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How to beat procrastination and distraction with a stop watch

 
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!

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Old 01-19-2011 at 09:55 PM   #2
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Cool, I'll check that article out later...

 
Old 01-19-2011 at 10:23 PM   #3
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I'll probably replace my alarm clocks with this instead.
 
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This: http://mac.brothersoft.com/selfcontrol.html is better if you're on a mac
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