How do I keep from procrastinating?
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If you want to stop procrastinating take small steps to overcome it. Instead of maling a day long to do list just pick one thing to do by a certain time. A few days later add a second thing to do a certain time. Using the same approach, every few days add an additional thing. Before you know it you'll be getting a lot of things done on time and you'll feel better about yourself and your future. Good luck.
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write 24 hours on a piece of rubber or plastic and stretch it.\n\non a serious note-\n\norganise things, set your priorities and goals for a certain day and make sure you follow them. don't stick to anything that you feel is wasting your time at present. if its the net cut down on it. if its useless chatting cut down on it too.\n\nand just in case you aren't wasting time and utilising it to the fullest why worry. \n\nyou can't kill yourself man.\n\nALL THE BEST!!
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1. .Plan your work.\n2. Do not postpone your work\n3. Do not expect anything from anybody.\n4. Do not get dishearten if you fail. \n5. Keep trying till you achieve your goal
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I feel the same way!  I am a junior in college also.  I was so motivated before but have had to force myself to do things this semester.  I have a test this upcoming Wednesday and a presentation due next Wednesday.  Instead of studying or doing research, I am on Yahoo Answers!  To combat your problem, just force yourself to start working on the paper.  Once you get the ball rolling, you will find it gets easier.  Don't allow yourself to take a break unless you absolutely have to or you will just go back to procrastinating.  Good luck!
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Do the readings and the work, go to class, don't procrastinate. If you do a paper at three am, the professor can tell.
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Well, I would be a procrastinator, but I just keep putting off getting around to it.
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First, discover your morals and what guides your life(Religion, Work, Family). What is important to you?\n\nThen, make a list of things to do, places to be, things to remember.\n\nWrite events and due dates on calenders, and put the most important things to you on the closest dates, leaving the less important and petty things for later. If it is extremely small, go ahead and get it out of the way, but remember that many small tasks add up to a lot of time.\n\nKeep an organizer/planner/schedule so you don't have to worry or try to remember when something is or say what was that thing i was planning to do Saturday morning.\n\nGive yourself a reasonable amount of time to do these things and pencil that allotted time on your schedule. Then you will know when and how long everything is. If you go over or under that time, adjust it the next time, so you will have some free time in there.\n\nGood luck and God Bless!
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If the "just do it" approach really worked, you wouldn't be asking this question. I have had trouble with procrastination because off ADD, but poor time management can happen to everybody. My biggest help is my planner. I can list everything I need to do in one place. If I know there is a project coming up that I would normally procrastinate getting started, I break up the task into smaller pieces and schedule time to complete each step. \n\nSay you have a research paper due in a month, set deadlines for each part, and schedule time to complete each step. My planning would look like this: \n1. Pick topic-due Nov. 10th, \n2. Meet with professor Nov. 15th\n3. Research- finish by Nov. 22\nIn the days before each step I would schedule time to complete it, like "internet research" 1-3 Wednesday,  "library" 4-6 Thursday, etc. \n\nFor me, to break each piece down to something I could do in a few hours a day or less helps keep me from being overwhelmed and avoiding the task altogether. It also keeps me from getting burned out on doing any one thing for too long and avoiding it the next scheduled time. Even if you have to break it down into 15 minute increments to complete the task-schedule it, get it done. You can get a lot done in 15 minutes, even if it sucks terribly, its only 15 minutes.\n\nYou just have to set your priorities and stick with it. If you schedule "library research" on Wednesday afternoon and a friend wants to go to the movies, tell them you're busy. Better yet, go when you finish your scheduled task. Then you feel rewarded for sticking to your schedule and you don't have to sit through a movie thinking "oh man, now when am I going to finish that research..."\n\nThis can be generalized over a variety of tasks and projects. \n\nSince I've graduated college and I am now a mom of 2 toddlers and a part-time therapist, even simple things have to be scheduled for me or they just won't get done. I actually schedule my laundry this way. Since I don't have a deadline, I don't get so obsessive about the details, but it's much better to be a little weird about my schedule than living with mountains of dirty clothes.  I also hate cleaning the bathroom, so I schedule it for a day that I don't have anything else that's unpleasant. Then I can say "hey, I cleaned the bathroom, I'm done for the day!" \n\nA Franklin Covey planner worked best for me (but they are expensive), but there are a ton of varieties, or you can just use a simple notebook. Or your computer if you are so digitally inclined. The key is that it works for you and keeps you on task. (Without my planner, I am that guy in the blackberry commercial that stops walking and looks bewildered when his friend takes it away! I really would get nothing done! I hope you're not that bad.) \n\nIf it is a consistent problem, talk to you doctor about ADD. And even if it's not, the ADD community has a ton of products that can help (special planners, computer programs, products like watches with reminder alarms, etc.) Search for some websites and you might find something useful. I didn't know about these things until after college and boy would they have helped my gpa! \n\nWell, hope this helps! Good luck! And get started already!\n\n\n.
