I go to college and always procrastinate and do my work at the last minute. I am not motivated and watch tv?

Question

before doing my assignments. I do get quite good grades anyway but I often hand up work late and lose 5% etc. I don't want to sacrifice my social or at home time but i am sick of always having to worry about doing my work all in one go. Please tell me what to do

Too late, we just went out and bought a brand new HD LCD TV with HD digital recorder...

Answer 1

Do it as soon as you get home since you can complete it rather quickly then you wont have to worry about anything you do afterwards when enjoying your home and social time.

Answer 2

If you want to have a social life and do your assignments, (this was a problem that helped lead to me being dropped last year) you need to start earlier somehow. Here's an idea: talk to advisors or student support services about your assignments when you get them. Or take whatever your thoughts on an assignment are and write them down. My hope is that'll get you started on it early, get a mental investment in the timely completion of the assignment, and will lead you to doing it little bit by little bit. I started doing those things now and I have done much better in that regard, until recently.

If you're just not doing that, then you have to ask why you're at school there. You could just get a job nearby and hang out with those people you're chillin' with anyway if you don't care. That way, you can make money and not spend it, do more of what you want, and not have what sounds like guilt and shame about procrastinating.

Answer 3

Hmm yeah, even though I'm working on my PhD right now, I occasionally will have that problem too. A few things work to some extent:

-Go to the library and lock yourself in there. Ok, you're there anyways, you might as well do your work. Leave yourself enough time to get the assignments done in more than one sitting. If you do a little bit at a time, it can help. Then again, I hate having things hanging over my head. So like I said, it somewhat works.

Here's probably the best one (if you can get yourself to do it):
-Fool yourself into thinking that whatever you are doing is extremely interesting. It sounds crazy, I know, but this one really really helped me in college. Even when I was taking Calculus and Stats it worked. Yes, some nights, Organic Chemistry was more interesting to me than tv...which is no easy feat, let me tell you. It's a lot easier with classes you actually enjoy.

-Reward yourself if you do buckle down and get your stuff done. I don't mean go buy an LCD tv, but something small, so you look forward to finishing other things.



I'm a lot like you. I procrastinated, but got really good grades. But at some point--you can't do that anymore. And you never really feel good about procrastinating, but you do feel good when you buckle down and get things done in plenty of time. Try to focus on that. I'm interested to see what everyone else says about this too!


EDIT: hahaha...that's ...ironic. I was just looking at them today, that's why the TV thing came to mind so quickly! LOL Use that TV wisely! It'll have to be your motivation for a long, long time!

Answer 4

You could try making a time and sticking to it. What works for me is getting the assignment done as soon as I wake up. Otherwise if I wait till evening school is the last thing I want to do.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

maybe you need to go to a more challenging school. seems like you have it to easy and that's why you arent motivated. pick more challenging courses. better yet double major.