Why Do Students Procrastinate?

Mrs. Stevens blog

Overcoming Procrastination

"Difficulty Concentrating. When you sit at your desk you find yourself daydreaming, staring into space, looking at pictures of your boyfriend/girlfriend, etc., instead of doing the task. Your environment is distracting and noisy. You keep running back and forth for equipment such as pencils, erasers, dictionary, etc. Your desk is cluttered and unorganized and sometimes you sit/lay on your bed to study or do your assignments. You probably notice that all of the examples that you have just read promote time wasting and frustration."

This is my biggest task. I don't concentrate very well at all. I tend to space out when teachers talk to much even if it is something important that I need to be listening to. If my environment is too noisy or distracting I tend to move into my room or a closed area. I think this will be better but then I just tend to think and think some more. Never do I really do the task at hand, I mean I try but it seems it never gets completed. I have learned that working in small groups helps me with this problem. With a little group I have someone to count on if I space out or I am not concentrating and the work seems to get doen a whole lot faster too.

Study in small blocks instead of long time periods. For example, you will accomplish more if you study/work in 60 minute blocks and take frequent 10 minute breaks in between, than if you study/work for 2-3 hours straight, with no breaks. Reward yourself after you complete a task.

I am actually trying this this weekend and it's working! I have this blog to finish, theatre things to research, a poem to write for the talent show, and english homework. I have finshed all but this blog and my poem.
I started all of the work today, but instead of working on it from 3pm-8pm, I started at 12pm and worked for an hour ate lunch, then just sectioned everything off and I am almost completely finished.
It's exciting to not procrastinate as much anymore because it puts your mind at ease!