Procrastination

[Anonymous No.8008843]

How do you personally avoid procrastination in your studies / work ?

I have a particularly hard time with this, maybe due to lack of maturity or something. I have a very strong tendency to leave things for last minute which is very tough to fight. My brain even reinforces it by making me feel tired when I do want to start getting work done

I know it sounds like an extreme case of being a lazy bastard, but I'm wondering if any of you have felt similar strong urges to put off work or if I'm just specially worthless.

I also have trouble picturing mid-to long term things. I almost always seem entirely focused on the week right ahead.

[Anonymous No.8009051]

Same thing happens to me. Only if I really want something do I usually break it.

So I guess I don't have any advice except for not being a bitch.

[Anonymous No.8009068]

>>8009051
Yeah I figured it's just a case of not being a little bitch. Was just wondering if anyone had figured out certain methods that worked out for them

[Anonymous No.8009079]

>>8009068
Once you fail something major due to procrastination, you'll grow up. I think this is pretty much the only way.

[Anonymous No.8009088]

>>8009079
I almost failed out of college cause of it. But I didn't. So I guess I'll never grow up.

Unless I procrastinate on pulling out of some hoe

[Anonymous No.8009089]

>>8009079
This. Failed three classes in my first year because I couldn't be arsed to do the homework/assignments, this year retaking them + the 2nd year classes, and I find it's pretty doable if I actually put some work in instead of half-assing things last minute.

[Anonymous No.8009091]

>>8009079
That's the thing. I've already screwed up big time because of it and it just keeps happening. It's driving me crazy

[Anonymous No.8009097]

>>8009068

Tell yourself reasons.

>stop being a bitch, get it done
>men work, why aren't you working?
>it's your responsibility as an adult to work

I presume your parents let you do whatever you wanted as a kid and never forced you into a routine of studying?

[Anonymous No.8009106]

>>8009097
I was your typical straight A's all throughout my life up to college. I never had to get into a study routine because I could seemingly just get away with studying the day before or doing things on short notice and do well

On my first two years of uni I started very decently, but on my third I started flaking and failing classes for stupid reasons, such as not getting shit done with ample time

So yeah, it's likely to be a thing that came from my childhood not demanding too much discipline from me. Just brute forcing things seemed to work for me and my grades.

I don't even recall ever having to seriously study math or anything, I could just review a bit before the exam and I'd do well

Of course that sort of shit does not fly at all when doing a physics undergrad.

And thanks for the advice man, I will use these. I keep feeling like a goddamn kid instead of an adult (at 21 already) and it's really frustrating to feel like the world is leaving me behind. I don't want that.

[Anonymous No.8009109]

[Anonymous No.8009117]

Sort of unrelated question but: is it very shameful to finish an undergraduate degree of physics at 24? Because that's my estimate for when I'm gonna be done and frankly it's a bit embarrassing when some of my colleagues are gonna finish like at 22.

[Anonymous No.8009121]

>How do you personally avoid procrastination in your studies / work ?
I don't. That's why I'm a sad failure.

[Anonymous No.8009124]

>>8009117
>2 years difference
Doesn't matter a shit.

[Anonymous No.8009132]

Have you guys heard of the Pomodoro technique thing? And if so, what do you think of it?

[Anonymous No.8009134]

>>8009109
This is fantastic. Where is it from?

[Anonymous No.8009138]

>>8009117

Depends, did you start at 18?

I probably won't go to uni for engineering until 26 or 27.

[Anonymous No.8009143]

>>8009138
Yes, I started at 18

[Anonymous No.8009149]

>>8009143

It's only shameful if you quit and drop out without finishing, knowing that you could have finished, if you actually did the work.

[Anonymous No.8009152]

>>8009149
Thanks man. Appreciate it

[Anonymous No.8009158]

>>8009134
Meditations

[Anonymous No.8009161]

>>8009109
>>8009134
It's shit.
>muh humans were born to slave away all day
>b-but ants and bees do it too

Just think about it for a second.

[Anonymous No.8009166]

>>8008843
Procrastination is a student's worst enemy.

Man, you'd think if I actually liked the subjects as much as I say I do, I couldn't wait to continue studying...but that's not how it works for me. I wonder why

I feel like most of my uni time is spent going to classes and learning things, but when it comes down to work outside of classes I'm a dunce. It feels awful, like I just go heat up a chair for a few hours.

[Anonymous No.8009173]

>>8009161

That's not what he's saying.

[Anonymous No.8009176]

what do you guys think of setting up study sessions with friends at libraries? do you prefer this to studying alone to motivate yourself, or do you like the added light social element?

do you prefer studying at the library or at home? why?

[Anonymous No.8009183]

>>8009106

I was exactly the same, then I spent an exam period taking dexies and crushing all my study

After that, I found I didn't even need dexies the next time I had to do shit, it was as if I learnt how to focus by just experiencing it

[Anonymous No.8009186]

>>8009183
Dexies?

