I've been doing not so well because i procrastinate all the time! I honestly don't know how to deal with it. I have a report due tomorrow and an exam on saturday and monday. I feel suffocated and I don't know where to start.
I need some motivation :( I feel so depressed and lost.. I have no hope of graduating mac with a degree. Please someone help me? :'(
HOW DO I OVERCOME PROCRASATINATION!!!!? !!?
And don't hate.. if you have nothing good or helpful to say... dont bother expressing your opinion.
04-13-2011 at 12:04 AM
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Go to the library. When you go somewhere to do something, you get shit done.
I've been doing not so well because i procrastinate all the time! I honestly don't know how to deal with it. I have a report due tomorrow and an exam on saturday and monday. I feel suffocated and I don't know where to start.
I need some motivation :( I feel so depressed and lost.. I have no hope of graduating mac with a degree. Please someone help me? :'(
HOW DO I OVERCOME PROCRASATINATION!!!!? !!?
And don't hate.. if you have nothing good or helpful to say... dont bother expressing your opinion.
for starters, get off macinsiders and start doing work/ studying for exams.
seriously though, whenever i feel im procrastinating too much i turn my computer off, leave my room, and go somewhere quiet with just my textbook and notes and do work.
04-13-2011 at 12:15 AM
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Watch this video, and i guarantee that you will feel PUMPED!
Try this: http://rescuetime.com/ref/286682
application tracks all the procrastination you do, and blocks distracting stuff if you want so you'll be forced to work.
04-13-2011 at 12:31 AM
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Watch this video, and i guarantee that you will feel PUMPED!
But, seriously, when you have a mountain of work piled in front of you, you've just got to do it. You may be tired come morning, but if you finish, you will feel all the more satisfied.
The library suggestion is good too.
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Like for me with math, I just started tackling the final exam review even though I didn't know all the concepts. If there's something you don't get, then look in the book/your notes. Try the question again. If all else fails, make sure you have at least one nerdy friend to ask for help.
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04-13-2011 at 04:35 AM
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take adderal
(only if you have ADD)
04-13-2011 at 07:06 AM
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Argh I'm in the same boat as you with the procrastination. Hmm, we procrastinate so much because we work better under pressure... it's true. I literally cannot focus unless its like the DAY BEFORE. But today I am going to force myself to study for an exam that's a week away. I think you just gotta get into an environment where you see everyone else studying and that should hopefully inspire you. If they all can do it, why can't you? Find a really quiet spot where you can't get distracted and STUDY ALONE or with one person, more productive that way. Honestly, I know exactly what you feel like, but sometimes we just have to force ourselves... And just think, if you don't get an education wth are you gonna do with your life? YOU CAN DO IT!
04-13-2011 at 08:28 AM
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umm just wandering but how do you get tested for ADD.....for the past couple weeks it seems that i havent been completely there and i swear ill get a max solid hour of work done a day and the rest would just be surfing the web or napping or random reading. i can barely concentrate for like 10 min without getting distracted.....i swear i spent a quarter to half the day yesterday just reading random threads on here ><
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04-13-2011 at 08:36 AM
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umm just wandering but how do you get tested for ADD.....for the past couple weeks it seems that i havent been completely there and i swear ill get a max solid hour of work done a day and the rest would just be surfing the web or napping or random reading. i can barely concentrate for like 10 min without getting distracted.....i swear i spent a quarter to half the day yesterday just reading random threads on here ><
Thats not ADD; a majority of the student population at McMaster suffers from this 'do-one-hour-of-work-spend-the-rest-of-the-day-doing-shit-all' condition.
Its called being a lazy mofo.. stop thinking that theres something wrong with ya and just do it.. maybe you find it really hard to initiate things, but just get rid of your internet or something. All my notes are on my laptop, so I have no use for my wifi, so I just hit fcn+f2 and cut myself off from the world.
Also: blasting the radio, turning off the TV, and working in a place devoid of any living things helps.
umm just wandering but how do you get tested for ADD.....for the past couple weeks it seems that i havent been completely there and i swear ill get a max solid hour of work done a day and the rest would just be surfing the web or napping or random reading. i can barely concentrate for like 10 min without getting distracted.....i swear i spent a quarter to half the day yesterday just reading random threads on here ><
Then go to the [] library, sit yourself on the 4th floor, put in ear plugs, and don't bring/touch your iPhone/iPod/phone/mp3/LAPTOP.
Seriously, this is retarded.
I'm unmotivated/lazy: I must [] have ADD (not just calling you out btw, just so happened your post is the latest one to annoy me, haha XDD)
an hour of work a day? I don't think I get an hour of work done a week. I wish I was exaggerating.
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