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“Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.” ~Don Marquis

“Avoiding Procrastination” . Session 2 . STUDY SKILLS . “Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.” ~Don Marquis. “You may be on the right track, but if you just sit there you’ll get run over.” ~Paul H. Dunn. Anxiety

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“Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.” ~Don Marquis

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  1. “Avoiding Procrastination” Session 2 STUDY SKILLS “Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.” ~Don Marquis “You may be on the right track, but if you just sit there you’ll get run over.” ~Paul H. Dunn

  2. Anxiety • Do you worry so much that it is hard for you to concentrate? • Are you easily discouraged about grades? • Attitude • How clear are your educational goals? • Is school really important or worthwhile to you? • Concentration • Are you easily distracted? • Can you direct your attention to school tasks, such as studying? What do my LASSI scores mean? • Information Processing • Can you imagine analogies that aid their memory? • Can you reason from hypotheses to conclusions? • Test Strategies • Do you prepare appropriately? • Do you try to integrate material from different sources? • Motivation • Do you stay up-to-date in class assignments? • Do you easily lose interest in your classes? • Time Management • Are you well organized? • Do you anticipate scheduling problems? • Selecting Main Idea • Can you focus on the key points in a lecture? • Can you decide what to underline in a textbook? • Study Aids • Do you perform practice exercises? • Do you create or use organizational aids? • Self Testing • Do you review before a test? • Do you stop periodically while reading to review the content? LASSI User’s Manual

  3. Write 3 reasons you procrastinate. • ________________ • ________________ • ________________

  4. Steps to Conquering Procrastination • Prioritize. • Break tasks into smaller pieces. • List every task to complete the assignment. • Set a due date for each task. • Cross each task off of the list as it is completed. • REWARD yourself!

  5. Steps to Conquering Procrastination Extra Tips • Don’t put it off!! • Form study groups. • Ask for help. • Be positive—do not criticize yourself. • Make the tasks look small in your mind. (“I’ve written lots of excellent papers; this is just one more paper.”) • Seek positive role models. • Advertise what you hope to accomplish, and let peer pressure push you forward. • Procrastinating in online courses is especially dangerous! Be sure to log in every day to keep up with assignments and to check for updates the professor may have submitted.

  6. Works Cited • http://ub-counseling.buffalo.edu/stressprocrast.shtml • http://sas.calpoly.edu/asc/ssl.html

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