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The result of a task based schedule.

Procrastinators use what's called a task-based schedule. A

task-based schedule is when you give yourself a period of time tofinish a project (e.g. I have seven days to finish this assignment),

but you dont specify when youll actually do it. This gives you the

flexibility to say, "I can do it later."

You then keep repeating that to yourself...until you can't say it

anymore. Sound familiar?

In this tutorial, I will provide you with a scientifically proven

approach to beating procrastination.

How It's Done

When you were younger, your parents might have forced you to study for an hour before dinner every day. Theirreminder was the regular trigger,the hour of studying before dinner was the regular scheduleand the dinner

was the regular reward.

Regular trigger: A re-occurring event that reminds you to study.

Regular schedule: A schedule based on studying for a certain period of time each day.

Regular reward: A familiar reward for completing a task (homework).

In order to beat procrastination, you need to recreate all three of these elements. It may seem daunting, but it's

much easier than you think. If you manage to follow these steps, even for one or two weeks, you'll notice that

studying regularly will become second nature.

Step 1: Decide On A Study Time-slot

Lets say youre free from 8 pm to 9pm every weekday this semester. Its after dinner and before you get into video

game & TV mode. This is your daily study time-slot.

Step 2: Automate The Trigger

Set an alarm on your cell phone to go off at the beginning of your study time slot (in this case 8 pm to 9 pm). Make

it an unique sounding alarm. Perhaps even record your own voice ordering yourself to study. This is your

automated trigger. It is important that the trigger sound does not change. Once youve decided on an alarm sound,

you have to keep it until you feel you dont need a regular trigger any more.

Step 3: Enforce The Schedule

For some, simply having the trigger and reserving the study-time slot is enough. For others, itll take some time to

adjust. You might silence the alarm at first and ignore it. You might skip more than half your study time-slots. But,

eventually youll start to build a habit. A, dare I say, regular study habit. The trick is getting past the first two

weeks. If you can force yourself to study during your study time-slots every day for the first two weeks, itll become

a habit. Its always hard to learn new habits, but if you persist, it will happen. Eventually, you might even learn to

feel uncomfortable if you dont study on schedule. A scary thought, I know.

Step 4: Reward Yourself

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Why This Works

This method is rooted in a behavioral psychology theory called classical conditioning. The theory explains how

people form new habits and is one of the most recognized behavioral psychology theories in the world. Read

more about it here.

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8 Comments

najwa

cooool. love it :)

sbquackers

The Pomodoro Method has really helped me in keeping task oriented in my law school studies.

B6390393

thanks man you have a really good blog here will try ur methods

Paul Davis

what is this website about, I'm confused.

Qwert

This is fully new information for me, I hope this works out :)

Saad

Hearty thanx to the person who made this! Although i haven't tried these methods yet, but still

they look like working well. Best of Luck to all my fellow students (including myself)...

AnswersOf Li fe

Awesome....But hard @ start...

marvelous

Awesome......but it's always hard to start....so how to deal with the latter problem?




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