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I keep procrastinating... how do I stop?
Whenever I start studying or doing homework, I get distracted by messages. I turned off iMessage, but I still somehow end up texting my friends at 10 pm at night, not finished any homework. I don't know how to fix this, I always make a schedule for myself including a few breaks but I can never stick to it and I eventually end unprepared for a test or not finished my homework. If anyone could provide me with some other useful methods to stop procrastinating, that would be great! Thank you!
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As a fellow procrastinator myself, I know the trouble. I also know that this is a bad habit, extremely bad. You won't work with a schedule, you'll do the work when you feel like it or that your deadline is scarily near; I've been there.
It seems that electronics have captured you; my advice would be to take away ALL electronics until you have fully completed all that you needed to do.
Give your phone to your parents, lock away your electronics, there's an app on the computer that you can set up that prohibits you from visiting sites for a certain amount of time.
However, what I found that has worked for me is doing ALL my homework at school; the place which I dread. It helps with the idea of: 'finish this and you can go home'. It also helps with teachers and students lurking around that you will stay on task. Also, with the time limit of a curfew I legit have so much motivation that I finish all my homework.
I understand that this will be hard to overcome and heck, I will procrastinate EVERYTHING. Even basic things like handing in a form that my parents had to fill out. I comend you for seeking help, because it will take a lot of will power to overcome.
With exams coming up, it will be healthy to get into a studious attitude.
Good luck, you got this. -('3')-+
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try turning your phone totally off and thinking of it like this, "if i just do this and bang it out real quick, it'll be over with and then i can get back to messaging and texting my friends.
You need to learn to unplug from your devices so that you can take care of more important business. If you dont graduate are those friends going to get you good jobs or just GIVE you the life you want in the future?? no.
People understand (or need to if they dont already) that you cant ALWAYS be chatting it up with them and im sure there are plenty of times where you message them and they dont message you back until way later because the rest of your friends were busy taking care of more important things if life.
Try teach yourself to prioritize between whats important and whats a waste of time. Force yourself to "just get up and do it now so that you dont HAVE to do it later" this applies to many other areas of life so feel free to use that anywhere to you want. ; )
at the end of the day, the bottom line in life is that only YOU will be held accountable for your homework or studying having NOT gotten done. No one else can claim your responsibilities for you and eventually youll have to answer to someone about it and you wont be able t blame that friend you were yacking it up with, because that wont fly.
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