So, how have i changed my life since trying to cut procrastination, well i will share it with you.
I have recently been reading a book called “Sleep” by Nick Littlehales. Whilst i will go into the full book (when i finish it) in another blog, it has raised an important piece of information that i did not know before. My chronotype (whether i stay up late or are an early riser) is very important. I always thought i was lark when waking up in the morning, but i didn’t know what it meant. I am more likely to be focused in the morning than in the evening. So, if i was at school and had work to be done in the evening, it is actually better for me to do this in the morning than in the evening. Normally, when i get home, i work for about 3 hours with sometime little work done. Now i know why, i am less focused because my brain wants me to sleep and rest. I am actually blogging right now just after i have woken up as i feel energized and ready to start the day. Use the Munich University questionnaire otherwise to find out your chronotype.
I have also been implementing the 20 second rule into my life. This is where you take a moment 20 seconds between switching to procrastination to think about if this is really want to do, and it is surprisingly effective. Installing buffers on your computer can prove essential to stopping procrastination. Humans want immediacy, if they have to wait for something, they are more likely to continue with what they are doing now than wait the other product.
Finally, i have been using the Pomodoro technique, in which you set yourself a timer of 25 minutes for a time where you will only focus on your work and nothing else. When doing long assignments, this can prove to be quite challenging as you want to continue, and that is the point. Actually starting the work is the hardest part about working, once you get into it, 1 hour will fly by like its nothing, and you’ll be happy you did your work.
So if you haven’t or want to implement these into your life, try it for 30 days, you might suprised yourself with what you can do!
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