Procrastination and getting out of it

[SC_coolguy44]

Procrastination has screwed my over so hard to the point where I failed 4 courses (a couple of them being prerequisites to a couple other courses) over my 2 years of being in college. You would think I would learn from that, but I still do it. My advice would be to try and do the personal planner idea that cedolad brought up.

[DossarLX ODI]

Also in general it's good to think of deadlines as a minimum requirement. Deadlines are much closer than they appear. Two weeks for a project? That's almost nothing considering you have a chance of starting it two days before it's due.

[smartdude1212]

For math assignments in particular, I always try to do those questions related to already-taught material soon after I get the assignment. That way if issues arise, I have extra time to ask the professor about them rather than trying to do everything the night before, possibly getting confused, and then either staying up all night or just not finishing.

As a math major, this is my life. D:

[Reincarnate]

I used to be (and still am in many ways) a chronic procrastinator, but eventually you get sick of rushing at the last minute (especially if you're causing damage / shortchanging yourself / failing / etc as a result).

Eventually you just have to slap yourself in the face: "You lazy shitwit. Stop fucking around. It isn't that hard. Just get it over with -- it'll take like 5 minutes and then you can piss the rest of the night away guilt-free."

[pokelda]

Start your damn projects now hth.

[Dynam0]

I'm in the thick of teacher's college right now and if it's any consolation, I've been consistently handing in assignments either last minute, days after the due date, or even in some cases, not at all. If my profs wanted to be dicks they could be failing me in some classes but it's pretty lenient (marks don't really matter you just have to pass (60%) to get certified).

Best advice that has worked for me in the past is forcing yourself to go to bed no later than midnight. Unless you can be productive with ~6 hours of sleep then go for it but I recommend setting an earlier bed-time. (I usually plan to wake up at 7ish)

Another thing you could try (which if you're a true procrastinator like me is impossible) is somehow change your priorities around so that school work comes first. I always said if I could find a way to treat school like a full-time job, I'd be an excellent student but for some reason I can't take it seriously

[Crazyjayde]

Quick update while I can. We're in the start of some pretty big projects as of right now and I've been holding a considerable lead on the majority of them since last post. I've been reading through all your posts and I'll say that every bit of input has helped me motivate myself (shame I don't have time to respond to each of you :P). Hope it might help other people though as I'm sure we can all relate to this topic.

By the way, I'll be literally living inside my college for the future months, there's a big workload ahead and the locals are open from 8 to 23 on week days. And I don't play FFR/SM much these days, but hell, it's always good to pop one or two songs on the school computer from time to time.

[iCeCuBEz v2]

I used to procrastinate hardcore but I've developed the discipline to get my work done ahead of time. It saves me from a lot of unneeded stress.

[Hazelle]

Checklists I think help a lot. It feels so good when you check something off ^_^ Thus, motivation to tackle the next task emerges from checking off the last task.

OH, and - as I reviewed Reincarnate's post - guilt. I felt so bad for not doing an assignment, or studying, so I just did it. Dat guilt.

[ShAiOnEi]

Just do it.