#30mins of procrastination

[cybercanadian]

getting a chip in my windshield replaced!! I’ve only been putting it off for 8 months!!

[givemethedamnflowers]

Reason for not going to a party : too cosy at home

[wearily-confused]

Finally got around to making ✨fuske✨ :D

[queerponcho]

procrastinating is me sitting here with mascara stained eye-sockets angrily writing all the essays i shoulda written months ago. The deadline is in 2 Days and i‘ve got about 6-10 essays to finish.

[queercatboyrights]

girl help im scrolling through tumblr instead of writing my college papers due in less than 12 hours

[homo-house]

All of my shiytiest days are always my fault

[plumsaucemadein2005]

Removing Tumblr from my phone so I actually get my assignments done, I'm procrastinating so bad, I'll see you guys in like 30mins when I get bored.

[why-the-heck-not]

how do you study/code everyday? Genuinely asking, like how do you maintain focus and not get distracted or stop when it gets hard? Ignore the following question if you live your major and school and all that: how do you not get sad? And if you do what do you do when that happens?

With love and admiration, a fellow computer science student who is struggling so much

Heyy and thank you for the ask!

Honestly, I get very distracted a whole lot. Like 50% of my days are procrastination bc I don’t want to do things. And I don’t study every day, but most days just bc I’m bad at taking full days off bc of The Guilt lol. Waking up early has helped me a ton, bc even if I procrastinate the morning bc don’t want to start doing things, it’ll still be early. The annoying thing to say, but it rly does feel like u have more hours in a day that way.

For stopping when it gets hard: I have this one playlist that’s like 30mins long, and everytime I wanna give up, I put that on, and it’s like a ”okay just gotta work until this playlist stops”-thing. And sometimes I do just stop after bc I’m getting nowhere, but sometimes that ”permission” to stop doing things actually makes me want to get them done. And sometimes u luck out and figure out the thing in that 30mins. (Sure a timer would work as well but I time my time with music a lot of times idk)

And yeah I get sad, bc like who doesn’t. Idk, I feel like the key is to try move on the second u can. You had ur bad days and can’t do anything abt that now, so wallowing & feeling guilty about that is not gonna do anything. It’s a marathon, not a sprint, and a week or so won’t ruin things. Trying to not get stuck in it, the cycle of ”I’ve fucked this up ohno” and getting more depressed from that and then continuing to not being able to do anything is very real. At that point, u gotta remind urself that any little bit helps (if that’s either towards the school things or like washing piled up dishes; anything to move anything along helps to get urself out).

Also big thing that has helped me; no social media when it gets bad !! All that ”respect the grind” ”that girl” ”grind mindset” etc. makes it feel way more shitty. But also the mental health awarness side sometimes makes it too easy to be ”yeah so im sad, im not going to even try to do anything” (it’s fine obv when u just can’t, but when u notice 2 years have gone by bc ”i’m just having a bad day today” everyday, it’s no longer selfcare). So idk, what helps for me is to have the bad days just by myself in the bubble and at some point getting up and doing a thing. Which sometimes/usually snowballs into a couple things. And never underestimate the power of taking a good long shower. Everything seems more doable after a shower idk why. Also I think I say this in about every ask but WALKS !! Are so good !!!!! For everything !!

[koecode]

4 of 100 Days of Code

Homework done in less than 30min, I'm proud of myself. It felt yesterday like I was hitting my head on the walls cuz I didn't know how to make it work. Actually I was reading both exercises in the wrong way and making it harder than it actually was, so my tip for the future is DON'T STRESS JUST READ IT AGAIN SLOWLY.

Also my perspective of how to handle some problems has being challenged again and again, in need to come to terms with trying different types of solutions. I need to look forward into getting out of the vicious cycle of using the same ways every time.

Also big procrastinating time in the morning but I figured out that the more I remain calm and easy I get to do things faster than if I was rushing to get them done quickly.

I entered the discord server for codeblr, and everyone is so nice and welcoming. Thanks guys <3

It's the end of the day and I watched 18 videos today, I'm so exhausted and my headache is killing me. I saw how to do the basics of class, methods and how to assign them.

That's it for today, I hope everyone had a good day and I'll definitely just fall asleep instantly after this. Good night!

