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kiwiberry:

--- Quote from: Fahim486 on February 06, 2017, 08:57:34 pm ---I usually end up going on my phone or the internet and checking facebook, instagram, snapchat, etc. or even end up watching youtube videos during the times I'm meant to be studying and btw thanks for linking your articles I'll definitely be taking looking at them

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There's an app called forest which helps with phone/computer distractions as well! (it costs $3 on iphone but it's free for chrome). And I can also vouch for going to the library, I'm definitely way more productive when I'm not at home so going to the library after school has helped a lot :)

Shadowxo:
What I did was tried to get as much done at school as I could, working during study / free classes and sometimes lunchtimes, and as others said, going to the library can be helpful. At home, you're used to relaxing and at school, you're more used to working so I always found I didn't procrastinate as much if I was at school or a library :)

jamonwindeyer:
To add yet another tip; I think one of the reasons I was able to be (reasonably) productive in the HSC is because of my girlfriend. She studied a lot, so I studied when she did. Having someone who is along for the ride with you helps immensely. Perhaps getting a study buddy (romantic or otherwise) could be helpful! Maybe arrange study sessions at the library. Having that person there that you are accountable to (if you don't study, you let them down too) might help! ;D

Swagadaktal:

--- Quote from: Shadowxo on February 06, 2017, 09:34:30 pm ---What I did was tried to get as much done at school as I could, working during study / free classes and sometimes lunchtimes, and as others said, going to the library can be helpful. At home, you're used to relaxing and at school, you're more used to working so I always found I didn't procrastinate as much if I was at school or a library :)

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Can confirm: this worked for me.

I was too used to watching tv shows n relaxing for a couple hours after i came back from school, and by night time i couldnt be bothered studying so in term 3 coz exams were imminent i started staying back at school til 5 or 6 to do all my work, and that way i could relax later on without feeling guilty

QC:
Hi, right now/for the past 6 months I have had stringent bans on my social media use/youtube watching. I used to be a pathological watcher in yr 11 and lower with more than 5 hours a day everyday. I have since majorly cut down. Firstly, I don't use a phone (screen shattered :() and I have 2 website blockers, cold turkey (also blocks apps) and stay focusd (allows me 1 hour per day on ok sites like atarnotes and messenger) . Right now, I have my cold turkey set to 1 year (until the day HSC ends 2017) where I have blocked like every single major time wasting site like Facebook, Youtube, twitter, Quora, Reddit etc. I have also deactivated FB only having access to messenger.
Now, I feel like my procrastination in ingrained in the way I operate because even though I have essentially removed EVERY possible distraction, I still am not doing anywhere near what I need to be doing and on some free days like weekends do literally nothing (I have sport and sometimes tutoring but still) (I have a v detailed google calendar  schedule which I am falling far behind even when I try to be lenient). I feel like I need like a 20 minute youtube vid to get me started as my mind isn't active w/o it or I need to check this website to get my motivated to start working. This isn't really working and now I am not only not doing much, I'm not really having "fun". Now that said, my ideal world would literally be me just doing work then eat then work then sleep. I don't want to get distracted but I feel as though I just can't work. This probably makes no sense but I don't know what to do. I don't think I have gone to hardcore on the ban and it is only for 1 year and probably the most important year for me cos my course that I wanna get is overseas and is v hard to get into if I just procrastinate for ages (I know with perspective in 10 years it won't matter THAT much but what else am I aiming for right now). I can't really describe my procrastination, it is mainly from this site, using a proxy to bypass my youtube ban then using it to catchup on a lot of the stuff I missed (then proceeding to get mad at myself, blocking the proxy and finding a new one later), reading books (that's like the productive procrastination as Jake put it cos this is required reading for the interview for my course) and general not doing what I'm meant to be doing. Something that has really made me think this is the vast amounts of news that I have been watching which I never used to. Personally, I feel like watching the news is literally pointless like you could literally watch no news and possibly get like the very largest of headlines like the GFC coming from your friends or something and you would be fine. I personally think that even something as big as Trump getting presidency has very little impact on me and so it doesn't matter whether I'm paying attention or not. This additional watching has also lead to me proactively debating people on youtube and reddit which is a complete waste of time. I've tried to justify this stuff to myself by thinking that it will be useful for economics to watch the most recent economic events like Australia's trade surplus etc. and for debating to see both sides of current affair issues but I know this is just a facade and I could easily be caught up to date in 15 minutes on the weekend rather than 2 hours every day. So yeah. I have no idea how to break this and feel like I am just destined to procrastinate no matter how much I try to avoid it, pls help. Also sorry if it doesn't make much sense, gotta keep to my hour deadline ;). I also have a very slow startup time, like if necessary I can work for 5-6 hours with 10 minute hourly breaks like I did on some days in the holidays but after school I am terrible since it takes me at least 1-2 hours to get started and once I do if I have less than 2 hours till I have to sleep (e.g come home at 6-7 from sport) I feel like it is pointless.

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