Thursday, November 10, 2011

How to fight Procrastination

    This week for my blog entry I am giving you all a quick guide in how to fight procrastination. Now a quick warning, as much as I would like to say that this is a fool proof way to fight procrastination, and as much as I would like to say that this is perfect...actually yes I am going to say that. This is a fool proof way to fight procrastination. Here i will list three of the best ways I, Daniel Robert Justice, keep myself on task everyday (errday). 

  The first and by far the most obvious way to go about fighting procrastination is to eliminate all distraction. If there is a TV around, turn it off. A computer? Throw it out the window (unless you really need it). A cat? Feed it. That's all it wants from you, and all it will ever want from you. Get over it. If there is anything you can't throw out the window, just leave the room. Without distraction, you can truly focus on what you are doing. 

  The second, and a little more creative way is to make what ever you are doing in front of you extremely interesting. I mean, really interesting. You can throw a bunch of glitter onto your math hw. What was once a bland piece of paper is now far more interesting. Do you work upside down (and fix all the errors later). Making what you are currently doing more interesting is more likely to make you want to do it. 

 And the last way you can fight procrastination is to motivate yourself. Set small realistic goals, like only doing the first page of an essay then taking a very small break.  All those small goals eventually add up, unless it is math work then it actually always adds up (math jokes :p). Or play really cool music in the background as you jam out and do you work. I personally find that sort of thing very motivating. 

Now I've given out all the free advice I can afford to give out. Don't procrastinate like I did for the first term of this year, you really will regret it. I do (self pitty).