Agatakotlowska's List: procrastination

• If you lack the skills to complete certain tasks, it is only natural to avoid doing them
• The key to solving skill problems, is to identify what the problems are.
• All students from time to time lack interest in a course,
• If your natural interests are not stimulated by the course content, one solution to procrastinating may be to "just do it
• Most procrastinators believe that something is wrong with them if they do not feel motivated to begin a task.
• To believe that you must feel motivated in order to begin a task has the order of events in reverse
• Another strategy involves taking an attitude check. Ask yourself: "Does my attitude prevent me from being motivated?"
• ear of failure is another reason people procrastinate. It goes something like this: If I really try hard and fail, that is worse than if I don't try and end up failing
• The payoff for procrastinating is protecting ourselves from the possibility of perceived "real" failure.
• Consider that the problem is actually the unrealistic standards that have been set, not your failure to meet them.
• Fear of success" can be the other side of "fear of failure." Here you procrastinate because you are fearful of the consequences
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  • This site I found on the second day of research. I chose to add it to my diigo list because I loved how they had almost every part of information I needed, like why we procrastinate, how to make it stop and how someone feels being a procrastinator. 

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• Yes, make yourself an old fashioned to-do list with check boxes and everything.
• Finishing the largest item on your list of things to do will make you feel extra productive and give you the boost to do other things you’ve been pushing to the side.

  • Never thought of that
• Simply force yourself to use the next 120 seconds to be productive

  • It can be like a little challenge 
• Take ten minutes and remove all distractions - your phone, magazines, or thoughts of your attractive love

  • Out of site out of mind
• If you can’t seem to focus and are working half-heartedly at your tasks, give yourself a brief break.

  • Can be a nice reward for working hard
• Set a time that you must complete your project by, and either reward yourself at the end of that time, or set up a punishment for yourself if you aren’t successful in your endeavor.

  • That good work for many people
• Have them encourage you to stay on task and help you when you need it.
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  • I chose wikihow because when I was trying to find info for my info graph this site had the most basic put forth information. They explained things easily and I was able to capture their tips quickly and turn them into my own words
• As you work, focus on all the free time, relaxation, money, whatever it may be that you get when you finish

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• suggests that overwhelming pressure to succeed could be part of the reason a procrastinator puts things off.

  • Why would pressure make students put things off?
• I do nothing not because I'm lazy, but because I’m scared,"

  • I have heard a few of my friend say this, they said they knew they were going to do bad on a assigned project so they chose not to do it
• the first steps to overcoming procrastination is understanding what it's rooted in:

  • "What it's rooted in"
• As with most problems, awareness and self-knowledge are the keys to figuring out how to stop procrastinating

  • So in most cases everyone has their own solution but there are keys to help you
• such as breaking your work into little steps

  • Seems like this is suggested most often 
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  • I chose this article because I have always been a fan of the huffing post because I feel like they try to relate to their readers and make their information as understanding as possible. 

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• “We live in a society that is totally bombarded with distractions all the time,” wrote

  • This is true their are always funner things to do all around you, video games, phone, computer etc. 
• A lot of us overestimate our own abilities
• we overestimate that how motivated we will be in the future to complete the work at hand

  • This is very true, I always tell my self I will do it lets say Monday then monday comes and different things come up 
• ow can a person prepare for an exam when he has 30 pending requests of Candy Crush Saga on his Facebook page?

  • Is this just the generation of procrastinators?
• The more time you invest in procrastinating, the easier it is to find more distractions and continue on procrastinating

  • So the faster you do it the easier and  better
• the mere anticipation of frustration prevents the procrastinator from even starting

  • Its something that needs to be started right away by creating a plan
• Psychologist Bruce Neben says the feeling of relief at accomplishing the task can outweigh the anxiety that led to the procrastination in the first place.

  • Rewarding your self after is also a good idea
• “Make it a policy to ALWAYS do the hardest task FIRST.

  • Then the easier ones wont seem as bad
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  • I chose this site because it connected to an everyday procrasinator and that was my goal for my infopgraph. I was trying to grab their attention and make them feel like they game to the right place

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• In a nutshell, you procrastinate when you put off things that you should be focusing on right now, usually in favor of doing something that is more enjoyable or that you’re more comfortable doing.

  • So do people know they are procrastinating? 

  • Why is it so hard to get the things we need to do done?
• Reading e-mails several times without starting work on them or deciding what you’re going to do with them.
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  • People are not prioritizing their tasks
• ob unpleasant, and try to avoid it

  • But if you need to do it and know its super important why put it off? 
• Even if you’re organized, you can feel overwhelmed by the task.

  • So how do you ensure that you will do it even if you are organized and timely 
• Make up your own rewards
• Ask someone else to check up on you.
• Work out the cost of your time
• Keep a To-Do list

  • All these strategies are easy and can really work 

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