Homework and pressure I am writing this because I'm somehow angry with myself and I thought maybe I can learn something from this day by reflecting it. I have to do a presentation and a film review t

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Homework and pressure I am writing this because I'm somehow angry with myself and I thought maybe I can learn something from this day by reflecting it. I have to do a presentation and a film review till next monday and also some research about social media and politics with saturday as deadline. So I said to myself I will finish the research today and also start with the presentation and the review. Today was a holiday and I had really nothing else to do. Now the problem is: it is 11pm and I havent even started to work. I dont know how this happend but I somehow found everything very interesting but work. I am a person who needs high pressure to do work without motivation. This pressure was not here today and I hate it because I really wanted to finish this work today. I spend the whole day with reading, watching youtube videos, eating, searching for stuff which is I found interesting to know at this moment, visiting 9gag, facebook, getting distracted, sleeping, watching tv... To sum it up: I didnt really achieved anything today. I did this because my brain didnt want to work and always was like: 'Yeah, we will start soon.. just let me do one more thing. Trust me, It will be fun, afterwards we will start to work... We have still enough time to do the serious stuff later so.. come on. ' I was convinced, because it made perfectly sense to me. Dammit brain! What is wrong with you? I think the only way to help myself with this problem (so that something like today will not happen again) is to put myself under self constructed pressure, because the real pressure is too low and too far away. But this is also hard to do because of obvious reasons. Has someone another solution which could help me? Or some creative ways to put yourself under pressure?

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Hi Toby. Congratulations to a text well written. Your sentences are well constructed and complex with a rich vocabulary. It needed almost no corrections, only a few touch-up's. Regarding your dilemma: When I know that I need to accomplish many things or when I have a deadline, I always make myself a todo list with a start time. I don't know if that would work for you. I think the most important is that you are aware of it. So, next time your brain wants to play this game, tell it to forget it!

Homework and pressure

I am writing this because I'm somehow angry with myself and I thought maybe I can learn something from this day by reflecting on it.
I have to do a presentation and a film review till next monday and also some research about social media and politics with Saturday as deadline. So I said to myself I will finish the research today and also start with the presentation and the review. Today was a holiday and I had really nothing else to do. Now the problem is: it is 11pm and I havent even started to work. I don't know how this happend but I somehow found everything very interesting but work. I am a person that needs to be under pressure to do work when I'm not motivated.

This pressure was not here today and I hate it because I really wanted to finish this work today. I spent the whole day with reading, watching YouTube videos, eating, searching for stuff which is I found interesting to know at this moment, visiting 9gag, facebook, getting distracted, sleeping, watching TV... To sum it up: I didnt really achieve anything today. I did this because my brain didn't want to work and always was like: "Yeah, we will start soon.. just let me do one more thing. Trust me, it will be fun, afterwards we will start to work... We have still enough time to do the serious stuff later so.. come on." I was convinced, because it made perfectly sense to me. Dammit brain! What is wrong with you?

I think the only way to deal with this problem (so that something like today will not happen again) is to create extra pressure for myself, because the normal pressure is too weak and too distant. But this is also hard to do because of obvious reasons.

Does someone have another solution which could help me? Or some creative ways to put yourself under pressure?

I have had many days just like the one you described all the way from gradeschool up to now. I am 46 years old and I still fight this. It is human nature. I have a one word mantra "Discipline". I say this to myself when I am being distracted by fun things, when there are things I know I must be doing. I heard once that desire is powerful, but discipline is actually what it takes. I find that I have to set up a reward system for myself. I like to do all the things you mentioned in your note as well, so, when I have a deadline and a whole day in which to do it, I say to myself, I will work on this for 15 minutes (set a timer) and then I will play for 15 minutes (set a timer). Throughout the day, as I get more involved in the work and more organized in my mind, the work periods become longer, but still on timer, and the play sessions stay about the same. I also plan my meals, giving myself good nutrition and plenty of time to digest it. Don't fight your desire to play, incorporate it so that there is no guilt. At the end of the day, you will have accomplished much! Good Luck to you! We say here "All Work and No Joy Makes Jack a Dull Boy"

This kind of trouble always happens to me. You know, 9gag, youtube, tumblr.. all of these bloody fascinating stuff appear with just a click. In my opinion, pressure is not the best motivation to work. Why don't you try searching for some articles about what you're going to do on internet. Read short ones, the ones from amateurs or student who are just like you. That may inspire you to work. Or you could make a check list, find a study mate to do the research with you or discuss about some aspects of the works. I think you need inspiration to work. That's all I have. Good luck ;)

That is called procrastination. Sometimes i don't feel like doing something first which is priority, i was persuading myself that i would start soon, but the it turned out not, i am well aware that i hate procrastinating work, i told myself that i would never ever put off the work, nevertheless, the damn issue has not been solved. To address the problem of procrastination, self-disipline plays a vital role, we have to keep us self controlled, i think the idea of making a list suggested by 四月 is not bad, we separate the prorities in the list, the most important things have to be done first. Hope we can abandon that bad habit !

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