Procrastination - How to avoid it?
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1: Turn off your computer
2: Open your computer case
3: Take out all of your ram except for the smallest stick
4: Turn your computer back on
5: Work on your project, and refuse to close any of your project oriented windows for any reason.
If you can still run anything else, download the OCCT stress testing program, and run it on custom so it uses maximum ram(medium packets).
The object of this is to make running anything other than a word processor and maybe a source interweb page very slow.
2: Open your computer case
3: Take out all of your ram except for the smallest stick
4: Turn your computer back on
5: Work on your project, and refuse to close any of your project oriented windows for any reason.
If you can still run anything else, download the OCCT stress testing program, and run it on custom so it uses maximum ram(medium packets).
The object of this is to make running anything other than a word processor and maybe a source interweb page very slow.
Work that you get done at the last minute is still work that you get done.
Still, I'll share a few tricks that have worked for me. Not every trick works every time, but usually one will work.
I say to myself, I'll do this one thing (check my e-mail, or write one response, or read a chapter in my current book) and then I'll work on my work for at least 20 minutes. 20 minutes is great because it's long enough to get something done, but not so long I feel I'm spending my whole life on it.
One day I wrote down everything I did for the whole day, right after I'd finished it, and I found myself doing things just so I could add to the list.
Often, if I have a whole day to do something, it won't get done because I feel I have plenty of time, and so procrastinate the day away. If I only have half a day, I get to it because I know I only have a limited amount of time. This is why I do housework on workdays and not days off.
Still, I'll share a few tricks that have worked for me. Not every trick works every time, but usually one will work.
I say to myself, I'll do this one thing (check my e-mail, or write one response, or read a chapter in my current book) and then I'll work on my work for at least 20 minutes. 20 minutes is great because it's long enough to get something done, but not so long I feel I'm spending my whole life on it.
One day I wrote down everything I did for the whole day, right after I'd finished it, and I found myself doing things just so I could add to the list.
Often, if I have a whole day to do something, it won't get done because I feel I have plenty of time, and so procrastinate the day away. If I only have half a day, I get to it because I know I only have a limited amount of time. This is why I do housework on workdays and not days off.
This thread has an ironic title. Back on topic, Figure out the latest possible time to do it and bang it all out then. Thats what I do and for some reason thats when I do by best writing too.
Thankyou everyone for the advice, the essay is finished despite my best efforts, and hopefully it isn't too poor!
Next time I ideally will put these techniques into action, if anyone is interested to know how they work simply give me a mail lol
Next time I ideally will put these techniques into action, if anyone is interested to know how they work simply give me a mail lol