[o2studies]

༻`` 07 Jan 24 — Sunday

100 days of productivity 7/100

Goals are eating breadsticks on your study break. I'm 30mins away from my goal of studying chemistry 🧪 for 2hrs (yes I'm doing this late but yes I also cried last night because of the fact that I could not fall asleep for hours and that meant that I would miss out on an early 1hr study session and so I procrastinated half my day away today) (I really needed to rant about this since last night and someone might need to read this to see that motivation and plans are not all prefect and they change and its hard) *phewww* 😮‍💨

anywayyy I'm really happy with my artist pages — 100% finished this time — and I'll finish my physics hw tomorrow. I'll do a light exercise tonight, tidy slightly and hopefully fall asleep quickly 💤

🎧 - dead poets society

[thinkpink212]

Tips on how to stop being addicted to phone/social media/internet and actually being productive?

💌 Find your why: Why do you want to be less on your phone? And what are you trying to be productive with. That why

💌 Start with a detox and gradually re-enter: Delete all social media app’s, and make your phone the most boring thing for you. I suggest 15-30 days. I’d say to allow yourself a few app access such as Music, YouTube (but limit to 2-3 videos a day) and pick one Tv show to finish, one episode a day. Once you come back, gradually allow one app at the time with 30min-1 hour use daily.

💌 Do the hardest parts first: If you’re writing something, creating something or whatever your productivity is towards — do that first thing. I personally will get ready for work and do my whole routine and just spend 1-2 hours writing in the morning. Gives me a boost for the rest of the day and then it’s done (and you can always pick back up later that day)

💌 Motivation is key, surround yourself with it: Straight forward, once you’d detox is over or with the limited times on your phone - listen/watch (podcast), read and overall consume the content of people who are being productive. Have friends join or find a community trying to do the same. It’ll help you stay motivated.

💌 When you feel the urge, have something else to reach for; When you know you should be productive, but don’t want to — have 3-4 options for what to do to procrastinate healthily. My top 4 are Cleaning, read, take a walk or video game(s) usually it’s Sims or Animal Crossing/Mario Cart. Usually can only play for 2-3 hours max.

💌 Set aside an actual realistic time for yourself to be productive: This could be 4 hours a day, divided in two for two specific tasks. Or more/less depending on what you wish to focus on. You’re human and our phones are fun, so unless something needs to be done there’s no need imo to banish it. As long as you’ve done what needs to be done, you can scroll ahead (with or without limitations)

Suggestion on what to search for more inspiration: Discipline, Breaking habits, productivity, motivation, actively living life & any people who you look up to’s routines. I love watching people’s writing routines during downtime for inspiration and motivation.

[love-in-my-twenties]

Hi! I came back from the dead (the circle of procrastinators), getting out of a slump I fell into after presenting my social psychology project.

The presentation went... okay, we did a good job with preparations, but we did everything last minute - even more than usually. We were brainstorming a bit before but really got to work two days before it. And it wasn't a small project.

We were talking about morality in the new Hunger Games movie, putting an act of accusing and defending different mentors based on the (im)morality of their actions. I love the idea and it would be great but, as I said, we weren't exactly prepared to public speaking - and we had only one guy who's good (fantastic) at improv speeches - and... our professor's organisation skills are lacking. We had to shorten the presentation to 22 minutes when we were planning to make it 30 to 35. We had to skip a massive part of it and I'm so mad. But we'll get good grades so I'll get over it ehh

જ⁀➴ thursday

📝 1h 10min - biological psychology notes

📝 30min - notes for my project for psychology of emotions

🎓 3h biological psychology lecture

I met with my friends after classes and after that I... got into a slump again... But I hope I'll be better tomorrow:) Sending love!

[sarcasticbabywhispererjess]

Did I see a flyer for $80 flash tats yesterday while walking the pup? Yes.

Did I look up the site and find that they also do piercings? Yep.

Did I find out that they’re doing 1/2 price septum piercings for all of August? Mmhmm.

Have I been wanting a septum piercing for a while? You betcha.

Did I procrastinate booking until this morning? Of course.

Did I realize after booking/paying that I booked for tomorrow? Absolutely.

Am I working tomorrow 30mins after my set appointment time? Yup.

Was I able to text the artist/piercer and she was able to fit me in today? Yes! 👍

And also for a flash tat? Yeah!

Am I so excited that I’m practically vibrating?

