<p>procrastinating is bad.. very bad.
Mine was soo bad last year (not much this year) that I skipped school regularly to stay home to finish my assignments and handed them in at 3:30pm..
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But yes, if you dupe yourself in believing that a due date is actually earlier than the actual due date, then it works WONDERS.
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It does do the wonders!! I just wanted to highlight it.. it's a really good tip if you have the persuasive power.</p>
<p>The only bad thing about that is that you'll be up doing it and then you're like "Wait, this isn't even due yet. Screw it."</p>
<p>But accidentally writing an earlier due date and forgetting about the actual one really does help. ;D</p>
<p>True, that would work wonders, but what happens when you get on AIM while you're finishing your project (because that's what people who cram work do - get on AIM and talk about how they're cramming work), and your friends tell you the real due date?</p>
<p>Anyway, I must get to work now.</p>
<p>I definitely agree with the doing studying in chunks...but everyone is different, so how often you take breaks should be up to you...I couldn't study/do hw in blocks less than 30 min. because it takes me that long to get "in the zone." </p>
<p>Also, take note of what distracts you, specifically, and try to remedy that. If you get antsy to move, take a long walk/excercise before trying to sit down and study. If you get distracted in your room by all the cooler things in there that you'd rather do, try studying at the kitchen table or somewhere else without so many temptations. Personally, small noises bother me when studying, so I put on music, but it has to be insturmental because lyrics just distract me more, so I bought a cheapie classical music CD and I play that.</p>
<p>Yeah, that strategy of duping oneself for an earlier due date only works for some people. I actually never write due dates down but I still manage to remember a lot of due dates, making my strategy less applicable than it could have been.</p>
<p>I once threw a temper tantrum when I realized that I didn't finish an assignment and then I got an extra day to work on it (random thought, don't try this at home unless your teachers know you have something like Asperger's Syndrome and are particularly sympathetic to it, like some of mine were). Unfortunately, I spent the night foruming and playing computer games.</p>
<p>For those really addicted to computer games, try making an analogy between computer gaming and studying. Think of extra textbooks as expansion packs, or finishing chapters in textbooks as leveling up. Ah, there's nothing like the thrill of leveling up in a RPG! Now if I can transfer this thrill to "leveling up" while reading a textbook...</p>
<p>Hmm, time to get back to leveling up.</p>
<p>lol nerd!...</p>
<p>i love video games</p>