Procrastination

Your tomorrow is defined by the choices you make today.

Like are you blogging right now when you could be studying for finals? Or Facebook creeping when you should be writing that paper? Discovering new GIFS instead of finishing your group project? Or just wasting time when you could be sleeping?

Part of me feels like I should be typing up an inspiration post about how procrastination only hurts you, but that'd be quite hypocritical of me, wouldn't it?

You already know that you shouldn't be reading this, that you should be doing something more productive. In a blur of highlighters, study guides, and notes that don't seem to make sense anymore, how are you going to focus?

Will you rely on caffeine, or self-prescribe Adderall? Maybe you're one of those rare people that makes good life choices, and you're going to get enough sleep this week and avoid social networks.

As for the rest of us, go ahead, creep a little, take a walk, make excuses. Do anything to get your brain flowing. Staring at the same page for thirty minutes isn't going to help you retain information any better, but then again, complaining isn't going to either.

I'm a big fan of making good habits now, but how do we even begin to do that? How do we make ourselves work hard before we play hard?

What are your tips and tricks for studying? How do you stay focused when everything else is screaming for your attention?