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what's the most scientifically proven way to get shit done and stop procrastinating especially studying I have weeks of electrical computer engineering lectures that I can't bring myself to study help me anons

>> No.12344727

>>12344723
The hardest part is starting. Literally just start.

>> No.12344728

>>12344723
>stop watching porn
>stop being a pussy

>> No.12344729

Literally just do it. Thinking about how to stop procrastinating is procrastinating.

>> No.12344732

>>12344723
Make a plan. I like having a checklist of all the things I need to do. If it's 10 lectures, I'll split them up into a reasonable time frame, including some time I know I'm going to waste and fuck off during. Will have 10 check boxes, checking one off every time I finish it. The accomplishment of checking off all the boxes is satisfying.

>> No.12344734

>just do it bro
>>12344727
>>12344728
>>12344729
thanks very helpful never tried that

>> No.12344737

>>12344723
Cant you just ask one of the other students to give you their notes so you dont have to sit through the entire thing?

>> No.12344745

>>12344737
all lectures are online I have no real friends in my major cause of that

>> No.12344767

>>12344734
Well obviously you haven't.

>> No.12344779

>>12344745
That sounds annoying.
Install an extension that allows you to increase the playback speed to x3.
Then Just watch like one or two lectures a day and hope for the best.
Getting motivation is never easy and every advice out there will just be a fancy version of just do it but by at least splitting up the task you have a slightly improved chance of overcoming your mental barriers.
Also if you just watched your daily two lectures and still dont feel drained watch another one to speed things up even more.
Alternatively you can try just studying with the course notes provided by the professor but that is usually much harder than watching the lectures.
No matter what you choose make sure to start today.
Good luck

>> No.12344782

>>12344727
FPBP
Also, if you can get stimulants, take them.

>> No.12344794

Start taking some kind of stimulant always before learning (something like caffeine or modafinil). Once you do it enough times you start to create a habbit of studying whenever you take said substance, which will make it easier to start studying.

>> No.12344824

You procrastinate because what you're doing makes you feel bad probably both physically and on a very subconscious level. You have to be patient with yourself, recognize what about them makes you feel bad. It could be around how much time they will take, worries about not understanding them, or just a subconscious association that has built up from all the cramming that a procrastinator does, you cram and feel terrible, it associates that doing work makes you feel terrible. You have to have a very understanding conversation with yourself, get to the bottom of why your higher level goal of doing well in class makes you feel miserable in the process. Maybe you need to reconceptualize the stuff you're learning, maybe you need to carefully balance reward. Certainly you need to make sure you dont add to making it any more miserable by getting pissed off at yourself and for coming short. You know already that you're having issues, so dont attack yourself when you have them. This takes time, and you probably wont fix it in a two week time span, because you have to undo years of learned strategy and associations regarding procrastination. You'll figure it out though, just accept that you want it to change it make a piecemeal effort. The probability that you fix it all at once is low, that's why it hasn't worked before, and attempting a one day fix is part of the procrastinators mindset. Good luck fren

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12344856

>>12344723
Join a local maker community / start a local maker community. Working with people on things is 100% better than beating your own intellectual meat and making messes you have to clean up yourself.

>> No.12344983

>>12344767
you will never be a woman

>> No.12345111

>>12344723
Have a friend that studies the same stuff you do and keep each other accountable

>> No.12345121
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12345121

>>12344723
Try modafinil or adderall

>> No.12345143

>>12345121
What's the source for that chart?

>> No.12345151

>>12345121
>>12344794
>>12344782
>take the Jewpills

no only caffeine is acceptable cause it's not addictive for me

>> No.12345174

>>12344723
You have to get into the psychology behind motivation. Why are you trying to do something you don't want to do? Is there some other way you could make enough money to be happy without doing the thing you don't want to do? Is there a particular task you want to use EE to accomplish? If so, get busy on that task. If you are just lying to your self about what motivates you, restructure your life in such a way that you don't have to lie to yourself to get through the day. There is no secret to being interested. You either desire the knowledge for some reason like solving a difficult problem or prestige (a weak reason but it works for some people,) or you need to be doing something you actually want to do.

>> No.12345560

>>12345174
I want to breed and wife a thousand teenage girls that I pick from all around and the nuclear launch codes how do I achieve these dreams

>> No.12345878

>>12344983
That's good. I'm content with fucking them.

>> No.12346316

>>12345560
I don't think that has been achieved before. A few warlords have managed to breed with many a young woman though. Star small. See if you can breed with more than one young woman and if you can gain the privilege of access to just one nuclear weapon (much harder to do than get young concubines by the way.) It takes just as much time and effort to be a good nuclear physicist as it does to raise a family or chase women.

>> No.12346406

>>12344723
Do it in batches. You want to "get in the zone" so that you can just keep working nonstop without needing to ditch your work to play around.
When I have to cram I work 50 min on 10 min off, every 3 hours I take a 30 min food break. It sounds like it wouldn't work but it's just the right amount of activity to slow burn for 16 hours without stopping

>> No.12346621

>>12346316
>physicists have the launch codes
Nope, actually they are in the hands of 30 IQ retarded monkey politicians. And soon they will be in the hands of a senile pedophile that pisses himself and forgets his train of thought mid-sentence.

>> No.12348075

>>12346406
What do you do during your 10 minute break? How do you stop yourself from just blowing past your ten minute limit?

It's almost easier for me to just grind 6 hours straight than take breaks where I'm liable to get distracted for 3 hours

>> No.12349201

>>12344723
stop cooming

>> No.12349658

>>12344723

use treats as reward for doing tasks
pavlovian motivation at its best