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plan ahead. write down the things you have to do for the day. set up time in which you should be able to accomplish that goal. do it everyday, and soon you'll see that being organized will come out automatically
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Whenever I am procrastinating (which is more frequently than I would care to admit) I find it best to take the easiest, least drudge-like task and tackle it first. So start with an outline to the papers, write your name, your professors name leave a blank for the title, Section it off into sections reading "thesis statement", introductory paragraph etc. It' sjust easier that way. Ok, this said, I will now get a start on my two papers that are due on Thursday! Thanks for the reminder. (And by the way your thoughts aren't useless :)
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do all your homework first before doing anything else like watching tv...trust me, I'm a huge procrastinator and i'm still learning how to manage my time also\n\ni know it's hard to follow my advice but when you actually follow through, you'll feel so thankful...bcuz then u can have time to do fun things\n\ni'm in high school and this year has been really stressful and i try to not procrastinate as much...if i don't do hw until the last minute, i am staying up all night...i've pulled so many all-nighters, even staying up as late as 4 am (and i only got 2 hours of sleep)...\ndon't do the same thing i did (staying up) cuz you'll just feel like crap when u go to school that morning\n\nso, DO HOMEWORK RIGHT AWAY AND DON'T PUT IT OFF TO THE LAST MINUTE!!! or else your grades will suffer!\n\nhope this helps...=]
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I think you have to have a definite reason otherwise you procrastinate. One thing that can help is to make a list of things that will make you feel good if you complete the task. Then promise yourself that all you have to do is complete three things on the list each day. They can be small things like buy plants, pay bills or go to the dry cleaners. The deal is you have to complete three things each day no matter what. Good luck!
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I'll tell you tomorrow. Kidding.\n\nReally, I think the trick is to realize that it isn't so bad - not so daunting if you just stick to the schedule, and get 'er done.\n\nFor me, procrastinating was always because I didn't feel like working. It was when I began to realize that I had twice as much work to do if I just left it that I realized that was all the motivation I needed to get it done.\n\nIt is more work to leave it. Whenever you don't feel like doing it, just think of what a pain the catchup is gonna be!
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1.  Calm down.\n\n2.  Relax and take deep breaths when you feel stressed. \n\n3.  Get a day planner and use it religiously for the first 6 months.  Schedule everything including taking breaks, exercising, going to the movies, schoolwork, etc.  This method will allow you to see where you procrastinate.\n\n4.  Get a buddy to help you keep to your schedule as much as possible (a reminder buddy - not a brutal beat-me-up-if-I-miss-an-appt buddy).\n\n5.  Talk to your school counselor about your class schedule and get a tutor to help you over the hump until you can develop good learning habits.\n\nGood luck!
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Procrastination is the avoidance of doing a task which needs to be accomplished. This can lead to feelings of guilt, inadequacy, depression and self-doubt among students. Procrastination has a high potential for painful consequences. It interferes with the academic and personal success of students.\n\n\nHow to Overcome Procrastination:\n\nRecognize self-defeating problems such as; fear and anxiety, difficulty concentrating, poor time management, indecisiveness and perfectionism. \nIdentify your own goals, strengths and weaknesses, values and priorities. \nCompare your actions with the values you feel you have. Are your values consistent with your actions? \nDiscipline yourself to use time wisely: Set priorities. \nStudy in small blocks instead of long time periods. For example, you will accomplish more if you study/work in 60 minute blocks and take frequent 10 minute breaks in between, than if you study/work for 2-3 hours straight, with no breaks. Reward yourself after you complete a task. \nMotivate yourself to study: Dwell on success, not on failure. Try to study in small groups. Break large assignments into small tasks. Keep a reminder schedule and checklist. \nSet realistic goals. \nModify your environment: Eliminate or minimize noise/ distraction. Ensure adequate lighting. Have necessary equipment at hand. Don't waste time going back and forth to get things. Don't get too comfortable when studying. A desk and straight-backed chair is usually best (a bed is no place to study). Be neat! Take a few minutes to straighten your desk. This can help to reduce day-dreaming. \n\n\nStudy Skills Self-help Information:\nhttp://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/stdyhlp.html
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BE ORGANIZED... make your TO-DO list... be disciplined enough to follow it... prioritize... identify the stuffs that are the most important... if its time to work, WORK... don't linger... don't deviate from your schedules... then award yourself when you finally meet the deadline... give yourself a pat in the shoulder and treat yourself to a spa... or simple pleasures in life... like a quality time with your gf/bf, an ice cream... chocolates... or a nice, uninterrupted sleep... GOODLUCK!
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use your NON dominant hand to do tasks.\n\nsit for 10 minutes a day, do NOTHING.\nNot even thinking about anything. Just concentrate on breathing in and out. Every time you catch yourself thinking, don't get mad at yourself. Just start all over again 'breathing in and out'.