This year, i've managed to enter a public university, from being previously on a private, online college course. Ever since I finished highschool, and went to learn the equivalent of a First-Degree Vocational Training course for administration of computer systems or "sysadmin", i've been constantly struggling with studying in a consistent, regular way.My problem is that I don't feel the pressure needed to actually start working and being productive. I feel like if I were stucked in a constant state of excessive relaxation. I say this because, even though I have several assigments to deliver in a few weeks, in addition to several exams, I feel incapable of just sitting down and work on all the things I have to do. I don't really feel pressured to do so, which makes me procrastinate and lose precious time.Is there any way to start putting a bit more pressure over my shoulders to help me get to stop procrastinating??
>>1499984it's not about "pressure" per se, but a method a lot of people swear by for fighting procrastination is the pomodoro technique, ie. set a timer for 20-30 minutes and force yourself to work for at least that amount (you may choose to continue if you get into a groove)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomodoro_Technique
>>1499988Already tried it. It didn't work :(
>>1499984Hire a coach. Give him compromising pictures and instruct him to publish them if you fail to prove to him that you did the course work for that week. You should think it through: the person should be professional who does as instructed, and not someone you can threaten, the bar shouldn't be too high, just completing 80% is enough to get him off your back, and there should be tiers to the compromising materials, so every failure is worse than the last one.It is natural to be lazy: animals avoid wasting energy when they can get away with, although there is such things as "play" and "status games". Anthropologists find that tribal people spend most of their time sitting around.Although you may rationally believe you should work, somewhere deep inside you don't believe you need to. This is probably because your primary needs are met: you are safe and fed, and you don't feel your status is threatened by failing your studies. Trying to deceive yourself by pretending there is pressure doesn't work for very long, because you know it isn't real. So make it real.
