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StarN
United States2587 Posts
I'll throw in a question i want answered... Since procrastination is the cause of not doing (rather than merely the lack of action), simply doing that which is being procrastinated may not be psychologically possible while the mental obstacle or technical problem causing the procrastination is in place. Right? Anybody have good tips that you can use to get over these mental obsacles? | ||
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LaSt)ChAnCe
United States2179 Posts
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Manifesto7
Osaka27172 Posts
In summary: Enjoyable fucking around > Stress and lack of sleep. Also, I found the quality of my work was better. | ||
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Raging.BuLL
Brazil101 Posts
thanks  look.. its simple.. procrastination is a result of a bad childhood with no discipline, no respect and no accountability.. realize that your parents did not do the right job.. once you figure that out.. do things by your self and change your friggin life style.. i mean you already know you procrastinate.. so define what is procrastination and do the opposite! so easy eh? | ||
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distant_voice
Germany2521 Posts
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mitsy
United States1792 Posts
so like, if i do it the day before, at least i don't spend as much time on it for my B+. if i spend the whole week reading the assignments and shit it doesn't matter anyways and my profs can't tell the difference. | ||
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mr2hot4u15
United States210 Posts
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baal
10669 Posts
i procastrinate a lot, but atleast i dont bullshit myself like you are doing to justify yourself. | ||
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mitsy
United States1792 Posts
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Manifesto7
Osaka27172 Posts
However, I find that my attitude totally changed once I started working on something I consider my career. I get everything done miles ahead of time... maybe it is the whole paycheaque thing I dont know. | ||
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dronebabo
10866 Posts
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0_0
United States2090 Posts
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oPtioNaLk
Korea (South)564 Posts
On a side note, I'm currently doing my Early Action University of Chicago essay (the app is due Nov 1st which is abut 3 and 1/2 hours away). Procrastinating on a life making or breaking essay feels great.  | ||
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Suicide
United States475 Posts
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~AreS]
Canada2170 Posts
On October 31 2005 16:15 Raging.BuLL wrote: look.. its simple.. procrastination is a result of a bad childhood with no discipline, no respect and no accountability.. realize that your parents did not do the right job.. once you figure that out.. do things by your self and change your friggin life style.. i mean you already know you procrastinate.. so define what is procrastination and do the opposite! so easy eh? Bullshit. I was brought up well, decently disciplined, respectful to everyone and I held my self accountable for everything. I procrastinate like there's no tomorrow. Just this morning I pulled an oral presentation out of my ass that was supposed to be done two weeks prior. I mean, my grades hardly suffer, but like Manifesto said, it's stressful sometimes. | ||
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mitsy
United States1792 Posts
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orzhady
Sweden180 Posts
i dont think ive ever written something for school before the last day | ||
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Rs-FaKe
United States134 Posts
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ad0
Canada113 Posts
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DreamOfVision
Poland318 Posts
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SoMuchBetter
Australia10606 Posts
On October 31 2005 19:38 Rs-FaKe wrote: I love this thread! May or may not have anything to do with the fact that I am procrastinating as I write this response. word  | ||
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exalted
United States3612 Posts
With that said, I haven't been succeeding. | ||
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OctoPuSs
Canada5279 Posts
On October 31 2005 19:47 exalted wrote: I procrastinate similarly and I always find that I can get away with doing it while maintaining a high grade, but everyone keeps saying that you can't pull that bullshit off in college (I am especially trying to go to an Ivy so I guess this holds more true) so I am trying to at least get some kind of work ethic together. With that said, I haven't been succeeding. procrastination sucks@college I self-expirimented it -.- | ||
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Xeroth
United States432 Posts
Whats even funnier is that I have 13 hours of core courses, and 2 1 hour courses designed to help "first year students"(freshman) study better and adjust to college life. The problem is that I'm trying to focus on my other core classes work, and I keep getting dragged down by the work assigned from the other 2 classes, which is basically telling me to do the fucking work in my other classes(which I would be doing anyway). And of course, since I procrastinate, I don't have time for ALL the work to get done(I do, but not with the time frame I give myself by procrastinating). | ||
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artofmagic
United States1951 Posts
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DevAzTaYtA
Oman2005 Posts
-prioritize important tasks over urgent ones -create a timetable and stick to it | ||
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LordOfDabu
United States394 Posts
I've found that in many of my classes were the work is assigned far in advance that all the material on the assignment isn't even covered until a few days before it's due anyway. | ||