[emotionalvulcan]

yayyy vent time and by vent time I mean complaining-about-ib-econ-and-my-unfortunate- and-horribly-catastrophic-choice-in-picking-that-class time

so was it the worst choice I've ever made in my life?...

most likely

number 1 factor in my annoying period of extra depression² ?...

mhm yes

do I have an exam tomorrow that I am not at all equipped to do?...

absolutely

is there blood rushing in my ears with no signs of stopping?...

seems like it

are my nails and surrounding skin destroyed?...

of course, you best believe it

am I also procrastinating writing this stupid paper II mock exam that is like ¼ complete?...

unfortunately yes (pls end me, what a horrible fate awaits me)

should I have listened when the smartest person I know told me to switch out of this class?...

yes I really fucking should have they were right like always fuck

this isn't even accounting for the other horrifying stress that are in store for me

yes most of the suffering ends friday but that also means that I have until friday to not get fucked.... now lets see what awaits me

ah yes just your usual 1,000 words part ⅔ of my extended essay of which my diploma depnds on and then oh wow would you look at that... another like 1,000 word econ essay which... no way... my diploma also depends on... not to mention my usual list of homework

and now for an even sooner due date of lovely good old wednesday of which i have to finish 10 whole pages of a review packet for apush

opps and what's this... I have to go work at the library for some stupid 100 community hours that... wait... what's that?... my diploma also depends on? who would've guessed... this is literally so stupid what

I hate the public school sy- nono I hate the school system in general

especially ib

like I'm so sorry I have a life and am too stupid in math and don't understand a bunch of graphs

I do not care for your stupid knowledge

what I want to learn I will do so on my own and enjoy my time exponentially more than I ever would by sitting in your horrid prisons of paper and concrete

its funny too because I remember complaining to my mother about ib and telling her that I wanted to and that I could switch academies

then she offered

and wanting to be all strong and brave and whatever other bullshit I was feeling at the time

I chose to stay in it thinking i could do this alone

well would ya look at that losers

guess who's the one losing out in the end

the one time I didn't follow through with my cowardly coping mechanisms of running away from my problems

and what do I get for it?

tears in my face?

ridiculous

well actually the 2 times (not running from ib and not running from ib econ)

only need 3 more for it to be part of one of those fics "the 5 times blank did this and the one time blank did it back"

funny how it'll be over so soon but it sure doesn't feel like it

funny how it all feels so right and yet so wrong at all the same times and sometimes they just take turns

how I can be happy for such few days on the weekends when I get some breaks and then the weeks feel like nonstop punches to the gut

beyond elated for thanksgiving break since they give us a whole week off this year

only thing is...

that's next week

so it's almost like I have to get shot in the face before i can properly rest for a short while

watch me write more in this short time span than I ever will for my stupid paper II or aa2

also wtf I just spent like the last 30mins writing this I'm going to fail my exam tomorrow because I still have to finish the mock exam and then study

[merlotmadchen]

28th of February

05.48am

I just finished my morning journaling while enjoying my pre-workout meal and some coffee! I haven’t been too great at doing my morning journaling for a while, but after finishing it today it does make me feel a lot better. It helps me stay grounded and present, focused on today and what today has in store. Here is a small extract from my morning journaling, and my to-do list!

To Do List

Prepare for upcoming lectures

Read a book for at least 30min

Go for an extra long walk today

Drink 1 gallon of water

Walk on the treadmill and stretch after my workout

What are my intentions for today? 🍒 To stay present in the moment and not dwell on the past 🍒 To not stress or worry about the things I cannot control 🍒 To stay focused and disciplined — remember why you’re here

What am I grateful for today? 🍒 I am grateful for the art of discipline and consistency. You won’t be able to be motivated or as motivated as other days all the time. Motivation is a great thing, however not always consistent. So for this days where you’re mind is coming up with excuses to lay in bed for longer, not do what you had planned, or procrastinating something you need to do. Discipline! Consistency! Remember why you are here, and what you are working for!

Goals & Manifesting 🍒 Through absolute belief and expectancy, all good things come into my life 🍒 I am in the right place at the right time, doing the right thing 🍒 I will achieve great things through small steps

[no-soliloquy]

please please please i’m not burning out im not burning out. i cant do this anymore i don’t know how anything fucking works idk what the fuck i wanna do in college i don’t know how to write my college essay these past 3-4weeks have been so stressful and just fucking bad i averaged like 3:30mins a night i had so much last minute homework i was supposed to be doing i got my wisdom teeth removed then i got sick,, i don’t have my common app set up i don’t have things set up i just don’t. i have no motivation for anything anymore literally the only thing that has been making me happy recently is looking at fucking art bro. my parents are both busy and depressed and can’t help me im so lost. i should have already gotten a job sophomore year but it’s senior year now and with the pace of my classes and how i am mentally rn idk how i can handle a job + all this put together. i hate it why did i have to be forced into 1+1/2 years of isolation why did my pandemic quarantine experience have to be 8x more isolating and overworking then average due to the bullshit my parents wanted me to go through during that time period. i never got to go thru certain developmental and key milestones during my early teens to prepare me and now i feel so depressed. i don’t know how to feel happy besides temporary bursts and i don’t know plan accordingly for most things and not procrastinate im so so scared. i just want things to be alright.