The past two weeks in class we have practiced the Procrastination and Anti Procrastination strategies. After using different methods in each strategy I decided upon using the time wasters and excuse busting methods. The time wasters method is a procrastination strategy while excuse busting is a anti procrastination strategy.
To get the most out of these strategies I chose the course in which I procrastinate the most. This course is WRT 105, this course gives a lot of writing and reading homework, which is easy to procrastinate on. Their is nightly homework for this course, and the homework involves reading at least 15 pages and usually writing a one page paper or short response. While doing this work it is very easy to procrastinate. I always end up putting off his type of work or taking a long time to complete these assignments. I will watch t.v in between reading pages or browse the web while typing up an essay.
Using the Time Wasters method will enable me to view what I'm doing to avoid the task I must complete. Being able to see what I'm doing wrong will help me change my procrastination habits and hopefully force me to procrastinate less.
The Excuse Busting method will allow me to view the excuses I use to not work efficiently and will also show me the reason for my procrastination. Being able to view this will help correct my usual habits. Such as if I'm about to start a paper and my friend comes in saying lets play basketball I will know that basketball is an excuse to not work on the paper and hopefully I will say to no playing basketball.
Time will tell if this strategy is effective but I believe it will be because when I'm able to view what i have to accomplish I usually consistently do it. I know that being able to procrastinate less will be incredibly effective and allow myself to complete work for effectively and therefore earn better grades.
These methods don't directly relate to my learning style as an auditory learner. The methods will hopefully benefit me. the materials used for the completion of this these methods was inserting my usual procrastination methods into the time wasters and excuse busting charts. After making these charts I believe they will help me if not end minimize my procrastination habits.
I chose these two strategies because i felt they would best fit my learning style. Also I believed that using the time waters and excuse busting methods would provide me with the best chance of limiting my procrastination and hopefully encourage me to watch less t.v and not play as much basketball.
Hey, nice job on posting early, you out posted me! Haha. I see that you're still having trouble finding a strategy that fits your learning style, and I'm sorry, maybe you could adapt one of these strategies in a way that would fit your style? Like vocally recording the tasks you do instead of not doing what you need to get done. But it sounds like this strategy worked for you anyway. I noticed I also watch the TV to procrastinate, and I feel like we're not alone. Nice documentation, I don't know why you uploaded two of the same one, but I guess you have double the proof haha. Great work, keep on blogging.
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