Reward Yourself: A Way to Beat Procrastination
Watch this "7 Ways to Beat Procrastination" video
https://youtu(dot)be/txMBu8pary4
Education success Guide -Beating Procrastination
"Procrastination is the avoidance of doing a task which needs to be accomplished," according to the Counseling Services of the University of Buffalo. "This can lead to feelings of guilt, inadequacy, depression and self-doubt among students. Procrastination has a high potential for painful consequences. It interferes with the academic and personal success of students."
Why do students procrastinate?
Poor time management
Difficulty concentrating
Fear and anxiety
Fear of failure
Negative beliefs
Personal problems
Finding the task boring
Unrealistic expectation
Perfectionism
How to overcome procrastination
Recognize self-defeating problems
Identify your own goals, strengths, weaknesses, values and priorities
Compare your actions - are they consistent with your values?
Discipline yourself
Set priorities
Study in small blocks
Motivate yourself to study by dwelling on success, not on failure
Set realistic goals
Modify your study environment
Get started
Get it done
Assignment: After watching the "7 Ways to Beat Procrastination" video, choose one way to beat procrastination to write about in Quick Write 4.
Quick Write – Reflection Paper
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June 17, 2022
When it comes to academic tasks, procrastination is a student's best friend, and I cannot lie. I also delay and complete my academic activities when they are approaching their deadlines, resulting in low-quality work and, ultimately, poor grades in the future. According to the video, there are seven strategies to combat procrastination. Of the seven, I choose the final one, "reward yourself," as my strategy to combat procrastination.
We have a system called the reward system that boosts people's motivation. With this system, when a person is motivated to acquire a reward, he will have to work for it before he can have it, and with this, a person will be able to combat procrastination. When people ...