As an infamous procrastinator, time management is something I need quite a bit of help with. Time is the bane of my existence. Because of this, I chose to read the articles The Important Habit of Just Starting and How to Beat Procrastination.
In these articles, two of my biggest issues are talked about. Although I do good work, I always have a hard time starting. In The Important Habit of Just Starting, it speaks about the present you vs. the future you. This is an analogy I use often, but is usually in a joking way. It was interesting to see that in place in academic writing. A technique that I use and find very helpful from this article is the "I will do X work on X day for X amount of time."
In the second article, How to Beat Procrastination, there are a few other techniques that I use that are helpful. My favorite one is publicly announcing to someone what I am going to get done. It gives you an accountability partner. The other mean of motivation is thinking about how nice it will be to finish X work.
These are all methods I find effective to combat my chronic procrastination, and I will continue using this semester. Although the articles did not give me many new methods, they confirmed the ones I currently use.
In these articles, two of my biggest issues are talked about. Although I do good work, I always have a hard time starting. In The Important Habit of Just Starting, it speaks about the present you vs. the future you. This is an analogy I use often, but is usually in a joking way. It was interesting to see that in place in academic writing. A technique that I use and find very helpful from this article is the "I will do X work on X day for X amount of time."
In the second article, How to Beat Procrastination, there are a few other techniques that I use that are helpful. My favorite one is publicly announcing to someone what I am going to get done. It gives you an accountability partner. The other mean of motivation is thinking about how nice it will be to finish X work.
These are all methods I find effective to combat my chronic procrastination, and I will continue using this semester. Although the articles did not give me many new methods, they confirmed the ones I currently use.
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