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Syst[eM]
335 Posts
DevAzTaYtA Oman. October 31 2005 20:04. Posts 1124 PM Profile Buddy Quote -small-wins strategy (split up large tasks into smaller ones so they seem less daunting) -prioritize important tasks over urgent ones -create a timetable and stick to it Oh man.. | ||
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Rs-FaKe
United States134 Posts
On October 31 2005 20:00 Xeroth wrote: Octopuss, I'm experimenting with that right now. Whats even funnier is that I have 13 hours of core courses, and 2 1 hour courses designed to help "first year students"(freshman) study better and adjust to college life. The problem is that I'm trying to focus on my other core classes work, and I keep getting dragged down by the work assigned from the other 2 classes, which is basically telling me to do the fucking work in my other classes(which I would be doing anyway). And of course, since I procrastinate, I don't have time for ALL the work to get done(I do, but not with the time frame I give myself by procrastinating). I love how no matter what people bitch about their current situation. My friends and I were just talking about this. You do not know how much I wish it was still high school, and even freshman year of college where I didn't have to do shit. Now I am a senior taking 20 hours of all upper level courses with a messed up knee (strain/torn miniscus, happened during FLAG football of all things) trying to get good grades for law school, or good job. I'm sure law school/real world is more hellish then this, and I'm sure dealing w/ kids/wife and saving for their future/your retirement is worse then that. I guess if there is a message in this, it is... Procrastinate while you still can???????????? | ||
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ieatkids5
United States4628 Posts
Anyways, procrastination is a really bad habit, and I need to stop doing it. I agree with what manifesto said about doing your work as soon as you get it so you get lots of free time without worrying about projects and essays, but it's so hard to overcome the urge to just play, and do work at the last possible moment. I really need to stop. Oh yeah, we need one of these: | ||
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AiurZ
United States429 Posts
if you are somewhat intelligent you dont need to really do anything to do well in high school. i procrastinate to the point where i get so close to the deadline where i say im tired and just dont do it, and ill probably have trouble with that in college. i dont really care though, school is for people who want to be successful | ||
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evil-empire
United States79 Posts
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Rs-FaKe
United States134 Posts
On October 31 2005 21:11 evil-empire wrote: procrastination is alot like masturbation it feels good while you are doing it but when its over you realize you just fucked your self rofl | ||
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FirstProbe
1206 Posts
On October 31 2005 19:46 DreamOfVision wrote: ill give you a response tommorrow... lol art | ||
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lil.sis
China4650 Posts
i have a fluid/heat transport test tomorrow i am with the other posters who say "if i didn't have an internet connection my productivity would skyrocket" it's just so hard when fluid dynamics is so boring and pissing around on the internet is so entertaining im going to fail everything see you in the breadline boys | ||
Smurg
Australia3818 Posts
On October 31 2005 21:54 lil.sis wrote: im procrastinating right now i have a fluid/heat transport test tomorrow i am with the other posters who say "if i didn't have an internet connection my productivity would skyrocket" it's just so hard when fluid dynamics is so boring and pissing around on the internet is so entertaining im going to fail everything see you in the breadline boys I have a highschool final for Software tomorrow and it's REALLY painful to study for. So, so shit. | ||
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lil.sis
China4650 Posts
fuck all this shit | ||
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baal
10669 Posts
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Cambium
United States16368 Posts
And I also find that the time you waste while procrastinating is more pleasurable than the "regular time" before you know you should be doing something productive, but you aren't. | ||
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brian
United States9639 Posts
i had a math term paper due today, halloween, and so saturday i was like "eh. i can get it done." and rather than do the paper, i took advantage of an invitation to go on sort of a double date hoping i can finally seal the deal with this chick ive been trying to get with for a week or two. (which btw worked. so even though i totally fucked myself paper wise, i still got SOMETHING done.) sooo there i am getting home 2 am, worked on my paper a very little, went to sleep. then i got up at six to go to work at seven and work till three. got home. K time to get to work. or so you'd think. nah. i fuck around for two hours. now its five. NOW i work. and talk. and watch tv. im doing everything i can to not write this paper. so now its 9 pm sunday night. and i realize im truly, TRULY fucked. so im up till midnight, (completely fucking exhausted. four hours sleep, eight hours work, plus when i got off work i talked to that girl on the phone for an hour. and i hate the phone. i was wrecked) so i went to bed, slept in, stayed home from school to write this paper. so all day passes by and ive written how much? only one more page. great. now my paper is late. so there i was around 5pm halloween still writing my paper. work @ 7pm this time. sooooo.. when its time to go to work, i have about 3 pages written. fucking wonderful. i go to work. then i get home. 11pm. the first time all weekend ive buckled down to work when i should have. and the paper was already late. so there i am working feverishly till about an hour ago. is my paper done? FUCK NO LOL and here i am. posting on Tl net. calculus book in lap still working on my term paper due yesterday and hoping to god i can finish it for tomorrow. wish me luck. i dont know if this is irony, but its damn close. writing a post on procrastination while procrastinating. wonderful thing. | ||
