressed, have a buddy to call you for 'keeping on track'...reward yourself, listen to positive motivation tapes in free time, take up a a new sport for boosting energy,...and talk things out with a counsellor perhaps...might be something there troubling you, choose uplifting music in the background and even splash some Bach flower remedies and aromas around, to clear the head and to revitalize you.  don't get down about things, you'r doing a great job....and hey!! its okay to work with a buddy too....find more buddies and have a different one each night...that makes each one, one a week, and is not tying them down monotonously.
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Lazlouz - Without fail, I always say, right I'm going to get up early and do whatever.   Without fail, I can't get out of bed and then the rest of the day is spent catching up, fretting, cursing and generally being disorganised just because of my laziness the night before.   So, don't do as I do, just mark the books and then think how fab you will feel tomorrow.  Go on now, get that marker out, then sleep over a wee bit in the morning - you know it makes sense!!   Wish I could take my own advice   GOOD LUCK
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Me too! Make a time schedule for yourself and block out hours of the day to do things. Give yourself more time than you think you need to complete assignments. That should help. Also, find out how you focus: do you like constant background noise or no noise at all. That should help.I have ADHD and working with a consistent backgroud noise works for me.
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Haha I have exactly the same problem, I will be up all night and then I will sleep all day, but if I have to do something during the say and I don't get to sleep I will be up all the next night, I just can't seem to sleep during the night. crazy huh?
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Yes I do have those days. I'm to the point now I just keep on going and ignore the fact that I do dumb things. It's cause we are stressed. Have to much on our minds....\n☺
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Well not this morning or that morning as the case may be but at my last job i got into the habit of doing it every couple of months. The hardest thing is when you do it on a Thursday then sometimes it is hard not to do it on the Friday as well. I eventually quit the job and got a new one and it's only been 5 weeks but i haven't felt like staying home once yet. :)
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Yes, I often make plans for the weekend, but when the time comes, I am too lazy to follow through and just want to take a nap instead.  Sometimes I am even too lazy to watch TV...now that's bad.
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I am an awful procrastinator.  I once read a theory on procrastination, according to this article; many people who are afraid of failing tend to do this, which would also include overachievers; of course they wanting a perfect result. I know I am not a perfectionist; I don't think so anyway.  Sometimes I think it is depression, just not having the drive to accomplish something.  Or again not wanting something less than perfect, wow that does kinda make sense.  For me I really do believe it is just a low-grade depression, lack of enthusiasm, yes that would be me.
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Procrastination, It can Be your best friend.. Don't change it. Just improve it. I find my best work comes at the last minute.\n  you are more involved with your work when waiting for the last minute to do things. I guarantee if you try to do something ahead of time and look over at the last minute your going to change it anyway. which will still make it last minute and if you don't change it there will be so many errors that you wish you would have changed it.
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Maybe you have to make a list - could be a form of ADD.  I know I get doing things and get distracted too.  As long as you get the important stuff done.
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HELL NO You're not the only one. I swear, I get up and sometimes (when I have nothing else to do) I'll go back to sleep cause there ain't **** going on EVER in my life. I have school and that's it. No job, no boyfriend, nothing to keep me distracted from thinking so much. AAAAAHHHHH!\n\nHope you can relate. ^__^
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It is very, very difficult to get everything done in the time that we have been alloted to do so, which is typically 8 hours.\n\nSo with that said, for me personally......I work several additional hours everyday for many weeks and sometimes that is just to stay ahead of the game, still doesn't mean I am getting everything done. There is still lots of follow up on things.\n\nI have to prioritize my work the night before for the next day and sometimes that doesn't work, because the next day might present fires that need immediate attention, which means my night before prioritizing just went out the window.\n\nAfter fighting the struggle day after day, sometimes I just say to myself, "self, you are only one person and you can only do so much and what you do not do today/night, will be sitting right here, waiting for you tomorrow." With that said.....I pack up my stuff and go home and try to tackle it all over again and then some, the next day.
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I have found this site ... it is called Yahoo Answers.. I does alot for me in killing time. It gets me in trouble at work and I dont seem to get alot of housework done lately either.
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Organising time can be a problem i guess for some people. \nI am just one of those organised persons..  budget and time management. \n\nAlthough i have also realised that just sometimes..  Nothing will go according to plan.. and as long as you don't let that overwhelm you and just go with the flow now and then...  It will make your day go better rather than fighting it to fit into what you have planned. \n\neat right, sleep right,  keep an open mind.. don't forget to be you and only you now and then...  \nand smile.
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I waiste time when I should be working towards a goal or some destination in my life. Waisted time is my downfall!
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Instead of fighting with yourself or wasting time online, just get it done and go to bed if there's still time left.  Why isn't it done already?  More procrastination?  The pain you're in now is one of the many rewards of putting things off.  Like the shoe commercial, just do it.