I have trouble with my school work due to procrastinating. And my anxiety always gets in the way. How do I get things done?

I struggled with the same thing in college. I've found that if I just sit down and do whatever the next thing on my list is, no matter how small, it helps me begin productively. I remind myself that I don't have to do things perfectly, I just have to do them. Procrastination can often come from perfectionism and a fear of failure, which leads to an unwillingness to start. If you get even one small thing done, you will feel so much better afterward. Focus on how good it will feel to cross that thing off your list.

For personal experience I get anxiety because I’m procrastinating and it sets me behind. What helps is to just take one morning and have a power hour. Turn off everything so you can completely focus with no breaks for one hour. Just tell yourself “I will do this.” You will get it done. By the time you are done with the hour you will have gotten a lot done. Take a 10 min break and do intervals. You can get a lot done in one day. Power through and reward yourself after. But only if you did everything. It does not even have to be perfect but you will have a lot less anxiety about it. Once it’s done it’s done.

Relax and try again later! Don't wait so last minute to do your homework, do it the same day you get it and take breaks in between!

I suggest you to look for a psychologist who is specialized in procrastination because they will teach you (in a personalalized way) a schedule and how you can improve your way of doing things. Being followed in this case by a professional is what will show you the best immediate improvement.

Make a written plan. For example start studying at 3 pm. Take a break at 3:30 get a snack. Study more break and so on. If you take small breaks while studying maybe the anxiety will lower. Good luck with this.

Many people have the same struggle. Sometimes creating a strict schedule can help, or having a friend or family member make sure you get done what you need to do.

You could try setting a schedule and breaking down the work into small sections. If an assignment is due on Friday, try working on it for 30 minutes each day. It will also be helpful to join a study group or study with a friend. Perhaps, ask yourself why you allow procrastination to get in the way. If you can answer that question it will be easier to manage.

By keeping a diary of when specific work is due can help you identify all work that is needed to be done. By taking things step-by-step you can allow yourself to break down the activity into bits and slowly but surely complete the task.

You can try by doing a little bit at a time, it could be one question or one chore. Don’t try to push yourself over the edge by trying to finish everything at once if your anxiety is bad.

I was reading a book recently and it told me something along the lines of "Just get up, and your mood will follow." What this means is that you just have to pick yourself up and get the task done, and you'll feel better as you go!

I would recommend setting yourself targets on your school work to give yourself a sense of achievement, also i would suggest getting yourself into a routine (For example set times throughout the day where you focus on school work) Also if you're needing extra help don't be afraid to ask for it

Try to recognize what you do that allows you to procrastinate and work on slowly eliminating those factors

Take baby steps. Don't be hard on yourself. Divide school work in smaller portions. Start with the portion that comes easily to you, the one that you like. This helps in getting momentum. Also it saves the anxiety, for you know that at least a chunk of the school work is now completed. Also, implement award strategy. For an x amount of work done, award yourself with whatever you like the most. It can also be 30 minutes of daydreaming. But reward yourself only when you have attained a portion of target set for you. Also, remember, if anxiety is too much of a hurdle, you can choose to seek help from therapists. It is okay, to ask for help.

Get a planner and write up a to-do list. List down all the things you should aim to complete on a daily basis and if you reach your goal, you reward yourself with something you like, for example, a little binge watch of your favourite tv show on Netflix. Also, if you're easily distracted, keep these items that distracts you, e.g phone, out of the room you're studying in. Take breaks ever hourly or every 90 minutes as the human only has a short attention span. When you take a break, go get a drink of water, surf the net for 10 minutes then come back to your designated study area. It all really comes down to discipline

It helps me to just take a step back. Evaluate what I need to get done and writing it down like in the form of a to-do list of very quick, small tasks that make up the bigger one helps a lot. It's overwhelming when I procrastinate because I have the same amount of stuff to do but now I have a lot less time. Just getting done small parts and checking it off the to-do list lets me feel like I really am getting it done. Also sometimes just taking a few minutes, getting a snack, going for a walk, getting outside just briefly can help a lot. The important thing for me is to just do something that allows me to look at the work from a different angle.

Yeah this sounds like you are experiencing some anxiety and thats distracting you. I recommend to try listen to music preferably without words, maybe just classical, guitar, Violen maybe, piano music. This will calm you done and let your mind focus instead of wander it is really good at tapping into both your left and right brain thinking. you will definitely start to feel more concentrated and it will also block out any background noise that also may be distracting you. If you are not aloud to listen to music in class try humming in your head. I hope this helps.. xx

Hello! I have this issue often in high school, and I know no matter the schoo year it can be hard to fight anxiety and to get work done. Procrastination often can be cause by our anxiety. May I possibly suggest the 7 cups ancient tips guide? It has several tips and methods to help you Battle anxiety and move forward to a happier you! If you find however these tips do not work a personal therapist or one of 7 cups online therapist can easily provide you with another more detailed and personalized list of things you can do, or even a talk to help you ease your anxiety. I hope this helped!

Let me share one of my best tips on beating procrastination. It really works. Get a trusted friend or family member to hold you accountable for what you need to do. Tell them in the morning what you need to get done for the day and have them check up on you every now and then. Make sure to tell them to be relentless and encouraging at the same time lol. Trust me, as you develop a habit of getting things done, self accountability will take over and you will no longer need them to check up on you :)

Try breaking down your schoolwork in smaller parts, get a calendar to write when you'd do all your tasks, and get someone to get you to be committed to doing your tasks on a regular basis.

