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Title: Procrastination
Post by: WhoTookMyUsername on March 19, 2011, 03:46:17 pm
Help.. me.. ! This year i've procrastinated so much.
Title: Re: Procrastination
Post by: iNerd on March 19, 2011, 03:52:08 pm
Same.

So glad I did all the work in the holidays...Term 1 is a breeze ;)
Title: Re: Procrastination
Post by: burbs on March 19, 2011, 03:53:28 pm
Don't delete facebook, don't delete DOTA, don't delete your account.
Instead, learn to use all of these less and only when you have time to spare, or when you need to (For VN and FB more than anything).

You are a yr 11 so learn to balance this stuff out now so next year you aren't cutting yourself off from everything.

As for not wanting to study, there are plenty of motivators. Fear, competition or legitimately wanting to do well are the first three that come to mind. Try and harness one of these as a source of motivation. Alternately, read up on BM 3/4 for some s1ck motivation theories (ha).
Title: Re: Procrastination
Post by: taiga on March 19, 2011, 03:55:54 pm
Quote from: burbs on March 19, 2011, 03:53:28 pm
Don't delete facebook, don't delete DOTA, don't delete your account.
Instead, learn to use all of these less and only when you have time to spare, or when you need to (For VN and FB more than anything).

You are a yr 11 so learn to balance this stuff out now so next year you aren't cutting yourself off from everything.

As for not wanting to study, there are plenty of motivators. Fear, competition or legitimately wanting to do well are the first three that come to mind. Try and harness one of these as a source of motivation. Alternately, read up on BM 3/4 for some s1ck motivation theories (ha).

This guy deactivated in year 11
Title: Re: Procrastination
Post by: iNerd on March 19, 2011, 03:56:36 pm
Quote from: taiga on March 19, 2011, 03:55:54 pm
Quote from: burbs on March 19, 2011, 03:53:28 pm
Don't delete facebook, don't delete DOTA, don't delete your account.
Instead, learn to use all of these less and only when you have time to spare, or when you need to (For VN and FB more than anything).

You are a yr 11 so learn to balance this stuff out now so next year you aren't cutting yourself off from everything.

As for not wanting to study, there are plenty of motivators. Fear, competition or legitimately wanting to do well are the first three that come to mind. Try and harness one of these as a source of motivation. Alternately, read up on BM 3/4 for some s1ck motivation theories (ha).

This guy deactivated in year 11
LMAO.

LMAO'd for 2 reasons:

1) Josh's joke about Burb's 50 @MHS assembly was brought back to mind
2) It's something Dev would say :P
Title: Re: Procrastination
Post by: burbs on March 19, 2011, 03:56:59 pm
Yeah deactivated for the month before exams because I didn't learn to cut down during the year. Doesn't make my point invalid though.
Title: Re: Procrastination
Post by: pi on March 19, 2011, 03:57:30 pm
Try what andrewloppol did for VCE:

Quote from: andrewloppol on January 18, 2011, 01:17:20 am
At the end of 2009, I put a small piece of paper on my wall:



Quote
"You will get 35+ RAW in all your subjects and score an ATAR of 95+.
You will gain entry to the Bachelor of Biomedicine.
You will do this through hard work, sacrifice and diligence."



I burst into 2010 with a stack of motivation... motivation to achieve the self written goals above... something to achieve and a dream to work towards...

And what burb's said is essential, time management and a healthy balance is important. Don't be like some yr12s and cut yourself from things you found enjoyable.

Although, I would avoid using 'competition' as motivation, sure you'll get work done in that time, but I've seen plenty of people have personality flips (for the worse) due to it to.

Also, work in a room without access to internet, then you can't procrastinate.
Title: Re: Procrastination
Post by: werdna on March 19, 2011, 03:58:30 pm
You've no idea how much procrastinating I've been doing..... ;D Really should get a grip on it.
Title: Re: Procrastination
Post by: Menang on March 19, 2011, 04:01:19 pm
Hahaha I've been procrastinating a lot too. Don't worry and don't deactivate. (Well, if you have to, get someone to change all your passwords for the month before exams).

If you use Google Chrome, this is amazing:
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/laankejkbhbdhmipfmgcngdelahlfoji

It's been working pretty well for me. :)
Title: Re: Procrastination
Post by: werdna on March 19, 2011, 04:02:55 pm
Quote from: Menang on March 19, 2011, 04:01:19 pm
Hahaha I've been procrastinating a lot too. Don't worry and don't deactivate. (Well, if you have to, get someone to change all your passwords for the month before exams).

If you use Google Chrome, this is amazing:
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/laankejkbhbdhmipfmgcngdelahlfoji

It's been working pretty well for me. :)

Haha nice one. What's your time limit for VN? :P
Title: Re: Procrastination
Post by: pi on March 19, 2011, 04:03:28 pm
Quote from: Menang on March 19, 2011, 04:01:19 pm
If you use Google Chrome, this is amazing:
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/laankejkbhbdhmipfmgcngdelahlfoji

It's been working pretty well for me. :)

Thats awesome! Installed, put a limit of 45 mins. (should reduce that though)
Title: Re: Procrastination
Post by: taiga on March 19, 2011, 04:07:00 pm
Quote from: burbs on March 19, 2011, 03:56:59 pm
Yeah deactivated for the month before exams because I didn't learn to cut down during the year. Doesn't make my point invalid though.