[Anonymous No.8009197]

>>8009186

street name of adderall

it's way easier to get than ritalin because teenagers pop it at festivals

[Anonymous No.8009199]

>>8009197
Huh, I see

[Anonymous No.8009208]

>>8009183
>>8009197
You'd say it was worth it then?

I'm to the point where I'd gladly take relatively harmless drugs to keep my As.

[Anonymous No.8009216]

>>8008843
I do my best work the day before it's due. One thing I've come to accept is that you can never truly change your nature; it's better to let who you are work for you.

[Anonymous No.8009224]

>>8009216

>leaving things 1 day before they need to be is your nature

Lol.

It's a habit. Stop justifying your laziness with fate.

[Anonymous No.8009230]

>>8009208
Nah. I got 8 pills from a friend once. Didn't do anything for me.

[Anonymous No.8009236]

>>8009224
Not everyone is the same. Like I said, I do my best work near when it's due.

[Anonymous No.8009242]

>>8009051
>Only if I really want something do I usually break it.

This. "Hard work" is at least partly a meme. I was a lazy ass procrastinator for my first 25 years of life who wouldn't amount to anything. Then I found something I actually loved to do. Now I do 30-50% overtime consistently and love every moment of it.

I'm still lazy as fuck when it comes to personal stuff, hobbies etc. But one thing that usually comes with age is the ability to stop fretting over pointless garbage:

I do my share in work, so if I take a fucking eternity to finish most other things then too bad. That's the package, that's what I am. Ain't gonna feel ashamed of it, or stress about it, because that's the way I like my life. Not having to constantly run after schedules and dead lines in every fucking thing.

My advice then? Stop stressing, and find something you love to do. It may take you years but if you don't even try, then you'll never find it.

[Anonymous No.8009245]

>>8009236

No. Everyone isn't the same, but that doesn't mean a childish habit like leaving things to the last minute is biologically ingrained in you.

[Anonymous No.8009254]

>>8009230

Your """"""""""friend"""""""""" sold you sugar

[Anonymous No.8009259]

>>8009245
Not necessarily biological, but you don't change as a person past a young age. People quickly learn to do the things that work for them. If my methods work for me, why would I change them?

[Anonymous No.8009263]

>>8009208

There is absolutely no doubt that you will get As if you take adderall. It can get expensive though depending on where you live. Do your research

[Anonymous No.8009267]

>>8009259
>If my methods work for me, why would I change them?

You were the farmer that kept plowing by horse even when everyone else had a tractor

[Anonymous No.8009282]

>>8008843
When you have constant deadlines, you always have to work so it's hard to procrastinate. Your procrastination becomes "reading papers", which is still a somewhat productive activity.

Just make it so you have more shit to do and you wont procrastinate.

[Anonymous No.8009301]

>>8009267
You're just grasping at straws. Your whole argument is trying to prove I'm lazy with zero information.

Self-improvement culture is just hogwash trying to make people think they can fix all of their conceived flaws. The human always emerges in the end.

[Anonymous No.8009309]

>>8009301

You're the one resorting to fatalism to justify your laziness. It's not like you've lost a leg or an arm. A habit can be changed in a few months with a bit of will power, but you've already gave up and instead look for intellectual justification. You're like an alcoholic writer who believes he needs to drink to write. It's my nature to drink!

[Anonymous No.8009313]

>>8008843
I know what you mean OP.
Going to the library worked for me. I can study 6-7 hours with only a couple 10 minute breaks in between when I'm there.
When I'm home I'm lucky if I manage to get an hour of work done.

[Anonymous No.8009657]

>>8009309
>You're the one resorting to fatalism to justify your laziness.

Not him, but this is a pretty damn bold statement considering you don't even know him. Fact is, people can be insanely different from one another and still reach exceptional results.

Now don't get me wrong, I believe a planned, prepared effort trumps a lazy improvised one practically every single time. But I know from first hand experience that I do a lot of thinking work without actually looking like I do anything at all. I too do everything at the last minute, but it took me over 20 years to learn to not be ashamed of it, but instead to embrace it.

I'm never late, I practically always meet my deadlines (practically because sometimes it's out of your own hands), and consistently perform in the top 1-10 percentile. Many have commented it looks as though I don't work, or do my work too late, but yet my career and grades were luckily based on results and not appearances.

Problem is the actually lazy people make up the same lies to cover their asses, but the difference is that they're lying, I'm not. I believe this is subconsciously tied to a very different working method in general: Most people I know like to take their time in all aspects of life, so they spend a lot more time doing things and don't need to be as accurate with their work estimates, because they have the time to adapt if required. For me, I hate wasting time in general. So whenever I work, do hobbies or whatever, I want it done ASAP. It can't be a coincidence that throughout my adult life I've excelled at my jobs, while still always doing things at the last moment.

It's similar to how people really do have different learning methods. Don't rage on someone just because they're different from you.