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OppositeDay
United States51 Posts
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iNcontroL
USA29055 Posts
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brian
United States9639 Posts
"Anorexia isnt a disease, its a style." edit:: hah. sorry for this being totally irrelevant. i had a very random thought and a strange impulse to post it o.o | ||
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Smurg
Australia3818 Posts
On October 31 2005 22:12 lil.sis wrote: lets move to italy and be fishermen fuck all this shit Why don't we go to Japan and dress up as stainless steel rats and be some kind of weird busk act? | ||
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haduken
Australia8267 Posts
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baal
10669 Posts
On October 31 2005 23:57 Smurg wrote: Why don't we go to Japan and dress up as stainless steel rats and be some kind of weird busk act? brass rats man, brass no steel. | ||
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Luhh
Sweden2974 Posts
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lil.sis
China4650 Posts
waking up at 6AM to study more fluids SLEEP IS FOR THE WEAK | ||
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brian
United States9639 Posts
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uT)Murray
Finland359 Posts
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sdpgposd
United Kingdom1464 Posts
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haduken
Australia8267 Posts
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Raging.BuLL
Brazil101 Posts
sorry | ||
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haduken
Australia8267 Posts
i'm so going to drop out. | ||
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mitsy
United States1792 Posts
when you go do school work its usually a solitary endevour that has none of those advantages. and it isn't instant gratification. in fact, the way many schools are, it is hardly gratification at all. like i said earlier, most of my profs i've had don't give a shit and grade everyone randomly. doing the work for real is excessive and doesn't make a difference to anyone except yourself. and if its a shitty, bs class, like over half of them, then its not even a difference to you. trying to do the work for real will really just hurt your grade. so anyways, we can partially blame this sort of instant-gratification sickness. it's like once kids have had candy, sometimes raw vegetables just aren't as good as they probably should be. when learning is forced on you and the bureacracy has decayed to the point that most of it isn't learning, it's like a "well this is good for me" with very little psychological weight vs feeling with people in a product that's designed to make you feel good in many important ways (tv, etc.). education is hardly designed at all in comparison and is trying to get by solely with the moral appeal. | ||
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distant_voice
Germany2521 Posts
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Purind
Canada3562 Posts
Put all your assignments and books in your bag and lock yourself in the library for 5 hours. | ||
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Stat.Quo
Canada540 Posts
 , exact same situation as last week. | ||
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lil.sis
China4650 Posts
hopefully everyone else failed too | ||
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Kochen
Denmark154 Posts
On October 31 2005 23:48 {88}iNcontroL wrote: procrastination isnt a problem its a lifestyle :D QFT :D I found myself procrastinating a lot the first two years of high school. This year I have totally 'given up'. I make my papers and that's it. And I do it the day before, if not the same day, I have to turn it in. As Mitsy has noted, the teachers don't give a shit.'. I still get good grades for a paper I made the day before. I am only in school because I have to be 'selfstudying' if I don't. Selfstudying means you have to study at home and you only come to school for exams. Examination requirements is much more demanding though. ---- Today we had this math test (multiple choice), where no grades were given. It was a competition where it was possible to advance (no one want to (: ). I random ticked the choices and slept the rest of the test (we were not allowed to leave) :D Not procrastinating, but something familiar | ||
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May
China458 Posts
 I often procrastinate too, and it sucks. | ||
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ieatkids5
United States4628 Posts
On November 01 2005 11:58 May wrote: Anyone got any motivating pictures or images that I can stick on my desktop I often procrastinate too, and it sucks. http://despair.com/indem.html#viewall | ||
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SoleSteeler
Canada5459 Posts
if you want to get something done, go to your school library or something i procrastinate myself pretty bad sometimes... i usually start something a few days before (not night before) but don't really accomplish much, then i blow through the last 80% of it the night before... 80% average last year not too bad... (first year university) last year i never used the library, now i go there on my off-periods (i only have 10 hours of school a week :/ ) and i can accomplish a lot in an hour... | ||
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chicken`
Germany3478 Posts
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HeadBangaa
United States6512 Posts
Nice post Mitsy :D | ||
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brian
United States9639 Posts
