Cure procrastination

[Jayel]

HOW????

for the love of all that is good and law-abiding, please tell me!!!

I can't study!!!

[OftenK]

I could make an obvious "I'll tell you tomorrow" joke, but that would not only be lame but also a lie, since I do not know.

Have you tried hypnosis?

[MrHoatzin]

HOW????

for the love of all that is good and law-abiding, please tell me!!!

I can't study!!!

You just need someone to castigate you or express earnest lack of appreciation for an item of your work you were particularly proud of.

I call it the anti-pep-rally and it works. Sometimes it helps for you to persuade yourself that you're a failure and that you haven't met your own standards, let alone raised over other people's.

In fact you're falling behind. Your girlfriend thinks you're pathetic. The kids in the neighborhood talk about you behind your back. Now that you look back, you haven't finished a single worthwhile piece in years, and those really good pieces from a few years back don't seem as good as they did last time you looked. You're slipping... but were you ever on the top to begin with?

[Jayel]

I'm an utter and complete failure for this particular course. In fact, I'm getting the score of (no kidding) 0%. So I'd say I don't even need an anti-pep-rally - considering that I already know that I'm a failure.

I don't understand anything. I have "WTF" written on the bottom of every page of my course notes. arrrgh stupid mathematics. Had I spent 20 minutes every day studying for this course, I wouldn't be in this mess.

There was a Cure to Procrastination Seminar in my school, but I was too lazy and didn't bother to go.

And the midterm exam is in less than 10 hours.

And I need sleep.

damnit all to hell.

[shbazjinkens]

You don't need to sleep.. have you tried Red Bull, or that Sobe energy drink that comes in a large can? Extremely bad to do it constantly, but for a night it does the trick. That stuff is like crack.

The problem I had with it was that once I drank two cans of the Sobe stuff and my heart started pounding when I woke up from a catnap.. a certain ingredient (Taurine) thins your blood and if you drink too much it can cause your heart to go into overdrive.

If this helps any, I procrastinated just like you're talking about and now I'm on academic suspension and have to go to a junior college for a semester, and I lost a LOT of money in scholarships that I earned for my previously good grades.. :rolf

[Salka]

Apparatus:

1. A lot of very soft cushions

2. A really big mug of coffee

3. A corner

Method:

Pile cushions in the (preferably warm) corner. Sit on cushions to study. Enjoy steaming mug of coffee and immerse yourself in the world of meaningless words and numbers.

Conclusion:

The only way to study, including Coffee and Soft Cushions.

[Erwin_Br]

1. A lot of very soft cushions

2. A really big mug of coffee

3. A corner

The only way to study, including Coffee and Soft Cushions.

Soft cushions? I'd be asleep before I could take a sip of my mug 'o coffee.

--Erwin

[Salka]

What is it that you people have against SOFT?!?!

Sip the damn coffee first,then!!!

[Ryam BaCo]

take all the ugly notes you hate with you and make an adventurous ride to mr. toilet. there you're usually locked, you can't escape and nothing distracts you. i need to learn theoretical stuff there, because when i decide to learn in my room i spend a lot of my time in analyzing the ultima 9 worldmap on my desk, painting my computer or staring at the walls right into this grim fandango ad which has been hanging there for years and asking myself why i'm torturing myself.

[Jayel]

Thank you for all your help guys.

I turned off my computer and studied very hard for full 2hours and did pretty well on the exam. I love happy endings. especially when it's me who ends up happy.