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⭐️ 3 Tips in this Amazing Guide to
Beat Your Procrastination in College.
Do you know that 80% of us fail to fulfill our New Year’s resolutions?
That's crazy.
Sadly, procrastination plays a big role in this.
But no worries, you can beat procrastination through the three techniques we’ll cover. Let's
dig into these one by one.
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1) Reduce your first move from “A+” to “B”.
If you're a perfectionist, you'll procrastinate.
If your goal is too big to take a first step, you'll procrastinate.
If you're a procrastinating perfectionist, you'll feel paralyzed and frustrated many times
because your big goals remain in your head with zero actions in reality.
You'll take zero actions because you want all your steps to be perfect.
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💡Tip 1
To fix your procrastination as
a perfectionist, start with a
“B” goal instead of “A+”. This
means you should go back
and change your first step
to be “good enough” instead
of “perfect”.
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2) Clarify the next, tiny action.
Whenever it’s not crystal clear what you’re supposed to work on next, your mind will stop
you from moving forward.
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Example your todo list has:
Finish assignments
Upcoming test
Biology project
But:
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What does “finish” mean?
One assignment or several? When is it due?
What about the upcoming test? What exactly do you need to study to be ready?
For your biology project, how do you even start?
When you have too many floating thoughts in your head, your mind runs away from taking
actions.
And you fall back into procrastination.
The cure is to spend 90 seconds and find out the smallest thing you can do.
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💡Tip 2
Spend 60 seconds and
answer: “What is the single,
smallest, next action I can do
for the task I have on my
TODO list?”
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For example:
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You have “finish assignments” on the TODO list.
○ “Finish” may mean I need to work through 3 different assignments in 3
different classes. Since I don’t know when they are due, the smallest action I
can take right now is to find out the due dates of all the assignments.
○ After that, the next smallest action is to identify which one to start with.
○ Next, what will the assignment look like when it’s finished?
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You have “upcoming test” on your TODO list.
○ The next smallest action is to find out when the test is happening.
○ Next, set a reminder for that date.
○ Then, gather all the materials needed to study and in the process figure out
when I should study up to so I feel ready.
○ Maybe I need to study with friends so I need to identify the friends I want to
study with.
○ Then text them to pick a time and date.
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You have “biology project” on your TODO list. So how do you even start?
○ The next step is to reach out to my group mates and ask to meet.
○ Then after that we divide the work.
Does this make sense?
The magic here is you will suddenly start feeling productive as you clarify your next action.
The tinier the next action, the more likely you are to get it done.
Stack multiple small actions and you, my friend, are gold
🤩.
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3) Modify with Behavioral Psychology tips.
Some days are just lazy days..
You know you should work. But don’t feel like it. You can use these principles from
Behavioral Psychology.
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Deadline effect: Go to www.tomato-timer.com, click 5 minutes and start working on
your tiniest next action as fast as you can. Most times you’ll end up going beyond 5
mins. That’s perfect because the Zeigarnik effect has kicked in and you'll feel like
completing the work you already started.
Negative reinforcement until you work: If somehow you didn't do anything and the
timer ends, restart it. Additional tip is to go to settings and set the sound that is most
annoying to you. Do this at least 5x and every time “punish” yourself by watching the
timer countdown!
Revisit your motivation: If after 5x, you can’t do anything, it means your motivation is
off and you have a deeper question to answer:
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💡Tip 3
Whenever you don’t feel
like working, use the
Behavioral Psychology
techniques here to get
yourself back up.
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