Best ways to achieve personal objectives, overcome procrastination, make yourself work non-stop?
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1. Find something you love doing and go for it!\n\n2. If you have to do something you are not so keen on, you have to develop motivation by thinking of the goal or payoff you get from it.\n\nFor example, if you have to clean out the garage and have been putting it off, just imagine how you would feel when the garage is clean, the junk thrown away. What a relief you would feel. If you can see the desired objective, imagine it vividly, and make it seem real and concrete, you will be more inspired to do the necessary work to reach your goals.\n\n3. Define your goals specifically, your time frame, and the steps you have to take to reach your goals. Making your objectives specific and measureable go a long way in keeping you on track.\n\n4. Take small steps and celebrate each milestone toward your goal. For example, you want to reduce your wieght, but haven't been able to keep on a diet. Make a plan to reduce a few pounds each week, measure your progress on a chart, and celebrate your success on meeting each weekly goal (but not by eating, of course!).
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Establish priorities.\n\nHave a daily schedule as specific as you need it.  YOu might even need 5 minute chunks to start.\n\nHave a big master schedule for when assignments are due, appointments, tests, etc.\n\nDe-clutter your environment.   Often we are distracted and taken off task by "stuff" around us.  Try to keep things tidy. \n\nSet realistic short term goals for yourself.  Write them down.\n\nStop doing unnecessary stuff.  Sometimes we try to do too much.  But don't put off the hard stuff that really must be done - no time like the present - get it done now.\n\nPlan your day.\n\nAsk for help when it is reasonable, but don't expect too much of others.\n\nAs much as possible do your study in day light hours.  Research suggests taht one hour of study in day light is equal to about an hour and a half of study after dark.\n\nTake short breaks.  Generally marathon work sessions don't work for most people.  But make sure you end your break on time.  \n\nThis one might sound silly, but get enough rest.\n\nDo the most difficult things when you are most alert, not when you are tired.\n\nDo the most important stuff first.\n\nSchedule some exercise and relaxation time everyday.  It will energize you.\n\nI hope this helps.  Good luck!
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do projects immediately, its more gratifying to go ahead and have them done than to procrastinate.  act like the project is due on a date well before it is actually due, and if you have to stay up late that night and finish, do so, but if the chance that you don;t finish occurs, you will not be out of luck.  I know it is hard to do, but the stress level from procrastination will no longer be with you and you will get more rest and relaxation as opposed to freaking out the night before, and not doing well.
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get organized\nmake a list of thing to do\nmark off each thing that you complete\nit will then give you a feeling of accomplishment\nworks for me everytime
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evaluate, prioritize, organize\n\nSit down and write down your schedule for each day. Figure out if there is anything that you can take out of your schedule, combine with something else to give you more time, etc. Also, decide if spending time with your friends or resting is more important than anything you are currently doing.\n\nCan you shift your schedule a bit? These evening commitments - can they become every-other-week commitments?\n\nLife can be overwhelming at times but if you really look at what is a priority and what isn't, maybe you can find a way to fit in some fun.
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buy yourself a large cannon and point it at your backside!!\n:-) seriously though I found the book 'overcoming procrastination' by Dr Wendy Dryden really helpful, but that'll only work if you read it.......\na good tip is just to tell yourself you'll do 10 mins and only 10 mins and then if you want to you can stop. generally I find that once I start I get involved and end up completing it . it's just getting started thats the trouble. also on a more serious note really bad procrastination can be part of a bigger problem like depression. please seek help if you think you might need it.
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have a plan and focus on \n\nshort term - 3 to 6 months\nmedium 6 - 12 months\nlong term - beyond a yea\n\nby achieving at least one of the 3 you will feel you have done something, people set themselves tasks that can not be completed, think about it being like eating an elephant, try a wee bit at a time
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Write down a plan or your intentions on a piece of paper with the time at which they should be started and completed. That sounds easy, but the most important thing is sticking to it. And also, make it a habit to do this.
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terrible, terrible procrastination method....\ni'll answer this question tomorrow
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Good quesiton. I have had somewhat the same problem in the past. What I started doing was making lists of what needed to be done & always made sure that I put free time on the list as well. You need to find a balance & make the most of the free time that you have available.\n\nHere's an example: I listed all of the cleaning chores I needed to accomplish in a month & then worked out how often each needed to be done. When I was finished, I realized that there were really only one or two things each day, so long as I kept to my schedule. I then mapped out time that I could use as free time (which, for me, means without family at home) & worked it into the shcedule. When I hit those times, I just make sure that I do exactly what I want to do & nothing more.\n\nThe funny thing is that making yourself adhere to a schedule of sorts for only a few weeks has some amazing effects...I'm now the type of person who will stop to make sure that there is nothing else that needs to be done before I take my "me" time. Tell you one thing though, if this house is spotless, dinner is cooked & the laundry is done, you'd best consider how dear your life is to you if you ask me to do something else once I've decided to take my hour or two of solitude!\n\nIn the end, you can train yourself to be more productive & to balance free time against what needs to be done. As for real ambition, you might need to consider what goals you have & work toward them slowly. The main trick is accomplishment; if you set goals for yourself, even small ones, & you accomplish them, you will start to make it a habit...accomplishment breeds more accomplishment &, in many ways, ambition & accomplishment are one in the same...\n\nHope this helps!
