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Re: Tips Against Procrastination
« Reply #30 on: August 11, 2011, 07:21:09 pm »
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Quote from: acinod on August 08, 2011, 01:21:47 am
OK I am currently having a war against myself and procrastination. Here's what I've done:

  • Entrusted my Facebook account to someone. (I don't know the password now)
  • Uninstalled all my games, MSN, Skype, etc.
  • Removed all bookmarks from browser.
  • Changed Windows Theme to Windows 98 and wallpaper to plain black.
  • Made my computer on startup automatically open my PDF reader with all textbooks loaded.

Ironically, this very forum is also a major distraction, and its my homepage as well...sigh...ATARNotes is like a double-edged sword...it can be a horrible distraction but also a valuable resource...
Hopefully my productively will increase heaps from this :D



wow that's dedication. i might try that out.
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Re: Tips Against Procrastination
« Reply #31 on: August 11, 2011, 11:25:08 pm »
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https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/laankejkbhbdhmipfmgcngdelahlfoji

This Chrome extension is pretty good.

You set a list of blocked websites and then you can configure a daily time limit for each website (and also set what days/time period to block those websites).
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Re: Tips Against Procrastination
« Reply #32 on: August 11, 2011, 11:48:58 pm »
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I'm a FireFox fanboi :(
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Re: Tips Against Procrastination
« Reply #33 on: August 12, 2011, 12:29:08 am »
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    Suspend judgement about your motivation levels until  5-10 minutes after starting work :P
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Re: Tips Against Procrastination
« Reply #34 on: August 12, 2011, 10:34:38 pm »
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Just out of curiosity, does deactivating Facebook TOTALLY erase your account?

Are you able to 'reactivate' your account and ultimately come back to the same account (i.e. same statuses, same friends, same wall and posts, etc.)?
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Re: Tips Against Procrastination
« Reply #35 on: August 12, 2011, 10:37:10 pm »
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Quote from: Chromeo33 on August 12, 2011, 10:34:38 pm
Just out of curiosity, does deactivating Facebook TOTALLY erase your account?

Are you able to 'reactivate' your account and ultimately come back to the same account (i.e. same statuses, same friends, same wall and posts, etc.)?
Yeah everything stays the same when you reactivate it. It's just that your accout is like diasbled so others cant see it etc
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Re: Tips Against Procrastination
« Reply #36 on: August 13, 2011, 11:11:17 am »
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The Stay Focused extension is my love atm. 1 essay down this morning, another and a 40minute oral to go. without chrome, I would still be on Facebook at 7.00 tonight, with nothing completed haha.
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Re: Tips Against Procrastination
« Reply #37 on: August 13, 2011, 06:47:33 pm »
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ive finished 3 seasons of scrubs in 1.5 weeks
i need help

4 seasons - 2 weeks now :'(
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Re: Tips Against Procrastination
« Reply #38 on: August 13, 2011, 07:02:14 pm »
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Lol i almost destroyed myself for an accounting sac last year. Got Final fantasy XIII on saturday morning. Clocked up ~ 27 hours by sunday evening. Had my accounting sac monday morning  :-\
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Re: Tips Against Procrastination
« Reply #39 on: August 13, 2011, 07:04:50 pm »
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Quote from: tony3272 on August 13, 2011, 07:02:14 pm
Lol i almost destroyed myself for an accounting sac last year. Got Final fantasy XII on saturday morning. Clocked up ~ 27 hours by sunday evening. Had my accounting sac monday morning  :-\

You see, in the future you can avoid this by not playing bad games ;)

I managed to rack up a 15-20 day /played in a few months when WOTLK was released. Funtimes.
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Re: Tips Against Procrastination
« Reply #40 on: August 13, 2011, 07:38:09 pm »
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Re: Tips Against Procrastination
« Reply #41 on: August 13, 2011, 07:50:09 pm »
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Re: Tips Against Procrastination
« Reply #42 on: August 14, 2011, 10:53:36 pm »
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It's been a week since I've created this thread and started my war against procrastination.

This is what I have achieved:
  • Finished Spesh course (completed last 3 chapters)
  • Finished Chem course (completed sulfuric acid and AOS 2)
  • Finished Physics course (completed sound)
  • Read my texts for English (finished Spies and halfway through Richard III)
  • Finished Dr He homework for Methods and Spesh

I have also developed an addiction for ATARNotes. Not sure if this is good or bad. Seriously I've been checking unread posts hourly but so far its the only form of procrastination so it should be ok!

And then I checked my email a few minutes ago and I got a screenshot of Dota 2 gameplay: http://i.imgur.com/pDSSw.jpg
FML. 
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Re: Tips Against Procrastination
« Reply #43 on: August 14, 2011, 10:56:15 pm »
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Quote from: acinod on August 14, 2011, 10:53:36 pm
It's been a week since I've created this thread and started my war against procrastination.

This is what I have achieved:
  • Finished Spesh course (completed last 3 chapters)
  • Finished Chem course (completed sulfuric acid and AOS 2)
  • Finished Physics course (completed sound)
  • Read my texts for English (finished Spies and halfway through Richard III)
  • Finished Dr He homework for Methods and Spesh

I have also developed an addiction for ATARNotes. Not sure if this is good or bad. Seriously I've been checking unread posts hourly but so far its the only form of procrastination so it should be ok!

And then I checked my email a few minutes ago and I got a screenshot of Dota 2 gameplay: http://i.imgur.com/pDSSw.jpg
FML. 

Good work! And once you get down to checking unread posts every 10 minutes you knwo you have a problem, I know from expirence.
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Re: Tips Against Procrastination
« Reply #44 on: August 14, 2011, 10:57:56 pm »
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Quote from: b^3 on August 14, 2011, 10:56:15 pm
Good work! And once you get down to checking unread posts every 10 minutes you knwo you have a problem, I know from expirence.
At least it's educational...
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