Son, ummmm, gorilla, ummmmm, sir, you reinvented something very useful.kasperbbs said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_principle
How do you avoid procrastination?
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I use a different browser without any frills (i.e. Chrome in this case, Firefox being the fun browser). My work involves the Internet, so there's no escaping that. Timers are also helpful with respect to long tasks. I can work for ten minutes, right? And then I just keep working. Getting started is usually the hardest part anyway. For really monotonous work, I like to have a movie going. Work for roughly an hour and then watch maybe 20 minutes. (I set my own work schedule and have a fairly lenient quota to meet.) Finally, doing things out of order can help. For example, if I have a 200-question practice exam to go over, it's more interesting to use a random number generator to select questions than it is to go about the task sequentially. Another benefit is that if I don't have time to finish it, then at least I know I've probably touched on everything to some extent.
You just have to choose to work rather than choosing to procrastinate. That really is the only way.Bvenged said:
Got a perfect method for avoiding procrastination: firstly, you have to-
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Its 5000 words, thats not really that much. Come to realise this fact, and working will be easier. Think about it. 10 words a minute, 500 minutes. Add 100 minutes for like, research or w/e, 600 minutes. 10 hours. At 10 words a minute with 10 hours research. The average words a minute for an average PC user is 33 WPM. At 10 hours, you can easily do it in one day - Then freedom. Also unplug the internet, unless you need to research. If you do need to research properly, the essays will take longer, so I'll give you 20 hours.
And if you think you can't work for 10 hours straight you can. I worked for 20 hours straight with no breaks, and I'm a lazy ass procrastinator.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9RCpXMiLTA
And if you think you can't work for 10 hours straight you can. I worked for 20 hours straight with no breaks, and I'm a lazy ass procrastinator.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9RCpXMiLTA
I truly envy the people in this thread who just say "Do it." I can never do that. I'll tell myself I will, get a few words done, and almost always put it off till the night before.
I'm currently doing that now. I have an assignment in for Wednesday, but it needs posting, so I need to finish it tonight, get it printed tomorrow and post it.
It'd help if the assignment was remotely interesting. It isn't.
So, yeah, my tip is: Try and get an interesting topic so you actually want to do it.
I'm currently doing that now. I have an assignment in for Wednesday, but it needs posting, so I need to finish it tonight, get it printed tomorrow and post it.
It'd help if the assignment was remotely interesting. It isn't.
So, yeah, my tip is: Try and get an interesting topic so you actually want to do it.
Reward yourself once you reach certain word counts (far apart enough that you actually make progress, but not so far that they seem impossibly far away. Say, every 250 words?). The reward can be a few levels on a game, a snack, a chapter of a book, 15 mins on a favourite website, whatever works for you. DON'T put rewards on a time limit (after every half-hour I'll get a reward, or something like that), because that doesn't encourage work, just passing time.
...rather than tell you how not to procrastinate, I really should clean my house and start sorting out university applications.
...sigh
...rather than tell you how not to procrastinate, I really should clean my house and start sorting out university applications.
...sigh
It's more of a personal way, but for me, get started. Seriously, that's it. Sit at your computer the moment you get a small amount of motication, open Microsoft Word (or whatever), and just start writing. That usually lets me knock an assignment out in a few hours of MS Word and twenty tabs of Wikipedia.
No, it's not.bringer of illumination said:
Bleeding is a function that your body does independently of your thoughts or wishes.
Procrastinating is just you not wanting to do anything.
Not being able to put down a controller or to turn off a computer aren't legitimate problems. They are just a result of extreme laziness.
In case you're still not getting it, here's a more direct explanation:
1. "I can't stop bleeding because I don't have anything to cover and/or close my wound and the loss of blood, the pain and internal damage from the stab make it hard for me to move and think properly."
2. I can't stop playing on my xbox because... I want to play on my xbox more than I want to do other stuff".
Is the difference visible now?
By working.
Seriously, just fucking do stuff. Put your head down, do a sentence, do the whole damn thing. Just so long as some part of the task can be done when you put your mind to it you'll start to find that it comes easily.
I don't buy into any of this "study schedule" or "work rewards" crap. Make hay while the sun shines then you can relax better later when you're comfortable with the work you accomplished.
Sorry, it's just that I know alot of people who, in lieu of...say, revising when tests are around the corner, opt to spend three hours straight on Facebook each night making jokes about how they'll start studying after just one more post. I've had serial-procrastinator friends email me the night before an assignment's due asking for tips on the opening paragraph.
But on the opposite end of the spectrum all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. So yeah, work hard and then when you're satisfied with what you've done with your day kick back and relax safe in the knowledge that you totally earned it.
Seriously, just fucking do stuff. Put your head down, do a sentence, do the whole damn thing. Just so long as some part of the task can be done when you put your mind to it you'll start to find that it comes easily.
I don't buy into any of this "study schedule" or "work rewards" crap. Make hay while the sun shines then you can relax better later when you're comfortable with the work you accomplished.
Sorry, it's just that I know alot of people who, in lieu of...say, revising when tests are around the corner, opt to spend three hours straight on Facebook each night making jokes about how they'll start studying after just one more post. I've had serial-procrastinator friends email me the night before an assignment's due asking for tips on the opening paragraph.
But on the opposite end of the spectrum all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. So yeah, work hard and then when you're satisfied with what you've done with your day kick back and relax safe in the knowledge that you totally earned it.
I,ll type it out later....
or I just dive right in or just don't go to cracked/Xbox.com I generally check my mail and that,s it (then again I don't use social media sites.)
or I just dive right in or just don't go to cracked/Xbox.com I generally check my mail and that,s it (then again I don't use social media sites.)
The two have nothing in common. You can't choose to stop bleeding, but you can choose to stop procrastinating. The OP is choosing to do things other than work. The situation is entirely within his control.bringer of illumination said: