HOW TO OVERCOME PROCRASTINATION WHILE REVIEWING

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Procrastination in university students

1. Affects of procrastination2. Avoiding procrastination3. 3 steps to overcome procrastination

Procrastination is the act of putting off intentionally the doing of something that should be done.

What is procrastination?

Negative affects of procrastination

“Procrastination is like a credit card: it’s a lot fun until you get the bill” – Christopher Parker

• Physical experience (tension, headaches,…)

• Mental experience (stressed, self-critical,..)

• Study/work (miss opportunities, perform poorly)

• Within relationships (tense, fraught,…)

• Quality of life (negative, pessimistic,…)

- Get away from the Internet

(Facebook, Y!m, Twitter, Youtube, Skype , Google +, etc.)

- Turn off computer unless necessary (playing games, watching films, etc.)

- Put your mobile phone away. (making a call, texting, browsing, gaming, taking photos, etc.)

Avoiding procrastination

1. Recognize when you start procrastinating2. Work out why you procrastinate3. Adopt Anti-Procrastination Strategies

3 steps to overcome procrastination

Knowing your priorities. Some indictors include:

Filling your day with low priority tasksSitting down to start a high-priority task and getting distracted.Leaving an item on your to-do list for a long time, when you

know it’s importantSaying “yes” to unimportant tasks

Step 1: Recognize when you start procrastinating

Step 2: Work out why you procrastinate

Reasons: Find a particular subject unpleasant Be disorganized Feel overwhelmed by the task Be a perfectionist Have underdeveloped decision-making skills…

Make up your own rewards

Ask someone else to check up on you

Identify the unpleasant consequences

Break the subject into a set of smaller, more manageable tasks

Step 3: Get over it!

THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION.