How to beat procrastination and distraction with a stop watch
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Have a midterm or test coming up and need to study but are finding yourself distracted? (Especially if you're on your laptop and end up surfing the internet or Facebook instead of studying?). This is for you.
Check out this article: http://lifehacker.com/5736142/how-to...th-a-stopwatch
And use this site as a stopwatch. Post a reply to this thread after trying this method and tell us if it works for you!
aya017
says thanks to Chad for this post.
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Cool, I'll check that article out later...
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I'll probably replace my alarm clocks with this instead.
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http://www.pomodorotechnique .com/
Tons of apps for any mobile and computer platform.
Worked for me in my Eng. Ethics studying last spring.
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