No Studying After 5pm: Using Parkinson’s Law to Kick Procrastination’s Ass
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No Studying After 5pm: Using Parkinson’s Law to Kick Procrastination’s Ass
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#2To summarize:
Get adequate sleep and exercise Maximize flow time
Re: No Studying After 5pm: Using Parkinson’s Law to Kick Procrastination’s Ass
#3Are you actually able to get all of your work done by 5pm on a consistent basis? I really like the idea you're promoting (and I may well try it myself), but that seems like a stretch for me. Between 2.5-3.5 hours of class a day, lunch, and the time it takes to go from class to another etc, that would really only leave me 2-3 hours for work every day...I honestly don't think that would be enough even if I could focus 100% for the whole time. Is your experience different?
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#4Are you actually able to get all of your work done by 5pm on a consistent basis? I really like the idea you're promoting (and I may well try it myself), but that seems like a stretch for me. Between 2.5-3.5 hours of class a day, lunch, and the time it takes to go from class to another etc, that would really only leave me 2-3 hours for work every day...I honestly don't think that would be enough even if I could focus…
Yeah, I actually have been. It seems like a stretch, but being really disciplined has made it possible. Sometimes if I start zoning out in class, I'll start doing some homework instead. Usually that leaves me with around 3-4 hours a day to get stuff done. Then there's the Sunday catch-up day. If I'm really behind on stuff, I'll take most of my Sunday to catch up before the week starts.
(Mostly) following this schedule has made me get everything done at least twice as fast, and given me more time to work on jobs and side-projects.
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#5YMMV. I'm also working part-time along with full-time school, and my average school day doesn't end till around 3. This ends up with me not home till 8 usually. I would never be able to hold to any kind of schedule like this, since my days vary so wildly, both in amount of school work and work work.
Personally, what keeps me from procrastinating is that at this point of my school career the work I have to do at home is mostly project based, so I actually find most of it somewhat interesting, unlike the busy-work laden gen-ed courses I was in the first two years (when I did have a big problem with procrastination).
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#6It's the same story every time someone posts one of these.
1. Be Motivated
2. (optional) Use (1.) to be healthy, and therefore increase your ability to be (1.).
Yep, that's been the story for as long as people have been thinking about success and communicating to others on how success works.
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#7I'm sorry but I can't see how this is applicable for my situation. What kind of studies are you talking about? University (First degree)? Second degree ? High School? I've just started my first year of computer science and mathematics. I study all day long and still don't find time for anything else. Also, try adding a girlfriend or a spouse to the equation. With all the positive sides of it, it adds a lot of distractions during the day that you can't control.
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#8Clocks vs alarms is a new insight. During hour-scale procrastination, I do check the clock often. An alarm near the deadline, instead of clock-checking, could force me to start the task immediately because of uncertainty. I'll try it right now.
EDIT: I just tried it. Unable to check a clock, I felt a real urgency to get things done. Very interesting idea.
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#9What classes are you in? The labs for my OS class seem to usually take on the order of 20 solid hours per week and my school requires at least 5 classes per semester.
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#10To summarize: Get adequate sleep and exercise Maximize flow time
This is a terrible summary. The post was about limiting the amount of time you allow yourself to work in order to maximize productivity during work time.