Ways to Fight Procrastination

[¿Que?]

Post them. I really need!

[The Count]

Ban yourself from the computer.

[¿Que?]

Ban yourself from the computer.
Can't do it. Work I need to do is on computer. Thanks though.

[Widerstand]

I wonder too. It's not even the PC...if there's no PC I just randomly lie in bed or wander around town or eat or listen to music or...you name it.

:'(

What to do?

[Sosa]

I also need help with this. I find it hard to focus

[William Howe]

Exercise often helps.

[S.Artesian]

No easy way. Just discipline. Catch yourself drifting, make yourself go back and read what you were supposed to read. Make yourself write what you were supposed to write.

Sucks. I remember when it used to be easy for me.......

[¿Que?]

Oh, well, there's always Google.

http://knitandpurlgrrl.blogs.com/five_things/2009/12/5-ways-to-fight-procrastination.html

#5 is a problem for me, although I've heard this before. I get very frustrated with doing work/studying when I only have 30min before I have to be somewhere or whatever. I feel as if I'm always looking at the clock because if I totally focus on the work, I will lose track of time and miss my appointment.

But making a list really works. I do that already. I don't always get everything done on my list. I find though, that this doesn't help with procrastination, so much as organization.

Estimating time is a good idea. It's always better to overestimate the amount of time it will take to get shit done. This way I get a sense that I'm not so much procrastinating, rather I am just using my free time now instead of later. Careful, though, last minute work tends to look like last minute work.

Bribe myself? Well, that's the issue, isn't it. If I could keep myself from doing A, unless I can finish B, then I would. Instead, I just do A, regardless of B.

The either/or thing sounds like a good idea, and it's the first time I've heard of this, although I often find myself doing stuff that I said I was going to do later, just to avoid doing other stuff I said I was going to do earlier. Slight problem, somethings are higher priority, and you may end up doing low priority work to avoid the high priority stuff.

[F9]

I dont know, i tend to do this too some times, though i never failed a deadline(one i wanted to, cause i missed lots i didnt care :p). Its harder with things i dont really enjoy.For example with subjects i find myself be interested to, i can start doing them really early with no delays, but shit seem boring etc i always seem to push them until last minute, were i am forced to concentrate 100% to finish it.
So my "advice" would be, try make anything interesting for you, give yourself some motivation.Who knows, the simplest things might work. ;)