To Battle Procrastination as a College Student

Be honest: how often do you put off your school assignments? Have you failed any exams because you weren’t able to finish your assignments or projects on time? Do you feel like you could do so much better in school, but you have no idea how to fight off procrastination on your own?

No doubt, it is not easy to manage the very limited time you have in a day, whenever you are not in class or running in between classes and your part-time job. To come to your help, here are a few smart time management tips for students.

What Gets You Off Focus?

Can you remember when was the last time when got so distracted that you failed to meet your deadline for an important school project? Do you often times find yourself finishing a task right before the deadline, always on the verge of not making it because you keep on pushing off your chores until they snowball into one big task you cannot tackle without some serious efforts?

This particular type of lack of productivity prevents you from staying on track of all your important deadlines throughout the week and ultimately interferes with your entire existence. Running late and having to pull lots of all-nighters in a desperate attempt to get back on track will cause you to sleep in late, skip class, and lead to even more problems. So what can you do?

Start Scheduling Like a Pro

It is essential to keep close track of your entire schedule so you can start managing your time with more ease.

• A good planner will do a huge difference in your life, as long as you will start using it to plan out all your assignments, tasks, projects, after-school tasks and activities, sports events, and everything else you are having trouble remembering.
• Use color codes for the planner for more efficiency and you should soon start to feel you are controlling your procrastination a lot better.
• Knowing exactly what needs to be dealt with and seeing it in writing will help you discover any potential conflicts that might be preventing you from completing all your these tasks in time. Once you come across such a conflict, work on fixing it, while staying on top of your deadlines as much as possible.

Ask for Help

One of the main problems that lead to a lot of procrastination in the life of a student comes from the fact that most of them feel overwhelmed because of all the tasks they need to complete. For example, if you need assistance with moving to a new rental home on your third year of college or you are a freshman and you still need to pack all your stuff and have it transferred to your dorm room or new apartment in the city, ask for help. Whether the help comes in the form of a couple of friends who can carry some for your luggage and furniture using their personal cars or a professional moving service like Reputable Mover, the choice is yours. A mover will definitely simplify everything for you, as expert moving technicians can cover anything from packing, loading the vans, uninstallling and reinstalling various appliances and furniture for you, unpacking all the boxes and removing them from your new address. Basically, you will not have to lift too many fingers other than to figure out which items you should pack, and leave the rest to the skilled hands of pros. If you are also trying to tackle a part-time job during the move and attending classes mid-semester, relying on the services provided by a good mover will save you from a lot of hassle and help keep your procrastination levels to a minimum.

Plus, many local and long-distance movers offer nice discounts to students based on their student IDs, which means you could be also saving precious money on your relocation while saving the time you can spend handling other tasks.

Learn to Prioritize & Reward Yourself

Always complete those tasks that are critical first and prioritize everything and focus on developing a reward system that will help you find the motivation you are lacking:

• Read a page from your favorite book after completing an important task.
• Put your favorite candy bars on the milestone pages you need to read through for your upcoming exam. Gradually indulge in eating them once you reach those page numbers.
• Listen to your favorite song or watch 10 minutes from your favorite Netflix show once you are done finsihing a smaller task.