the best way to deal with procrastination is to make yourself worry about your future and induce panic. I'm going to fail unless I study; I will be poor and make no money; I won't be successful and no woman will take me seriously; I will be mediocre, like everybody else; my life will be horrible and I will always regret it because I WAS TOO LAZY to bother. Obviously these are embellished intuition pumps, but can be true with bad habits unless you have great genius to make up for it.
That whole turn off your computer, don't look at your clock, remove distractions bullshit is exactly that, bullshit. Who the hell does that? Nobody. Plus, it's easy to say fuck it and bail on studying 1 hour. It's terrible advice because it's way too simplified and idealistic: you're not telling anyone HOW to not procrastinate, but what people who don't procrastinate do, which is obvious to anyone. I'm sure I can bullshit something myself, like plug out your computer and tell your family to not bother you or something. I know I can do that, but the problem is I can't bring myself to bother (that is procrastination: knowing what you need to do but too lazy to bother). That's why it's all about mindset and a powerful enough psychological motivation
You need a reason to strive. Some are ambitious; if you worry a lot about procrastination, then you probably aren't quite that ambitious. But anybody can feel fear and shame and that is how you overcome procrastination. If you've got some better motivating factors though then go for it but I can guarantee you that taking stock advice from google like "go to a quiet place" will not get you anywhere because you won't be able to bring yourself to do it.
That whole turn off your computer, don't look at your clock, remove distractions bullshit is exactly that, bullshit. Who the hell does that? Nobody. Plus, it's easy to say fuck it and bail on studying 1 hour. It's terrible advice because it's way too simplified and idealistic: you're not telling anyone HOW to not procrastinate, but what people who don't procrastinate do, which is obvious to anyone. I'm sure I can bullshit something myself, like plug out your computer and tell your family to not bother you or something. I know I can do that, but the problem is I can't bring myself to bother (that is procrastination: knowing what you need to do but too lazy to bother). That's why it's all about mindset and a powerful enough psychological motivation
You need a reason to strive. Some are ambitious; if you worry a lot about procrastination, then you probably aren't quite that ambitious. But anybody can feel fear and shame and that is how you overcome procrastination. If you've got some better motivating factors though then go for it but I can guarantee you that taking stock advice from google like "go to a quiet place" will not get you anywhere because you won't be able to bring yourself to do it.
