Just do it (tomorrow)

Deadlines at the end of the day, stacks of homework, coupled with projects and your teacher hounding you to finish! What did you do to deserve these torments? It's driving you nuts!

Well, you saw it coming. The reason your schoolwork is such a wreck is because you did them at the last minute. You probably told yourself that you've got plenty of time, quoting Nike's slogan,

"Just do it.......Tomorrow."

It seems procrastinating is a quick escape, much like drugs, to our problems. Yet, after we procrastinate, we find ourselves  with even more problems. Though they seem like an solution, they really aren't.

Clear out all distractions

from www.smh.com.au 

Even before you get started you are aced with a lot of distractions, preventing you from doing work. 

What you do is, log-out of Facebook, turn off your PC, focus. Remove all distractions. Plug off the TV, turn down the stereo, and stop playing the Xbox. 

Go to a place that is quite, cool with proper lighting to make you comfortable.

Because being uncomfortable leads to finding distractions. Distractions often ends up as procrastination. And, procrastination results to no work done at all. And no work done, in a few more days, equals even more work! 

So clear out all distractions to get started. 

Get motivated

from pavementrunner.com 

Probably the hardest part of doing schoolwork, or any work for that matter, is starting it.  You have to admit, mountains of paperwork to go through can be quite discouraging.

You need motivation, something to give you that 'jump start.' 

Instead of rambling over how much work there is to do, you should just do it, now. 

Utilizing the "need-want" strategy

A strategy I use to get a job done is the 'need-want' strategy. Creating a reson to do something to serve as a motivation. 

"I need to finish this report early, because I want to watch a movie later with my friends." 

"I need to do my homework tonight, because I  want  to have nothing to do for the rest of the weekend." 

"I need  to ace this test because I want  to get exempted from the subject's project." 

The reward system can definitely spur you to finish the job. Just be careful in getting to psyched for the reward, to the point that you're in such a rush to get things done, that you end up, sacrificing the quality of your work. 

Using the 'positive' strategy

Another motivational strategy is the positive strategy. You need to think of something, an idea, a person, anything, that makes the effort in doing work worth it. 

The next time you do a book report, think about your nice teacher how great he/she lectures and how interested you are about her subject. That can get you pumped up, Think of her commending on your excellent work. 

Or, when you're reviewing for a big exam, why not bet with a good friend, the person who gets a higher score gets treated to lunch. Just the thought of you winning and rubbing it in ought to inspire you. 

Peerwork: Just do it, together 

Doing homework with your friends is the oldest trick in the book and probably the most effective. 

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Having someone to do homework with definitely takes out the boredom. And who knows,  you might actually enjoy it! 

Peerwork also makes the team, efficient. Try cross-examining your work and you'll be surprised  to see how helpful you can be in cleaning up errors, in a report or an assignment. 

Peerwork also opens doors to discussions, in the end, you will end up learning even more than you bargained for. 

Also, if you think you might suck at math but you happen to have a friend who is good at it, why not invite him over to tutor you?  Who knows, you might be good at something that he is not. 

So you can just set up a study date, and go from there. 

Just do it, NOW 

there you have it, these are my study techniques to avoid procrastination. hope you learned a thing or two.