Procrastination

Hello everyone, I need help because I kept procrastinating every time whenever I got a work to do. I tried to work and fight procrastinating but it tires me out very quickly but I really want to get my work done ASAP. Yeah you got that right, sounds confusing and stupid but I have a goal and dream you know. I want to remove the obstacle (procrastination). I searched on google but I also want to hear some advises from any people who encountered this or any psychologist out here if there's any. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you!

P.S: I'm in college, 2nd year (Work's a lot more serious this time than before so I need to work seriously too.

Make lists of Evidence For and Against doing the task in a timely fashion.

Buy a big calendar (enough room to write notes) and I write down everything that needs to be done as far into the future as possible.

Next, prioritize the tasks based on importance and difficulty. In chronological order, the most important and difficult tasks should be first (when you have the most energy), and the least important and least difficult tasks should be last (when you have the least energy).

As you complete each task, scratch it off and give yourself a thumbs up.

what do you mean by evidence for and against?

You mean like a planner? I was thinking of getting one, thank you sir

Making lists with do-able tasks helps

Hello! I totally understand what you are going through. I too have procrastinated in the past that many of my university assignments were done last minute. I would like to encourage you to keep on doing your best to stay focused on the work that you do! What you are saying isn't confusing or stupid. Your dreams are important to you, and if the obstacle of procrastination is what's keeping you from your dreams than that's what you
need to tackle.

Personally, aside from making lists of tasks that need to be done, I made sure that I was never seated for longer than 20 minutes. When you are working on your tasks, do you find yourself fidgeting? Then if that is the case, get up, walk around and think about the point that you are currently working on. Or, take one or two of the questions that you are working on and work on them only. Then do a physical activity that will get your mind off of the mundane task of doing those last two questions, then after a bit of movement go back to the next few questions.

I learn best when I move.

Hope this helps, and good luck with your studies! You got this.

Assuming that you don't have any assignments or reports due tomorrow I would pace yourself and break things down into smaller tasks in order of due dates and difficulty.

Work on task A which is due the soonest for an hour (or less) a day until completed. Task B which isn't due for 2 weeks but is a harder task than others maybe work on 30 min - hour every other day until done. Plug and play here. You get the idea here. Your daily schedule will soon fill up between work projects and tasks plus school assignments so try to pace out each day so that it has some work, some school with breaks scheduled in as well. I loved the advice of moving every 20 minutes. That will do wonders getting the creative juices flowing by clearing your mind and keep your blood pumping which will help you get to the recommended 10,000 steps that Doctor's recommend for exercise.

I'm no longer working full time and am chasing my dream of becoming a writer. While I am pretty good about not putting off my daily writing sessions I am a huge procrastinator about cleaning and getting my house packed for our move in three months. I need to pace myself and the project is so big that it feels TOO big and overwhelming which makes it easy to push the work off each day and before long weeks have gone by. Now is crunch time. Time to get serious (like studying for an exam TWO weeks prior so that you can pace yourself instead of waiting until 2 days prior and having to pull all nighters to get ready) and break down all the work I must do in small daily steps so that in time it will get done instead of waiting until the week of the move and having to stay up around the clock packing and cleaning done in time.

All I do is 30 minutes a day working my way up to 90 minuted a day broken down into three 30 minute sessions so that I can get it done and go at a pace that is good for my health.

There is a board here on PC that deals with self help/improvement and it includes some interesting threads on procrastination and how to avoid it. Plus there is a lot of support there with people encouraging others as they make their goals and chase their dreams. You may want to check it out.

Best wishes to you as you chase your dreams. *hugs*

If your task requires you to write or type something out, I would recommend finding a comfy chair in a pleasing location to get the work done! Anything you can do to make completing that task more appealing!

A to-do list works for me, I just write it down on paper. I write every little thing I have to do, such as email somebody or making more space on my desk.

One big reason for my procrastination was the lack of interest in my work. Once I got more interested, procrastination went down.