I do it for the likes
Title: Re: Procrastination
Post by: Menang on March 19, 2011, 04:10:49 pm
Quote from: werdna on March 19, 2011, 04:02:55 pm
Quote from: Menang on March 19, 2011, 04:01:19 pm
Hahaha I've been procrastinating a lot too. Don't worry and don't deactivate. (Well, if you have to, get someone to change all your passwords for the month before exams).

If you use Google Chrome, this is amazing:
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/laankejkbhbdhmipfmgcngdelahlfoji

It's been working pretty well for me. :)

Haha nice one. What's your time limit for VN? :P
Hahaha, I give myself an hour for everything (facebook, VN, youtube and everything else).
Used to give myself 30 minutes but then kept going back to change it with 3 minutes to go.
Title: Re: Procrastination
Post by: burbs on March 19, 2011, 04:15:11 pm
Quote from: taiga on March 19, 2011, 04:07:00 pm
Quote from: burbs on March 19, 2011, 03:56:59 pm
Yeah deactivated for the month before exams because I didn't learn to cut down during the year. Doesn't make my point invalid though.

I do it for the likes

Yeah I know.
Title: Re: Procrastination
Post by: Menang on March 19, 2011, 04:27:57 pm
Hahaha, i know, right!?? It's actually quite hard.
I used to use the challenge one as well.
I only ever finished it twice. :)
Title: Re: Procrastination
Post by: burbs on March 19, 2011, 04:30:36 pm
Some fun irony: this thread has only further fueled your procrastination.
Title: Re: Procrastination
Post by: werdna on March 19, 2011, 04:39:28 pm
My daily Google Chrome limit is at 50 minutes. Pretty good, except it's stupid how you can remove a blocked site during the day..

Anyone know whether the 'max time allowed' caps the amount of time you use the net for all blocked sites, or is the max time for each blocked site? If it's the latter, can someone tell me how to make a universal time limit for overall Chrome use?
Title: Re: Procrastination
Post by: Menang on March 19, 2011, 04:51:11 pm
Quote from: werdna on March 19, 2011, 04:39:28 pm
My daily Google Chrome limit is at 50 minutes. Pretty good, except it's stupid how you can remove a blocked site during the day..

Anyone know whether the 'max time allowed' caps the amount of time you use the net for all blocked sites, or is the max time for each blocked site? If it's the latter, can someone tell me how to make a universal time limit for overall Chrome use?
The max time allowed is for everything. So, 50 minutes for facebook, VN, youtube and whatever else, all up. :D
Title: Re: Procrastination
Post by: Romperait on March 19, 2011, 04:54:05 pm
Don't diss procrastination. It's a good friend of mine. >:(
Title: Re: Procrastination
Post by: Bonifacio on March 19, 2011, 05:11:50 pm
Quote from: werdna on March 19, 2011, 04:39:28 pm
My daily Google Chrome limit is at 50 minutes. Pretty good, except it's stupid how you can remove a blocked site during the day..

Anyone know whether the 'max time allowed' caps the amount of time you use the net for all blocked sites, or is the max time for each blocked site? If it's the latter, can someone tell me how to make a universal time limit for overall Chrome use?

LOL, that thing is so useless considering a siple ctrl+shift+n allows you to go incognito and evade it.
Title: Re: Procrastination
Post by: Menang on March 19, 2011, 05:23:03 pm
Quote from: Bonifacio on March 19, 2011, 05:11:50 pm
Quote from: werdna on March 19, 2011, 04:39:28 pm
My daily Google Chrome limit is at 50 minutes. Pretty good, except it's stupid how you can remove a blocked site during the day..

Anyone know whether the 'max time allowed' caps the amount of time you use the net for all blocked sites, or is the max time for each blocked site? If it's the latter, can someone tell me how to make a universal time limit for overall Chrome use?

LOL, that thing is so useless considering a siple ctrl+shift+n allows you to go incognito and evade it.
OMG don't tell me that! :(
Title: Re: Procrastination
Post by: ReganM on March 20, 2011, 10:10:49 pm
If people are looking for something like the Chrome thing for Firefox, I use Leechblock. :)
Title: Re: Procrastination
Post by: chrisjb on March 21, 2011, 05:55:55 pm
Quote
The procrastinator is often remarkably optimistic about his ability to...
                                     :tickedoff:

Took me 20 minutes. The first thing I did was turn the challenge off.
Title: Re: Procrastination
Post by: Bonifacio on March 23, 2011, 12:48:28 pm
Quote from: Bazza16 on March 19, 2011, 05:27:30 pm
ruin it for everyone :P

Surely you were bound to go incognito eventually and realise that there is no blue eye in the top right corner?