Procrastination has ruined my life in so many ways. I'll be up front about it - according to teachers and tests I am supposedly intelligent but my gpa last year, in 9th grade, was 1.7, unbelievably horrible and I don't know whether I'll ever get into a good college or anything.
But it's for one reason: procrastination leading to missing assignments. It's not as simple as avoiding it - I mentally can't convince myself to start, it's impossible for me. Either I won't start or I'll fear it will be horrible if its something like writing, so I don't do it until I have the right mindset, and the mindset never comes.
I'm in 10th grade now, I don't want it to eat away my life, how can I help.
And please don't say 'make a list' because I do that and I get wrapped up in all the details of it that I never start the assignment. And 'just do it instead of going on this site' doesn't work either. I can't, I don't know how to explain it.
If someone knows what I mean and can help, thank you.
2007-10-28 12:20:21 · 2 answers · asked by random 2 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
And is there any hope for me to go to a good college or have a job that I love with my dismal 9th grade gpa? I want to do IB next year because mentally I understand the assignments and want to learn, but I procrastinate so much, it feels like it's out of my control.
2007-10-28 12:21:58 · update #1
I can help you. The reason most people procrastinate is there perception of the task itself is inaccurate.
Meaning this, In your mind you either underestimate or overestimate the amount of time and energy a given task will take, therefore you either start it but never complete it for lack of time because you've underestimated it OR You don't start it at all because you've told yourself its too much to do.
So My advice to you would be learn from your past mistakes, if you know it takes 1 hour to study one chapter, then do not try to do it in 20 minutes and don't procrastinate it because you think its going to take all night.
Other reasons for procrastination:
the perfectionist syndrome where you create this perfect picture in you mind of how you would like something to be. When things don't go perfectly perfectionists tend to "give up" on the given task .
Also people with depression tend to put things off for some or all of the reasons i've stated above.
If you think you suffer from depression i would see a professional as soon as you can.
Here are some ways of getting started on a paper:
Brainstorm, just start writing phrases or whatever comes to mind.
Call a friend and ask for a starting line.
Read a paragraph on your chosen topic, close your book and tell someone close to you what you've just learned, then write down what you said to that person.
One other thing you should do with school work is take baby steps, do something small every night, even if you don't have homework and call on friends, Networking is great to, build a network of your peers, If you have alot of friends its good because if you don't know the answer its a good possibility that one of your friends will.
Good luck to you
2007-10-28 13:10:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I know exactly what you are going through and the answer is simple. You need to get interested in something. Get a goal that involves improving your grades and such. It will always be a battle but if you have set some standards that will allow you to reach this gola it will be much easier
2007-10-28 12:32:30 · answer #2 · answered by Rockfan 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