How To Stop Scrolling Through Tumblr For 3 hours When You Have Work aka Time Management
Without motivation, you will get nothing done!
-consider your pros and cons, remember education is a privilege, think about the things you want to achieve in your life/what you’re working for.
-“Fake it ‘till you make it” is scientifically proven. Meaning if you are in the positive mindset, positive things will happen! Print out some quotes or pictures that inspire you and speak to you. Put it on your desk, on your wall, wherever you can see it.
-Nice environment/background noise helps you feel motivated surround yourself with people who are positive/don’t bring you down about not hanging out to do something like study. Here’s my playlist tag!
-know how to say no. If you don’t, learn. Learn what habits you have and what speaks to you and will get you off your butt and working. Use those. Set reminders on your phone to make sure to get off it. Know what makes you say no.
-If you need a lil help to feel motivated you can check out my motivation tag
Depending on what kind of learner you are, they are different things you can try.
-For example 30/30 could help for visually learners as the whole design is very appealing to the eye. 8tracks is great for auditory learners who want to listen to things while studying. And voice recorders are also really great for auditory learners. You can check out riseandstudy’s masterpost about this! You can use it during lectures/classes and you can record yourself saying your notes out loud and listen before bed. It’s scientifically proven that you have a better memory of something if you think of it before you fall asleep.
-Remind and the calendar app that comes on IOS is really helpful. If you are constantly on your phone and you set a reminder to study or exercise or whatever else and it pops up on your screen you feel guilty if you don’t actually do it. And it helps you keep track of the time and things that are coming up. Have a calendar in your desk to remind yourself of the things that are coming up. Or keep track of the calendar app on your phone.
-my study apps tag+reccommendations for blocking;
strict workflow stops you from going on your computer during a pomodoro
forest is an app you have to pay for but it essentially stops you from going on your phone by blocking it
Lots of these. There are so many different kinds. You can use whatever benefits you and suits your needs. You can use printables, bullet journals, calendar journals. Here is a more in depth explanation of each:
this is the most popular method of keeping in track of yourself and your schedule. It’s where you have a notebook and you setup to do lists in a way you want (it’s commonly done in weekly form) and you check it off at the end of the day. That’s the general idea and you don’t have to use this method if you don’t want to. Just because a lot of studyblrs use bullet journals, it’s not an obligation. Do what works for you. If it’s a bullet journal then great! If it’s not then that’s okay too!
Pros:
you can use whatever layout fits you.
you can change the layout if you want.
you can access other lists and trackers to help schedule in your notebook.
Cons:
it’s hard to schedule ahead of time.
CALENDAR JOURNALS 📒 (i don’t think this is actually the name but i don’t know the name whoops)
this is also a common method. It’s essentially the same as a bullet journal except everything is already set up for you. There are different kinds you can get so you might wanna research these a bit. Hobonichi for one, is very well received with consumers. You can find these in my supplies tag.
Pros:
you have the layout in front of you.
Cons:
not free.
you can’t get out of a certain layout.
PRINTABLES 🗒
It’s easy to use and access especially in this community. Countless studyblrs make great free printables for your use. Printables are schedulers of sorts you can print out designed by studyblrs to help manage your time. There is also an option of putting printables in your bullet journal if you prefer.
Pros:
you can put it anywhere.
cool designs.
free.
Cons:
you need a printer.
lots of loose sheets.
-And it also helps to have a schedule of your studying so you can keep track. Keep a calendar solely for your studying, it really helps prevent a burnout. And it’s easier to arrange breaks for yourself. I’ll explain each in detail.
-But remember not to over plan! Great masterpost on over planning by universtudy.
-And set realistic goals. It’s going to help. You won’t feel as bad about not getting a lot down and it will help you avoid a burnout.
wake up early! it makes you so much more productive!
-Clinomania! Clinomania is the obsessive need to stay in bed. You are not alone there a billions of people who have a hard time getting up in the morning. There is even a word for it.
-Waking up early and being productive makes you feel good and get so much more done! You can try this method by Steve Pavlina where you set several alarms before you go to bed and go to bed normally then an alarm will wake you up and you do your normal morning routine except at night this repeats for about 5-10 times at random intervals. And when you finally go to bed you’ll be exhausted enough to actually go to sleep the next morning when your alarm wakes you up your body will be so used to the routine you’ll just get up and do it. It’s extensive but it works!
-Also on IOS and Android, the label on your alarm can be changed. So normally when your alarm sets off you see it as “Alarm” on your lockscreen but you can change that to say something else. Whatever that will wake you up or at least motivate you to get out of bed. You can also change your wallpaper to something that will motivate you to get up. If you tend to stay up because of technology, use the blocking apps I mentioned before.
-my tag for relaxing and health
the important/urgent things should be done first.
-use your planners to write everything you need to get done and when you need to get it done. you can try the one minute touch!!!
-if you have a lot to get done than you can try the one minute touch where you set a timer and do one minute of each thing. The idea is that you get concentrated and keep doing the thing for longer than the original minute but I think it’s also great to finish a lot of things at once. Instead of one minute you can use the pomodoro timer where it goes off every 25 minutes. You can also use both where you do the things for a minute each and until your 25 minute timer goes off and you can take a break. Whatever works for you.
It’s important to keep a consistent schedule
If you work on it more everyday you’ll develop a habit and it’ll be better. It doesn’t matter how small it is as long as you do it everyday. A person who does 4 push-ups a day will have better biceps than a person who does 10 once in a while. Leave daily to do lists in your eyes view in order to stay motivated. It helps to write it in order of what needs to get done more quickly or is more important in terms of circumstances. You can take a picture of it and use it as your lock screen wallpaper on your device.
-You can do this by turning on some music/sound, changing to comfortable clothes, cleaning your desk a bit, and getting some snacks and obviously everything you need for whatever you need to get done.
-Then it would be great if you have a planner or to do list or both in your hand that you can look at but if you don’t you can write a quick to do list. Make sure to write it in order of priority.
-Make a starter for yourself. It can be anything a starter is something you say or do that kind of triggers you to start doing things. Like say your to do list out loud and then do it. Grab a bite of that strawberry and then get started. Etc. And you can finally get started.
-It will definitely help to use some kind of timing method like a one minute touch I mentioned before or the pomodoro technique. Also if you find yourself procrastinating a lot, try productive procrastination. Productive procrastination is when you don’t feel like doing whatever you’re working on and instead procrastinate by doing something else in your to do.
-Pressure yourself into doing work, time lapse it! I don’t know if it’s just me but when I time lapse myself I feel like I actually have to work. And it will help you not go on your phone because you have to use it to record. And time lapses are extremely rewarding. When you finish and watch it over, you’ll feel really good.
-If you feel like you are getting distracted, it’s a good idea to take a little (5-10 min) break before getting started again. During that break, look up some motivational quotes or pictures.
-Don’t stay up late it’s not good for you. If you are feeling sleepy and you haven’t gotten through something, outline it to do it in the morning and then go to sleep. Wake up and do it. You’ll thank yourself for that outline.
-When you are done your session of productivity, reward yourself. Watch a little bit of tv or eat that snack you’ve been saving up. Or go on tumblr for a meaningless hour. Even if it isn’t productive, you won’t feel guilty about doing it because you’ve already been so productive today! Make sure if it’s late, you don’t reward yourself with anything too time consuming because sleep is important!
-here’s my time management tag
-also apologies for my weird capitalization I kinda did this in different stages and I was too lazy to fix it so.
