#quit procrastinating

[thanosthedadtitan]

Do it.

[ggsstudies]

hey! hey you

yeah you!

quit scrolling through tumblr. 

go do the thing you’re supposed to be doing whether that be finishing an assignment, making your bed, working out, or anything else.

quit procrastinating. let this be your motivation. trust me, you won’t regret it after you get that thing that’s looming over your head done. 

ok now go do it

xo- gg

[choupichoups]

Hey... hey kari.... I’m procrastinating on homework.... maybe you could uh... tell me a story... preferably one that rhymes with barlet getter... that’s right bitch.... you heard me

.... you don’t mean the story of.... garnet setter??

[lifegotweird]

Procrastination

Procrastination is a funny thing.

Nobody likes doing it, but if that was enough to stop people, it wouldn't be the most common problem on every college campus. So why do we still do it?

Well, it’s not because of weakness of character, first off. That myth still persists, but has no grounding in reality. Rather, we procrastinate because we learned to. Most of us learn the habit as children, finding out we can get away with putting an assignment off until the last minute and still getting a grade we’re happy with. So we do it again, because if we got away with just playing all day instead of working, we can do it again, and if it works we just keep doing it.

A few of us learn it later, as a coping mechanism. Procrastination gives us an excuse for why we failed at something, why we did bad. “Of course my work was bad, I only had an hour.” It’s a way of protecting our already wounded confidence, and whether or not we succeed, we keep it up because it keeps us safe – or so we think.

Procrastination itself feels terrible. The pressure is awful, it makes you nervous , jittery, and students everywhere end up crying all over their textbooks, causing water damage that would totally reduce the resale value if the bookstore would pay more than three dollars to begin with. But then…the rush. The completion. The job is done and all that anxiety and stress washes away because you’re free to do whatever you want however you want. You can play video games all night or go to the bar or just go to sleep, because who cares, you’re done!

That relief feels a lot better than the pressure feels bad, and that’s where the problem comes in. Procrastination puts us on a massive cycle of arousal and decline that takes us up, up, up, like a roller coaster, and suddenly we’re off and flying and when it’s all over we crash and laugh (or cry, if you hate roller coasters). It’s practically an adrenaline rush – and sometimes it really is, when you’ve been drinking coffee and furiously typing all night.

And if the result of all that last minute work is success…well, why stop now?

Of course, if you’re a procrastinator, you know the answer is that you hate the pressure but can’t seem to break the cycle. You try and try, but you end up doing everything at the last minute again, and then you get away with it again and forget just how bad it felt.

The good news is that it can be overcome, just not all at once. Procrastination is something we start slowly in our lives and it ends slowly, too. By slowly working back your timeframes and breaking things down into pieces, you can break the habit. You can learn that as good as that relief felt, not torturing yourself feels even better, and you have just as much free time as before.

Except this time you get to really enjoy it, thanks to not having those looming thoughts of your responsibilities in the back of your mind. It’s not an easy change, but it’s a great one.

(If you need some help making that change, send me a message pr visit http://www.lifegotweird.com – my rates are fair and my results are lasting. Mention this post for 25% off life coaching services until February 28th)

[elizabetapeters]

This is a vow to myself

Every year I make grand plans to get my life together and stop procrastinating. Well this is the year. I’m tired of getting sick/feeling agitated/not doing my best in my classes because I pick my alluring phone over my homework & revisions. This year, I vow to do my homework first, prioritize my passions, and reap all the rewards that come with good sleep, excellent grades, and a vibrant social live. I commit.

[not-ben-stiller]

Surprisingly I'm not sick of this yet.