Poll: Meeting deadlines
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I'm starting to get into a bad habit of leaving it until the last minute as I can't seem to motivate myself to do any actual work until the last minute, in which panic sets in and I have it.
This is bad of me, but I really can not motivate myself to do work anymore and it scares me. I have like a month until my final exams start, and I need to do some more work but I can't bring myself to. Even if I rid myself of all distractions I get so bored I end up daydreaming and losing an hour from my 75 minute time limit I need for these questions. I wasn't always like this, but now I am, and I can't for the life of me think why. Nothing has changed about me personality wise, and my social life with friends has stayed the same, but I am in such a constant state of procrastination that I'm starting to think I need some help.
No Calumon because I'm making unsubtle gestures towards the community to give me advice.
This is bad of me, but I really can not motivate myself to do work anymore and it scares me. I have like a month until my final exams start, and I need to do some more work but I can't bring myself to. Even if I rid myself of all distractions I get so bored I end up daydreaming and losing an hour from my 75 minute time limit I need for these questions. I wasn't always like this, but now I am, and I can't for the life of me think why. Nothing has changed about me personality wise, and my social life with friends has stayed the same, but I am in such a constant state of procrastination that I'm starting to think I need some help.
No Calumon because I'm making unsubtle gestures towards the community to give me advice.
Very very last minute.
Sometimes literally the minute before it's due to be handed in.
I pretty much can't do work until the last possible moment, even if i try doing it way before the deadline, it's a waste of time.
Sometimes literally the minute before it's due to be handed in.
I pretty much can't do work until the last possible moment, even if i try doing it way before the deadline, it's a waste of time.
I quoted you to point out it must be bad if there was no Calumon.Jack and Calumon said:
I'm going through much the same you are. I tend to shame myself into working. Another (particularly nerdy) thing would be to role-play it in your head that your revision is something more interesting than it actually is.
I'm going back to college tomorrow, now Easter Holidays are done, and I'm going to suggest to my two close friends in psychology that we start getting together on our breaks to revise.
Meeting deadlines... that's funny.
goes back to playing minecraft while sociology report waits uncompleted. due in 3 days...
goes back to playing minecraft while sociology report waits uncompleted. due in 3 days...
I tend to come up with all the ideas really early on so why i don't just write my papers and do my assignments then and there i don't even understand myself...
So usually i end up having to do all my work the day before. So i just got done writing an annotated bibliography, and now i've got an examination poem also for tomorrow.
Procrastination usually ends up kicking my sleeping pattern in the teeth, but today it seems i'm actually gonna be done in good time. Maybe i'll make that a habit >_>
So usually i end up having to do all my work the day before. So i just got done writing an annotated bibliography, and now i've got an examination poem also for tomorrow.
Procrastination usually ends up kicking my sleeping pattern in the teeth, but today it seems i'm actually gonna be done in good time. Maybe i'll make that a habit >_>
Yup I was the extra early type during my time in University.
Once I was given the assigment I either head back to my flat to get a start on it prompto or hanging out with my mates first when lesson was over and then head back to my flat to get a start on it.
The casue of it was pretty much this was when I bought Guild Wars which I became addicted to. Granted my work didn't suffer however I would of gotten better marks if I spend the remaining time polishing my work more than playing the game.
Once I was given the assigment I either head back to my flat to get a start on it prompto or hanging out with my mates first when lesson was over and then head back to my flat to get a start on it.
The casue of it was pretty much this was when I bought Guild Wars which I became addicted to. Granted my work didn't suffer however I would of gotten better marks if I spend the remaining time polishing my work more than playing the game.
Totally depends what it is. For most work I'll generally spend the first half of the time procrastinating & reading up a bit about the subject, then the second half finishing it off. This doesn't apply to huge projects (which I start right away generally) or small pieces of work (which are left to the last day).
I vary between doing it early, and leaving it for a while. I used to always leave it to the very last minute, but fortunately I'm getting out of that habit now that I'm in college.
Week before Spring Break I was given a project to do for science. Almost three weeks later, it's almost due and I still haven't started. That should give you enough of an idea.
Last minute, usually the day before. I need the stress of an impending failure to push me to work.
Coincidentally, I'm waiting out an assignment right now.
Coincidentally, I'm waiting out an assignment right now.