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The most important thing is to start.  It is very easy to keep putting it off and before you know it, it will be the day before the project is due and you won't have anything done.  \n\nPace yourself.  Do a little every day.  Don't let a day go by without working on it.  Set goals - decide how much you need to do each day in order to get it done on time.  \n\nFind sources of information - books, internet.  Take notes about important points.  List the materials you will need if it is a "hands on" type of project and gather them.\n\nSo go get started right now.  If you need to ask more specific questions on here, do so.  But start not!!!!!  :)
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It sounds like the best solution would be to get your priorities in order.  Make a list of what is important, and why, and then number these things that you have to do in order of importance.  Say number 1 is getting 8 hours of sleep.  What you need to do is make 2. accomplish homework and everything else that HAS TO BE DONE that you don't want to do.  Then 3 is reward yourself with the tv, computer or whatever, but if you fall asleep doing those things, it isn't as bad as if you fall asleep doing your homework and have to rush to school tired.  \nWhat you really need is to learn how to monitor yourself, it is called self discipline, and you will find mastering that comes with it's own rewards (like a more balanced life).  You also need to learn how to delay gratification.  That is a very healthy thing to learn.  Instead of being on the computer now because you want to be on the computer more than you want to do something else, try "forcing" or "making" yourself do homework for one class.  Or clean up your room.  Or do something else you do not want to do.  For everything you don't want to do, you earn points, and get to do things you do want to do.  Reward yourself for being disciplined by enjoying the things you call distractions.  But set limits for yourself their too. One hour on the computer means you have to do one hour of homework again to go back online.  Stuff like that.  \nI think that you are a kid that has been thrown in to a whirlwind of too much information, too many choices, too much fun stuff to do and not enough hours in the day to enjoy all of it.  If you get caught up in this at a young age (I might be wrong, but I'm guessing you are maybe high school age) then you are in for a world of misery when you get older, because it only gets worse.  What you need to learn how to do is prioritize and schedule the things in your life, according to importance.  And you need to make yourself abide by your own rules - it is called "self-discipline" for a reason - you have to do it yourself and you would resent anyone else putting any kinds of restraints on your time.  \nAnother suggestion, try keeping a time log for a week and write down when you start and when you finish everything that you do, including sleeping, eating, and homework and TV.  You might find out that you have some time slots that are open to do things you enjoy more than what you actually are doing during those time slots.  \nListen kiddo, life is short, and I would hate for a sharp person like you to get lost in hedonism (which is the biggest temptation our culture promotes), and not get enough rest to be the excellent student and future great American that you have the potential to be (assuming you are American.)\nLay off the caffeine at night too, and determine a bed time whether you like it or not, make sure you are in bed dreaming about tomorrow is okay -- tomorrow is another day.  Determine a wake up time too and start living by that schedule.  And then after a week, look at your time log and see how you can better arrange and prioritize your life.  \nI know it seems like you have forever to get this solved, but the fact that you are tired shows that it is wearing on you.  You might want to even try sacrificing one of your distrations, every other day don't do either the computer or the tv or the video games, or whatever, just with the goal of making yourself a better person.  \nThis world is FULL of distractions, so the problem isn't your fault, it is the world's - societies' -- but it isn't going to get better it is only going to get worse.  So for you to make it in this crazy world you are going to have to focus on what is important to you spiritually, emotionally, intellectually, physically, etc..  Only you can decide what is most important, and instead of entertaining your mind, I suggest you use the same distractions to challenge it.  \nRead about things in history or scie
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If you want to stop procrastinating take small steps to overcome it. Instead of maling a day long to do list just pick one thing to do by a certain time. A few days later add a second thing to do a certain time. Using the same approach, every few days add an additional thing. Before you know it you'll be getting a lot of things done on time and you'll feel better about yourself and your future. Good luck.
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Motivation and Consistency are key. Just keep telling yourself that's the only way to achieve your goal, and you will naturally be more motivated.
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prioritize your tasks. tackle the immediate hard ones first. you will have more satisfaction knowing the hard one had been done. less stress doing the easier tasks. you dont have to finish everything in one sitting though. can you delegate responsibilities? be happy.
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Make a list and prioritize it.  Focus on the things that you really need to get done as deadlines approach.\n\nBut don't forget to schedule a little "me time" too.
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exhibit some self control and will power