Overcoming Procrastination

Do you ever find yourself procrastinating?


You mean to start work on an assignment, but you just keep
putting it off until it ends up being a mad rush the night before
it is due. The Overcoming Procrastination topic looks at the
reasons why students procrastinate and what techniques they can
try to overcome this common problem.


Setting work targets with rewards at the end of each completed
step is a well-known strategy, but an example of a less commonly
known technique is the ‘two-fer’ concept. For this technique you
have two tasks, one you don’t mind doing and one you have been
procrastinating about.


Decide on a set period of time that you will work for. During
this time, if you have any trouble working on one task or reach a
point where you have a bit of a mental blank, you should then
switch to the other task and alternate between them. Of course it
is better to focus solely on one task but if this isn’t working
by alternating between two tasks at least you are being
productive for the whole period of time and forcing yourself to
do some work on the less favoured task.