Sometimes, procrastination can get in the way of the things we do, such as when we have an assessment to work on. Some part of us decides it’s a good idea to watch Minecraft videos on Youtube or attempt to learn morse code instead of working on that assessment. And as the days go by, and you start to panic about it, on the last night before you have to turn it in you stay up late and submit it at 11:59 PM. Some of us unlucky people might even accidentally fall asleep and procrastinate finishing and submitting it, so late you know you’re probably doomed.
Perhaps not all of you reading are affected to this point, but I’m quite sure there’s at least a small thing you’re procrastinating on, something small like replacing the broken whiteout pen that’s still in your desk drawer from a few days ago. So small that it’s pretty much in the background, and it doesn’t matter too much.
But that’s still procrastinating, and maybe even if some of the ways to battle procrastination that I’ll mention don’t make a huge difference, they might still raise your level of efficiency just a little.
How do we fight procrastination?
1. Music.
Music can have an effect on how you perform. Listening to something calm might not always help, especially when it makes you feel too relaxed, so something that motivates you and reminds you of getting things done might be good. You almost need to pressure yourself to get things done if you really procrastinate too much. But if it’s just something small, maybe you don’t need to go too far and a nice, motivating piece of music could help you.
2. Panic & Stress.
Panic is usually regarded as a bad thing, but a little bit of stress can be helpful! If you don’t feel anxious about graded assignments , that may cause you to procrastinate more and care less about the quality of your work. That brings us a little back to the idea that music could help you, since fast-paced music may result in an adrenaline rush and cause you to feel a little more like getting things done. But before you go terrorizing yourself with the prospect of failing something or not getting something done, remember that everything should be in moderation, so don’t panic too
much!
3. Getting enough rest.
When we don’t sleep enough, we tend to feel tired and sleepy throughout the day, and even if we don’t, we feel more like playing and messing around rather than doing actual work. This can further fuel the furnace that is procrastination, burning through more plans to do schoolwork and other more hard, difficult tasks.
How can we procrastinate while being on task?
Go on Youtube. Youtube and procrastination go hand in hand. Watch some of your favourite YouTubers’ videos, take up Hermitcraft, and distract yourself with people making grape flavoured soda out of plastic gloves.
Watch Netflix all day.
Make your task unnecessarily boring. There’s no way you won’t fall asleep then.
Take up any super important task.
Promise yourself you’ll do your homework later, and don’t do it.
Fall asleep
Read comics
Watch anime (unless you don’t like anime, then watch something else)
Do anything that’s not doing your homework.
Discover a new fandom on youtube or something.
Find a video that sparks your curiosity and pulls you down a rabbit hole.
Do research about meaningless things, go search up what the international phonetic alphabet is.
And last of all, message your friends about random, unrelated things.
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