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How To Stop Procrastinating On Homework: 5 Basic Tips

Procrastination can lead to studying and homework taking considerably longer than it needs to. If you find yourself procrastinating when you should otherwise be working then the following tips may help you to concentrate more successfully on the work that you’re meant be doing at the time.

2. Turn your mobile phone off

   One of the first things that you should do is turn off your mobile phone. Whether you are receiving and sending text messages or taking phone calls, your mobile phone can easily take up a lot of your time when you should otherwise be doing your homework.

   Turning off your mobile phone is particularly useful if you have a smartphone, as all the extra apps and Internet access you have available on these devices can easily waste even more of your time will.

   Once you have finished the work, you can then turn your mobile phone back on and reply to any text messages or calls that you may have missed.

3. Set a time to look at social media

   Social media is one of the biggest causes of time wasting for people all around the world. Rather than having social media websites open in the background on your computer, it is a good idea to close them and instead set yourself a time when you can look at them. By doing this, you can ensure that you only spend a set amount of time on social media, which can help to ensure that you’re doing the homework instead.

4. Promise yourself rewards for when you complete all or part of the work

   If you promise yourself various rewards and incentives as and when you complete work, this will encourage you to do the work more quickly and, therefore, prevent you from procrastinating.

5. Concentrate on the very next thing you have to do

   Rather than trying on to take too much at once, it is advisable that you simply concentrate solely on the next thing that you have to do. Once this is done then you concentrate on the next thing. You can’t do more than one thing at once, so there is no point worrying about it when you could be doing something else.

6. Do the work in a suitable environment

   Finally, ensure that you have a clear work space at which to do the work and, ideally, this should be set in an area away from other people who can distract you. Furthermore, ensure that the lighting is adequate enough that you can see what you’re doing, as this will all help to reduce procrastination.