<p>I'm sure we all do it... some worse than others. It's 10:30 on a Sunday night, and although I have been working on homework for the majority of the day, I am still not done. However, I am on here, and have been finding other distractions to prevent myself from finishing my AP Bio notes and studying for a Psych quiz... </p>
<p>How much do you procrastinate, and how do you try and prevent yourself from doing it?</p>
<p>I have been on CC since I got home at 9. I usually procrastinate on here and facebook for a majority of my evening.</p>
<p>I would say my ratio of time (in hours) of actual work vs. procrastinating on the internet is somewhere around 1:4.</p>
<p>^And that was generous</p>
<p>I do all of my homework at the last minute and I think that it’s finally started to haunt me this year.</p>
<p>You can’t do that in AP Chem… But I just can’t change.</p>
<p>I take procrastination to a new level.
It’s not like I leave my six-page essay that’s due Monday until Sunday night, and then I sit down at 8:00 and start working on it.
I leave my essay until Sunday night, plan to start working on it around 8:00, but get on Facebook. Then all of a sudden it’s 10, and I begin to panic. I get all overwhelmed and majorly stressed. But do I just get started on it? Nope, I text my friend and complain about how screwed I am and how much I hate myself for procrastinating. Then around 11:30, when the internet shuts off and I have less distractions, I start working, while continuing to text and do other unproductive things. I either stay up all night and get it done or decide that I’ll hand it in late and repeat the process the next night.</p>
<p>It happens every time I have a major assignment or test. I can’t stand it, but I don’t know how to stop doing it.</p>
<p>It got better when I went to boarding school last year and had a lights out time, because I needed to get work done by 10:30 (when I followed the rules), but then I stopped following the rules, and this year I don’t have lights out, so I’m back to normal.</p>
<p>@reginaphalange: I do the same thing! I have good intentions… but never seem to get anywhere. Actually, I gave up Facebook for Lent (part of my religion when you give up something for 40 days). I think it has helped, because I am not tempted to get on facebook and procrastinate there for 1-2 hours. However, now I found this site… oh no! hahah</p>
<p>good thing i got into college already lol…
my grades are dropping exponentially hahaha</p>
<p>ha, I really like collegeboss’ reasoning/rationale. Very logical and nice.</p>
<p>I personally have implemented utilizing, Gmail’s "Task List’, because you always get a tiny sense of euphoria when you check off something and delete it. Very pleasant indeed.</p>
<p>^ It’s not so pleasant when you never check anything off :(.
My procrastination is just about as serious as everyone else’s (clearly I’m on the board right now, when I’m BARELY done with my homework!)</p>
<p>I’ll try to associate Calculus with pleasure right now =___=.</p>
<p>Or maybe I’ll just read about Parkinson’s Law</p>
<p>Ubuntu has this really cool sticky note thing on my desktop that I use to create lists of stuff I should do but don’t want to. Facebook covers the stickies.</p>
<p>I think that the main component that I need to emphasize is formulating an alternative perspective. Study Hacks has been beneficial for me. What’s unfortunate is that I don’t possess deadlines though.</p>
<p>Procrastination will be the death of me.</p>
<p>yeah… procrastination. i’ve been a bit better about it this semester and am actually getting more sleep, but tonight’s going to be a late night… its rough</p>
<p>I grabbed my textbook and a pencil and opened the book’s front cover.</p>
<p>I’m extremely proud of myself for getting this far. :)</p>
<p>All that and it’s 9:48. I’m exhausted. =P</p>