What are your biggest problems with self-studying?

College Life
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<p>You attend classes regularly. What’s more, you even pay attention to lectures and are able to comprehend everything fully. Voila! You think you are one heck of a student!</p>

<p>You return home/hostel. You know you’ve got to study and revise all that was taught at college. You know you have to. You are determined. </p>

<p>And just when you are about to begin…</p>

<p>There’s a “phew” on the messenger and woah your best friend is online! You know you have to study but …it can wait!</p>

<p>Um, so chat begins. </p>

<p>Fun time. You keep telling yourself. “Eh, I’ll do it. I know I will.”</p>

<p>12 midnight. “Aww, hell. I forgot all about it!”</p>

<p>“Okay,no probs, I’ll do it now. Now means now.”</p>

<p>You grab your book. “Okay, here we go.” Flip through pages and “Ugh, too much man.” “Okay, I start…” And morpheus ultimately takes over.</p>

<p>“I’ll do it first thing tomorrow morning. I know I’ll do it. So what if I slacked off today. I know I’ll…”</p>

<p>Well,now, how many of us do it everyday?</p>

<p>Point: Most of us are equal in terms of intelligence. We are all (most of us) bright students, do well in class. Then why do some come out on top with a 4 GPA and others, who were equally good, are left behind with a mere 2.</p>

<p>Self-study, and how well you manage it, makes all the difference. Doesn’t it?</p>

<p>What are you biggest problems when it comes to self-study?</p>

<p>Here are mine:</p>

<li>Not able to concentrate (Though that’s not the case in class where I am fully attentive)</li>
<li>I feel sleepy!
3.Though I love my majors, just at the time of studying all the interest suddenly vanishes.</li>
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<p>I know its all a result of faulty conditioning. I am not blaming it in my parents. I know all that laziness has got built over as a habit in all these years. I am working at it. Trying to break free of the habit. Beginning or lift-off takes the most effort and so, I am really pushing myself.</p>

<p>So, what about you? What are you doing about it?</p>

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<p>Amazing. You managed to not once use the word “procrastination” or any derivative of it throughout the post.</p>

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<p>^^^ Haha!!!</p>

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<p>Goyu</p>

<p>but i think i made my point</p>

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<p>^Lol…i was just about to question that.</p>

<p>mine are
1.procrastination
2. my inability to concentrate
3. procrastination</p>

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<p>I used to be notorious for procrastination, and indeed, I have occasions when I fall into that old bad habit again. But now, I have a clear goal I’m shooting for, and it would just be stupid to deny what I want to get. I just sit myself down and go for it.</p>

<p>I’ve changed. And my procrastination habit along with it. It’s just about what your motivation is, I suppose.</p>

<p>And yes, this is a laspse right now. I’m not perfect.</p>

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<p>Procrastination wins.
It’s hard to keep myself motiviated when I could be enjoying doing nothing, haha. Which is what I’d rather do than study most times. There’s a lot of self-discipline involved in getting me to study.
(which I actually should be doing right now… :-X)
I also feel like I have a short attention span when it comes to studying. Example: I’ll be trying to study, and then I’ll see something flash across tv or hear some random noise, and that’ll become more interesting than studying. I’m easily distracted :)</p>

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<p>So, procrastination seems to be the no. 1 problem.</p>

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<p>procrastination is an art…i am a master…only i can leave so much to sunday night that every sunday night i have to pull an allnighter…btw im in high school</p>

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<p>(: No worries. I did that all the time in high school.</p>

<p>Actually, maybe you should worry. Cause I never really got good grades in the end.</p>

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<p>i ALWAYS get sleepy when i start to study, even if i am untired. </p>

<p>strange, and annoying.</p>

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<p>I’m happy to say that I’m no longer having a problem with this. I’m beating procrastination. Hopefully the motivation that’s making it possible won’t just fade or something.</p>

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<p>Remember, when a rocket lifts-off it needs a lot of external force. Once that happens, its on its own. In the beginning, things are difficult. Once you are past the threshold level, things get much easier.</p>

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<p>I don’t have a problem with studying. If I need to get something done, then I do it. Sometimes I’ll put it off, but I always end up getting it done before the next class or before it is due. </p>

<p>In high school I was the queen on procrastination, now not so much. It’s a nice feeling to get everything done and have tons of free time.</p>

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<p>My trick is to convince myself that things are due before they are. Like if I have a paper due on Thursday, I tell myself that it has to be done by Sunday night. I write that on my schedule to do, I tell my roommates I have to do it, and then I do it. Each week, I go through and find out what I have to do for the week. I write it on my calendar when it’s actually due and then I schedule out each day with what I have to do that day. Even if my math homework is due on Wednesday, I normally have it scheduled to be completed on Monday afternoon. Planning ahead is the key.</p>

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<p>You’ve also got to discipline yourself to stick to that schedule. Discipline is the key.</p>

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<p>There’s a difference between procrastination and calculated procrastination (if that can exist, ha). I mentally plan out how long things will take and fit that into my schedule plus some time for unexpected things. Maybe you can call that delayed planning.</p>

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<p>Wow, nice replies. I especially like Avonice’s trick thing.</p>

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<p>I procrastinate because I’m terrified of producing anything that’s less than perfect, and I have no faith in my own ability to excel. I’m one of the top students in my class and I’m literally afraid of doing work. It’s pretty depressing.</p>

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<p>Camelia, that’s rather strange. Hope you are able to get round this!</p>