Help any tips to stop procrastinating?

[S1_ckJoe]

Lately I've been putting off a lot of college work and I always say that I'll do it on the weekend, that I'll stay up late and that I'll get everything done, but this weekend I didn't do anything, I just played video games and I didn't feel well emotionally, I've also put off work and personal projects. I've been repeating this for a long time and it's becoming a habit, I want to stop doing it. So what advice do you give me to stop procrastinating?

 

[timf]

I can relate to the temptation to let things slide. Sometimes I have to treat myself like I would a child. I can invent a rule that says I can have a reward after I do a chore. It sounds silly, but sometimes I have to make up such "rules" in order to not let sometime slide that needs to be done.

 

[Mirrory Me]

Sometimes I have to treat myself like I would a child. I can invent a rule that says I can have a reward after I do a chore.

I do that with cannabis. There are also some other substances that can boost up motivations for working and studying.

Other than that you have to just talk yourself into it... Don't pick up the video game controller when you have better things to do.

 

[Tommen Baratheon]

Lately I've been putting off a lot of college work and I always say that I'll do it on the weekend, that I'll stay up late and that I'll get everything done, but this weekend I didn't do anything, I just played video games and I didn't feel well emotionally, I've also put off work and personal projects. I've been repeating this for a long time and it's becoming a habit, I want to stop doing it. So what advice do you give me to stop procrastinating?

I'm a uni dropout and I struggled with procrastination as well. During my second year I went to group therapy, the psychologist who led the group was actually well known for his procrastination therapy. That was in 1997. I'm sure college offers some therapy.

 

[suffocating]

Set specific times to do things as well. Set yourself alarms. Tell yourself you can't do anything else until you're finished. Go through with it. It's hard but I think you can do it. Honestly, getting started is the hardest part. Most of the time, tasks are more manageable than you would think.

 

[Chuuya-Chan ⋆. 𐙚˚]

I can relate to the temptation to let things slide. Sometimes I have to treat myself like I would a child. I can invent a rule that says I can have a reward after I do a chore. It sounds silly, but sometimes I have to make up such "rules" in order to not let sometime slide that needs to be done.

I have a work book that helps with exactly that it really is a good motivator! Maybe if it's REALLY hard for you to do much now give yourself two rewards to get you into it and than slim it down to one when you've gotten more motivated!

 

[Electra]

Do you know why you're procastinating? Perhaps you are striving for perfection?

 

[MentalFuneral]

You end procrastination by just doing what you're meant to do. There's no easy way out. You just need to have the resilience to power through, and when you gain self awareness that you're procrastinating, you seize that opportunity to try and get things done. Even when you get that itch to procrastinate and get distracted, you really need to learn to surpress it and 'lock in' as the kids say. Unfortunately gaining control of executive dysfunction is like exercising a muscle, the more you do it the easier it becomes. Hope I'm not coming off as a smartass, this is my genuine advice as someone whose been diagnosed with severe ADHD since childhood.