How do i prevent distraction and procrastination?

Question

Whenever i have to do homework or other important things, i'm always distracted by other things.. mostly my computer. I end up browsing sites, on myspace, checking sports scores for hours. This results in procrastination obviously, and I end up finishing all my homework at around 2 or 3 am and getting no sleep at all.

what should i do?

Answer 1

Do hw in a different room. An empty room with nothing interesting to look at. it works for me

Answer 2

Having problems with distraction, organization and procrastination are all VERY COMMON signs of attention-deficit disorder (ADD), especially when you have all three of those problems together.

And before people start criticizing me that I shouldn't slap a "label" so easily on someone, let me just say that I've struggled with the above three problems my whole life, and I tried so many different ways to deal with them, I won't EVEN bore you with everything I tried. But nothing really changed or helped much. Ultimately, I saw a psychologist who gave me a very in-depth self-evaluation survey to fill out and return to him. Based on its results, and ALSO based on his getting to know me as a person and hearing how I described my problems, he diagnosed me with ADD.

When this happened, it was like 34 years of weight had been lifted from my shoulders! It all made sense. :) And I could finally stop criticizing myself for being lame, absent-minded, messy, procrastinating, etc. Of course, being an ADD person doesn't mean it's okay for me to "give in" to my tendencies. It just allows me to know I'm not simply crazy or lazy (hey, that rhymes!) I have a disorder that I am actively treating with counseling, meditation and medication. And I'm improving, finally! :)

I guess the point of my ramblings is that you might greatly benefit from knowing whether you have ADD. And if you do, you'll benefit even more from pro-actively addressing it and the ways it's harming your productivity and self-esteem. You can find some ADD self-tests on the Internet for starters, but it'd be best to talk with a psychologist (or a psychiatrist, since psychologists cannot prescribe meds).

Answer 3

I am the same way, unfortunately its not something I am proud of. People like us use the stress as a motivator and rarely react until its to late or last minute.

My advice, use a calendar it sounds old fashioned and corny but use a calendar. Write things down and take notes. If you budget your time correctly, you can get more things done, increase your grade, and also have a lot more time for other things.

Answer 4

20 bucks says you typed this up while you should be doing homework or other importand things. I'm going to leave to you a very important quote, that i hope you bring you to enlightenment.

Procrastination is like masturbation: at first it sounds like a good idea but in the end your only screwing yourself.

Answer 5

If you are interested in things other than homework this is natural. When you will REALLY fell that homework is the first priority, nothing can distract you.

Answer 6

start by getting off yahoo! answers. but honestly, i do the exact same thing. try to do homework with as little internet contact as possible, and don't let yourself venture to other sites.

Answer 7

realize you ony hurt yourself and the sooner you get your work done and out of the way....you actually have more free time available than you do if you wait till the last minute to get the work done.

Answer 8

do you still have homework to do?

Answer 9

go to the library where there is nothing else to do

Answer 10

wat u need is motivation. just think how good youll feel going to all those sites without worrying about homework, because its already done!!!