ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS TO DO when doing work is to stay focused and not let facebook or television distract me. I always want to just watch ONE show and then start a paper, but one show turns in to two and two to three and it goes on and on. Then it’s 2AM and the only thing I’ve written is my name. It helps a lot to write out your usual time wasters and see how you can avoid them. This strategy helps because if you follow the rules, then starting or finishing an assignment becomes a lot easier. I found this helpful because within itself, it’s a way to procrastinate starting something, but it motivates you to stop putting off an assignment and start working. By identifying what makes you procrastinate, it is easier to make sure those activities are not accessible or available.
Another great strategy to avoid procrastination is chunking the task. This technique helps you write out exactly what you need to do and chunk up the assignment in to little parts. By doing so, the assignment seems smaller and more manageable. If you have a hard time staying focused and off of facebook, like I do, this is a great way to only do a little work at a time, yet still get a lot done. I find that by breaking up work in to parts it is easier to accomplish and less procrastination happens.
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These strategies worked for me because I am the type of Learner that needs to be organized and concise. By eliminating my procrastination habits and chunking my tasks I am able to visually see everything I need to do in order to start and do an assignment. The Action I took was making the Time Waster chart and Chunking the Task chart and the Materials were charts. My Evaluation of these strategies is very positive. They help me as a learner to sit down and do my work and stay focused.
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