On November 01 2005 07:13 lil.sis wrote: lmao i just failed TO THE MAX hopefully everyone else failed too lmao i got to school today expecting to open up my email, open up the attachment(my paper) and print it, since my printer is fucked, and since i used an opensource writer instead of word, because i have a virus that deleted MSOffice and im too lazy to give a fuck, there wasnt a single program that could open the file. i went to open it in IE and i got 45 pages of hexadecimal bulllshit. so here i go tonight with the bright idea to just copy paste the paper into an email, copy paste email to word @ school and print away. if only i had thought of that last night. must have been the exhaustion that stopped me from thinking of it-_- | ||
RaGe
Belgium9950 Posts
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lil.sis
China4650 Posts
my favorite trick was always saving the document onto a diskette, then holding up a magnet to it and telling the teacher your printer is broken so you brought it on diskette, then she puts it in her computer, oh noes disk got corrupted T.T i guess i'll save and bring it again tomorrow > or writing a computer program that takes random letters of a rough draft and sends the ASCII value into the random character range, thus rendering it unreadable but clearly showing some semblance of the english language sometimes i swear we put more effort into dodging the deadline than writing the paper would have taken. it was almost an art form for us | ||
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Ukyko
Netherlands163 Posts
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SuperJongMan
Jamaica11586 Posts
Still, a lot of work I finish and turn in a product I am honestly not willing to support.. ie - i put out shit. The grades are still there, I get C's and B's but on anything I give half a fuckin effort on, I am usually pretty sad if I don't make an A -_-;; But I honestly do believe I am a fuckin prodigy... Yes, egotistical too, but it's ok if it's true. | ||
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StarN
United States2587 Posts
Best quote ever. nice shorts mr. asian man. | ||
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Smurg
Australia3818 Posts
On November 01 2005 07:13 lil.sis wrote: lmao i just failed TO THE MAX hopefully everyone else failed too Wish me luck for my exam in less than an hour...it goes for 3 hours...it ENDS AT 5PM. | ||
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Oath
124 Posts
On October 31 2005 15:35 StarN wrote: I'll throw in a question i want answered... Since procrastination is the cause of not doing (rather than merely the lack of action), simply doing that which is being procrastinated may not be psychologically possible while the mental obstacle or technical problem causing the procrastination is in place. Right? No On October 31 2005 15:35 StarN wrote: Anybody have good tips that you can use to get over these mental obsacles? where theres a will theres a way never eat alone being in shape or getting in shape helps alot and... On October 31 2005 17:19 0_0 wrote: I've always procrastinated... I don't really know anyone that doesn't :-/. is onto something | ||
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Oath
124 Posts
GLUCK SMURG!@!!@!@!@!@ | ||
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SChasu
United States1505 Posts
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StarN
United States2587 Posts
On November 01 2005 19:46 Oath wrote: laziness and geniousness go hand in hand - as we get more technologically advanced, we get lazier No where theres a will theres a way never eat alone being in shape or getting in shape helps alot and... is onto something dude honestly dont give me that BS. I gave you my arguement and all you have to say is "no" if you dont have anything to backup your reason for saying that dont post. It's people like you that piss me off the most on this forum. p.s. i hope that eating alone thing wasn't meant to be funny. | ||
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Oath
124 Posts
I'd go more in depth for u but I have formation in 10 minutes ps. hate me or whatever u like, but one thing I definitely think is true is the truth hurts, not many ppl like to look at it...and the fact that u got heated in any form from what I said says something to me.. | ||
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SweeTLemonS[TPR]
11739 Posts
I once wrote a paper (2 1/2 pages, not sure on word count) 15 minutes before my next class started, and I was the only person in the class to get an A. I think I got a 97% on it. Having things like that happen just further demotivate me from starting early. I guess when I finally fail due to procrastination I'll stop procrastinating so much, and until then, I'll deal with the worry and such the last week before something is due. | ||
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Smurg
Australia3818 Posts
On November 01 2005 19:49 Oath wrote: Im guessing ur around the halfway stretch of the test right about now... GLUCK SMURG!@!!@!@!@!@ Thanks...but I'm pretty sure I failed. T_T I really don't like Software as a subject. | ||
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Chanoipy
Canada320 Posts
So here's a tip from me to make the work load easier -- Make time. When you're sitting on the bus going home, when you're waiting for class to start, when you're in between games in starcraft - Just study a little, or do some homework. I mean, maybe you'd rather sleep on the bus... But then, compare sleeping on the bus to playing games at home. Which would you rather do? Basically, try to minimize the amount of time that you're just sitting down waiting for something. That way when you can actually do things (like play games, chat, go out), your homework is already 20%, 50% or even completely finished. For example, I take Japanese, and we have vocabulary tests every other class. While at work I have a list of the vocabulary in my pocket and whenever I'm not busy, I pull it out and just repeat a few words at a time. By the end of the night I've finished my studying for my exam, and I technically haven't used any of my time to do it (since I did it in my 'working time'). Cheers~ | ||
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ItchReliever
2489 Posts
just know your limits eventually you should panic and get it done | ||
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