<p>Hi, I'm Garrett and I'm a junior in high school. With the applications of next year looming over me, I have become very lazy in the past couple months. I procrastinate and put off homework and end up staying up too late to finish it or not finishing it at all. Last quarter I stressed out until the last possible minute (I ended up getting all A's), but this quarter I'm afraid I wont be able to last again.
For example, I had all of Thanksgiving break, 4 days including the weekend, so finish a DBQ (essay-type thing) for AP World, but it is 5:18 PM on Sunday and I haven't started. I always seem to think I can do it later and I just go off and watch tv or something. Right now I'm posting this question rather than doing my essay... Has anyone broken their laziness? Any tips? I know its going to be hard but I've tried a lot of methods recently and nothing has stuck.</p>
<p>Sometimes there’s nothing to do but just buckle down and do your work. What helps me during breaks/weekends is to make a to-do list each day and force myself to finish it. It also helps to make yourself do all the important things at the beginning of each day and come up with times for everything, e.g. finish draft by noon, finish problem set by 3, etc., and make the times so that it’s difficult to follow which would force you to not put it off.</p>
<p>ghealy, What you may also be experiencing is the dole drums of autumn going into winter. If you stay indoors a lot during the day or live north of Georgia, you may be experiencing seasonal affective symptoms, which is basically a lack of Vitamin D getting into your system. It can look like ADD, depression, laziness, or lack of oomph, but it is not unusual for us here in Vermont. You can conquer the symptoms by getting outdoors in the sun for at least 10 minutes a day with your skin exposed, special sun-type lamps, or actually taking Vitamin D as a supplement. You are likely putting yourself under high stress, so also make sure you are eating and sleeping as healthy as possible to allow your body a chance to build up a healthy reserve for when you pull a late nighter. Don’t give up … you are not lazy!</p>
<p>i really hope its that simple. Thanks everyone</p>
<p>You need to discipline yourself.
Set goals.
Challenge yourself.
Stop drinking so much soda, eating junk food.
Start getting exercise everyday-going to the gym to lift weights or running.
Cut out TV.
You can watch shows online after your work is done.
Do not allow yourself to get lazy, complacent, and apathetic.
Are you done taking SATs/ACT?
Start researching colleges to give you something constructive to do instead of vegging out in front of the TV or computer.</p>
<p>It can be very helpful to create a vision of what you’d like for yourself. If college is a big part of it, try to think more about what that would be like and where you’d like to go. Once you have a compelling vision, then makes some realistic goals that will move you towards your vision. Finally, you’ll need to make daily action steps. Try to connect the action steps with your vision. Think about a time when you were getting your work done in an efficient effective way. What strategies were you using? What made you use them? What supports did you have? What did you tell yourself? If it worked then, it can work now.</p>
<p>Thats not the problem batllo
I play hockey every day and dont really eat junk food. I watch shows on the computer rather than on the tv.
the problem is i just dont like doing hw. im sitting there and i cant bring myself to start it…</p>
<p>milkweed, i like your idea, but then i just spend time on CC or on that schools website like i have before. but the second part is good, im going to go back and think about what motivated me last year</p>
<p>Glad to hear you aren’t a couch potato, OP.
You need to set yourself a work schedule and stick to it, no exceptions.
Part of the problem is you don’t see the value in getting your work done early.
By finishing your work in a timely manner you can get a good night’s rest and your mood will be better in the morning and the rest of the day/week.
Try to avoid the vicious cycle of sleep deprivation.
Now go study, really.
BYE. Log Off.</p>
<p>Wow… Your laziness is exactly like mine lol.
I had A’s first quarter and now i’m falling behind… I had all of Thanksgiving break to work, but I spent most of it doing…idk. When I think about motivating myself with college and stuff I just go on CC or the college’s website. I workout everyday, get sleep, blah blah blah, but at the end… I CAN NEVER SIT DOWN AND DO MY HOMEWORK .____. ■■■.</p>