Hello friends! Yes, I know it's been over a month, and I'm sorry, but I've been so busy lately. Procrastination is a huge problem I deal with, because if we're being honest here, I've simply lost all motivation to do homework, so I put it off until later at night before I eventually do it. It's a horrid cycle that I really need to break. But I think I'm on the way to breaking the cycle because today I started my homework earlier (around 1 pm ish) and was done by 4 pm (I took a few small breaks while doing it), and it felt so nice being able to have fun for a few hours. Instead of spending my night in my room in the fading light doing homework, I played Lego Batman with my little brother and hung out. It was so nice being able to relax. I'm even blogging, granted it's nearly 10 pm and I still have to shower and journal, I'm blogging none the less.
While I still procrastinate a ton, I thought I would share some tips to help you (and myself) procrastinate less and not get too overwhelmed.
1. Get a planner or notebook and write down everything you have to do. You will not remember everything you have to do unless you write it down.
2. When you get home from school/work, allow yourself half an hour or so to wind down, get a snack, do something you enjoy, whatever.
3. After your thirty or so minutes are up, start pulling out your homework and get ready to start.
4. Before starting homework, put on some soft background music (I like solo piano music/classical/anything without words), grab a snack to have nearby, and fill up a cup of water and set it nearby. Try stretching a little before starting as it might help a little.
5. This step is so important, that I'm giving it it's own bullet. Before you start homework, make sure you silence your cell phone. I can't tell you how much this helps. Not hearing your phone keep going off helps you to finish homework faster because you're not constantly checking it.
6. Now time for the hard part. Open up your planner and get to work. I tend to work by my schedule (I'll do first period's work first, second period's second, and so forth and so on), so that If it ever gets too late, I can work on any work I don't finish at lunch (although I usually tend to force myself to finish it all anyways).
7. Take a small break after you finish each class' work. I tend to allow myself to check Twitter for a few minutes before I start on my next class.
8. Before you know it, you have all of your homework done and a bit more of your evening to enjoy. Try to keep this cycle up as much as you can.
Hopefully this has helped a little. I have so many blog ideas floating around my brain, and I hope to update more often, but I'm not making any promises because life is pretty busy for the next little while.
~Maddison
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