You might have an assignment due tomorrow, a meeting scheduled, homework to complete or any other significant work in progress, but you just don't feel like completing it. You spend most of your time in activities that won't benefit you in the long run and try to avoid focusing on your responsibilities, pretty much conforming to the meaning of procrastination.
I'd like to agree. It can be particularly difficult to open your notebook or paperwork and just start tapping at the keyboard right away, most of the time, leisure overcomes your desire to continue working and you just give in to it. Stopping procrastination can be a nightmare itself.
Happens to me all the time but I usually withhold myself and come to a realization that 'this is going to crush me'.
So,when will you get your work done? at the end time, like always?
If you ever catch yourself, falling into the arms of laziness then ask the above question. These activities that are so tempting can be done afterwards, as much as you'd like, while the time to efficiently complete your significant work won't come across.
You'd get marks for it, your job will depend upon it, do you think it is still better to sit back and Netflix your weekend out?.
When you panic at 12 am, contemplating on how you were an idiot to leave all of this till the end and you hand your professor your report with blood shot eyes. Never forget that feeling. That feeling of regret, push it and be sure to further it whenever your motivation levels hit rock bottom.
Would you want to go through those sleepless nights that left you sick the next day? would you want to hand out a report that you could've worked better on and wrote more effectively but chose not to?.
Be sure, to use these experiences and emphasize your goals in life. If they aren't positive then use them to be positive and fruitful in the future.
Most of my friends won't be studying anyway, so why should I?
This is a rather toxic way of thinking that can trip you in the long run. Studying is used as an example here, but you can replace it with any other work and it would still make sense. You are you.
You know, the rights and wrong of a situation. Why follow what the masses might be doing? if they are indulging in self-destructive habits then why would you want to jump along as well just to stay relatable and comfort yourself?.
Nothing wrong with wanting to comfort yourself but if that comfort is going to bring you heavy sessions of anxiety and panic afterwards, then re-thinking would be a better and sane option. Surround yourself with a company that is responsible, people can learn a lot from the groups that they associate with, if your acquaintances would encourage you and tend to not take deadlines lightly, then that could have an influence on you as well.
Focus on your priorities and blur the rest
The most difficult step that preferably all procrastinators go through or they wouldn't be able to live up to their name. There are multiple ways that people motivate themselves through, from their family to past experiences. You can turn anything into a starting point.
Try to motivate yourself. Leave small reminders stuck on your walls that would bring you back to reality, making you realize the heaviness of the situation. Even write short dialogues to yourself like 'what are you doing?', 'we don't have much time' or 'are you seriously trying to fail this class'. Stuff like that brings your inner desires and thoughts out and seeing them written down can bring in a reality check.
Most importantly, watch videos of people who became successful, this is a step that works for me when I seem to lose motivation and feel like giving up. Their success wouldn't be possible without them prioritizing their goals, I am emphasizing on this because sometimes we need a gentle reminder that if we don't work hard, we won't be able to make it and all of the goals that we so earnestly have set up would dissolve into nothing.
So, to deduct from all of the above, just learn from your past mistakes, motivate yourself, do not be fearful to start on your own, and restrain yourself from going along with what the masses might be doing as if it is negative then feel free to neglect it. Now, beat that laziness and start picking up from where you left off, and no I don't mean Wattpad.
I'd like to agree. It can be particularly difficult to open your notebook or paperwork and just start tapping at the keyboard right away, most of the time, leisure overcomes your desire to continue working and you just give in to it. Stopping procrastination can be a nightmare itself.
Happens to me all the time but I usually withhold myself and come to a realization that 'this is going to crush me'.
So,when will you get your work done? at the end time, like always?
If you ever catch yourself, falling into the arms of laziness then ask the above question. These activities that are so tempting can be done afterwards, as much as you'd like, while the time to efficiently complete your significant work won't come across.You'd get marks for it, your job will depend upon it, do you think it is still better to sit back and Netflix your weekend out?.
When you panic at 12 am, contemplating on how you were an idiot to leave all of this till the end and you hand your professor your report with blood shot eyes. Never forget that feeling. That feeling of regret, push it and be sure to further it whenever your motivation levels hit rock bottom.
Would you want to go through those sleepless nights that left you sick the next day? would you want to hand out a report that you could've worked better on and wrote more effectively but chose not to?.
Be sure, to use these experiences and emphasize your goals in life. If they aren't positive then use them to be positive and fruitful in the future.
Most of my friends won't be studying anyway, so why should I?
This is a rather toxic way of thinking that can trip you in the long run. Studying is used as an example here, but you can replace it with any other work and it would still make sense. You are you.
You know, the rights and wrong of a situation. Why follow what the masses might be doing? if they are indulging in self-destructive habits then why would you want to jump along as well just to stay relatable and comfort yourself?.
Nothing wrong with wanting to comfort yourself but if that comfort is going to bring you heavy sessions of anxiety and panic afterwards, then re-thinking would be a better and sane option. Surround yourself with a company that is responsible, people can learn a lot from the groups that they associate with, if your acquaintances would encourage you and tend to not take deadlines lightly, then that could have an influence on you as well.
Try to motivate yourself. Leave small reminders stuck on your walls that would bring you back to reality, making you realize the heaviness of the situation. Even write short dialogues to yourself like 'what are you doing?', 'we don't have much time' or 'are you seriously trying to fail this class'. Stuff like that brings your inner desires and thoughts out and seeing them written down can bring in a reality check.
Most importantly, watch videos of people who became successful, this is a step that works for me when I seem to lose motivation and feel like giving up. Their success wouldn't be possible without them prioritizing their goals, I am emphasizing on this because sometimes we need a gentle reminder that if we don't work hard, we won't be able to make it and all of the goals that we so earnestly have set up would dissolve into nothing.
So, to deduct from all of the above, just learn from your past mistakes, motivate yourself, do not be fearful to start on your own, and restrain yourself from going along with what the masses might be doing as if it is negative then feel free to neglect it. Now, beat that laziness and start picking up from where you left off, and no I don't mean Wattpad.
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