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pansophist:
Procrastination is a problem of discipline. There is a trick I use to beat procrastination. What I do is I will set my alarm to a specific time and give myself a time period that I can tolerate, and complete that task I am postponing.

So for example, if I have to do my tax, I will give myself maybe 15 mins, a time that I could bear which doesn't seem long, and when the alarm ring, I try as much to finish it at that time. The catch here is that once you are doing the task, you are hooked already, and will go past the 15 mins even if you are not done.

if you can train yourself to just start, then you will finish it. But for studies specifically, it is mostly because young people are more interested in fun than responsibilities. And it is natural. It is not justifiable, but understandable.

Humans do not only grow in age, we also grow in the will, inner strength, responsibilities, and a strong awareness of consequences. Things my father punished and forced me to do while I was young, I do them now even better without anyone forcing me to, simply because my understanding of things has increased.

I am not sure how old you are, so let yourself grow. Even up till now, I still procrastinate, I am just smarter with it. I have a journal where I write all the deadlines of things I must do, and I complete the task with little time left.

I am not sure what you wanted to hear, but my explanation is to make you see that procrastination is not that much of a problem if you complete things before their deadline. You are human, not a machine, so be easy on yourself.

Thank you very much sir, this "fun" things isn't something i should be getting heavily involved in. I am 19 by the way.

pansophist:
I wrote this about a year ago on this thread https://www.nairaland.com/6716367/how-does-young-teenager-figure#105104589 But I think more young people have to see this. Please don't joke with your youth.

Hi sir,

After going through your thread I decided to create an account to get some advice from you. So uhm how do you beat procastination?

November 2021 I wanted to prepare for jamb(2022) I drafted out a study time table and went through the syllabus. I also had about 5 months of study time but alas when I decided to open my book I found out it was 7days remaining to the exam like WTF!!!!!!!
What happened to the 5months I thought I had Was I hallucinating or what Like what did I do for those five months wasted well I did have it but procastination killed me. Even when writing the exam I knew as hell that I would write jamb again in 2023.

This procastination is getting worst, I only used my academics as an example here but if I start to talk about how this procastination is affecting me in several aspect of my life making me run "Helter skelter" just to meet deadlines i doubt if you'd have the time to read all.

I have tried reading blogs and searching for a way to stop it but none is working at all . I am not even sure most of the bloggers have experienced procastination to give a solid solution and the worst part of this all is that there is some shitty persons or entity telling me in my head as I write this now that I am wasting my time!!!!!!

Pls help. Thankyou

pansophist:
I wrote this about a year ago on this thread https://www.nairaland.com/6716367/how-does-young-teenager-figure#105104589 But I think more young people have to see this. Please don't joke with your youth.

Hi sir,

After going through your thread I decided to create an account to get some advice from you. So uhm how do you beat procastination?

November 2021 I wanted to prepare for jamb(2022) I drafted out a study time table and went through the syllabus. I also had about 5 months of study time but alas when I decided to open my book I found out it was 7days remaining to the exam like WTF!!!!!!!
What happened to the 5months I thought I had Was I hallucinating or what Like what did I do for those five months wasted well I did have it but procastination killed me. Even when writing the exam I knew as hell that I would write jamb again in 2023.

This procastination is getting worst, I only used my academics as an example here but if I start to talk about how this procastination is affecting me in several aspect of my life making me run "Helter skelter" just to meet deadlines i doubt if you'd have the time to read all.

I have tried reading blogs and searching for a way to stop it but none is working at all . I am not even sure most of the bloggers have experienced procastination to give a solid solution and the worst part of this all is that there is some shitty persons or entity telling me in my head as I write this now that I am wasting my time!!!!!!

Pls help. Thankyou