High school student not just study and take classes. They also have to join school activities, socialize and do their homework. Apparently, they always have a lot of work in school and at home.
Are You Setting Yourself Up to Procrastinate?
“How can I stop procrastinating?”
This is by far the most frequent question that I get from graduate students and professors. As a dissertation and tenure coach, Ive come to realize that everyone in academia, whether writing a dissertation, completing an article, or doing research, struggles with procrastination. Why is this so prevalent in such a well-educated, intelligent population?
Fear of Publishing and What to Do About It
Youre almost done with the whole article. You should feel relieved. Instead you feel like youve written a bunch of junk.
Its funny, though. At other times youve felt that youve written something worthwhile.
Now, however, you feel the urge to read several more articles, add more footnotes, edit it some more, or check your email. Anything but wrap it up and send it in.
Is Time Your Enemy? Conquer Time with an Unschedule!
Time can be your friend or your enemy. For many people who have free time to accomplish long-term projects or writing tasks, it is a merciless tyrant. It is just too easy to allow the slightly harder task to slide, as you fill in your day with the humdrum and the emergencies.
Tackle Big Projects with Action-Item Lists
I know what I need to do; why do I need to write it down? You may have fallen into the trap of thinking this way. And hey, if it works for you, thats great!
I find, however, that many people with too much to do, or with large projects looming in front of them get into a state of complete overload because they havent prepared themselves by keeping very simple action-item lists.
Using Time
Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time; for that’s the stuff life is made of. – Benjamin Franklin
Time And Talent
Are you using your time and talent well? Have you targeted those skills you have and used them to your very best advantage?
Time Management Systems Help Us Soar!
On a recent airplane flight, I thought of all the systems that are in place to get us from one destination to another as efficiently as possible.
The 3 Biggest Time Wasters
Have you ever stopped and consider how much time you have during the day? How about during the week? How much of this time do you spend on activities and people that waste your valuable time? What are your time waster during the day? Sometimes we go through life surrounding ourselves with activities and people that take away our time. Once time is gone. It is gone forever. Only by realizing what and who takes away are time will we move forward to the next level.
Spice Up Your Time
What does your day look like? Do you rush around all day? You are busy all day and don’t remember what you did with your day? Are you exhausted by the end of the day? The days seem like they get busier and busier. You feel like you will never get caught up.
Rev Up Your Productive Time
Have you ever felt stressed out over getting your to do list done for the day? Have you felt pressed down and around to get projects turned in on time? You wish there was 27 hours in a day? How about if you could be cloned 20 times? Imagine a life with more time and more of you?
Procrastination Kills
Ever find some things you start without ever thinking about it. Other things just get set aside and end up at the bottom of your “to do list”. How about I will get around to do it? Quit procrastination and start taking steps to end this dreadful disease.