I had this same problem and still struggle with it at work and with personal chores and errands. I have found that writing down what I need to do whenever something comes to me (or I find out about it) reduces my anxiety. I know that I have done the first step which is putting it on paper (I use a physical planner and a task app) to do and a due date, as relevant. If there isn't really a due date then I will write the task in the monthly notes and the "someday" list in my app. The next thing I do is try to be intentional about how I spend my time. I struggle with planning and routines so I just try to keep myself busy. That way, I'm already "in the mood" to get things done and if I can see time to do something, I decide I will do it then - - or if the inspiration hits/I think to do something, I just do it! The hardest part is usually getting started, so if I can't be "in the mood" already, I don't wait for it to strike me, I really do try to do it when the thought crosses my mind. I've also found that if I think of doing something (or even writing a task down) and then don't do it that it's the not doing it that causes anxiety; the constant remembering going on in the back of my mind and the building up of other things that are distressing me. I might even have to do some deep breathing and progressive muscle relaxation first to calm down and then get started.

Just try to do a little bit at a time. I struggle with procrastination as well, and I know it can be very hard to work past. Try finding something that you enjoy that you can reward yourself with, and take a lot of breaks. Any progress is good progress! So if you're writing a paper, just sit down and write a few sentences, then take a break and do something that's more enjoyable for you. If you just return to work on it for a few minutes at a time, it will end up being done before you know it!

I had the complete same issue as my intense procrastination caused me so much stress later on in school. It became a cycle of panicking about doing something so I’d put it off for ages, then because I left it until last minute I would become so much more stressed out. A lot of the time, I still ended up not doing it. As it came to the very end of the GCSE years, I basically messed the majority of my grades up due to the endless cycle of not caring enough to do it but also caring too much to the point where I’d think about it all the time. I eventually realised my solution of taking a whole massive scenario and breaking it down into smaller ones. For example, persuading yourself to get an essay started without thinking about everything you have to do would be simpler by just saying to yourself “I’m only sitting up”. Then, “I’m only walking over to my computer”. All these tiny steps in your brain will hopefully seem a lot less stressful to think about and you’d take baby steps along the way to eventually get things done. Like, “I’m only writing the first sentence”. Unfortunately, I didn’t realise that this helped me until quite late into my stress but I really hope that it helps you. I find it’s a weird thing to do but I guess you try anything you can. Breaking things down ended up at least settling my stressful thoughts down a little bit and ensuring my procrastinating side of me won’t see it as a massive task.

Well there are a few ways you can go about doing this. You can talk to your school counselor, a trusted friend or Teacher, a therapist. This has helped me and a few other people I know of. Trust me it will help you out alot. If you have trouble telling people like the words just wont come out then you can write down what's going on a piece of paper and hand it to them. They then can read it and speak with you about it and you can see someone.

I frequently experience the exact same thing, and what I do to combat it is fairly simple. All I do is attempt to put myself in my future self’s shoes. Do I want to be panicking at the last moment to get this thing done? No, I don’t, and I doubt anybody else does either. This helps provide me with the motivation to do the thing, because even if I don’t want to do it, I know I’ll want to do it even less when it’s nearly due and I won’t have enough time to do it properly. Perhaps it doesn’t work every single time, but it certainly helps at least most of the time, and I hope this method helps others too.

what helps personally are learning plans. Do not do all work at once. Get a calendar where you enter everything you have to get done and put you time to study and work in it (that doen’t has to be a long time, 30 minutes a day are enough. And don’t forget to leave you enough freetime) All that remains now is to stick to your plan. try to not be distracted during this time ! Work in a quiet place where you can concentrate well and where you will not be disturbed. Reward yourself when you get something done (you could, for example go eat ice cream, reading a good book, maybe drinking a delicious tea or take a walke) And last but not least, if you've done your best, the geades doesn‘t really mader. Be proud of you! You're great! Keep up the good work! Everything else will come with time. (:

Create an agenda or schedule for yourself. For example, from 4pm to 5pm I will review my math notes. Anything that distracts you, put away or give to a family member or friend to hold until you are completely done your work. Try different ways to see which way helps you work and concentrate better. Do you find it more helpful to work in a group or by yourself? Does music help you concentrate or does it distract you? If you start to feel anxious, take a break for 10-15 minutes. Do some stretches, get a snack, whatever helps to calm you down.

Believe in yourself and your goals never let anything take you down I know about the stress and I know about anxiety but you can't let them get in the way be strong 💪 you are good enough you are worthless and you are perfect you don't need to change for anybody. I know how hard anxiety is but don't give up and believe in yourself. Stop asking yourself "What if" Just Know You Are Perfect and sometimes things will go in the wrong way but keep strong and try. Never give up. I am proud of you and you should be

Schedules! Think of the most thorough schedule ever, make it even more detailed! Start by making a list of everything you needs to get done. Everything. It's going to look really big and scary but we can get through this. Next to each item write the due date/deadline. Now, next to that rate each one from 1 to 10. 1 being if you never do it the world will be fine, even if you still should get it done. 10 is if this doesn't get done the sun is going to implode. Write out weekly goals for each week. So look at your list if a, d, and g are due this week then they need to be done this week. If t, r, and z don't have a strict due date put them with a week that doesn't have a lot. Now go through each day and schedule all 24 hours in 30-minute increments. Make sure you have flexible room, time for sleep, time for breaks, and time for breaks. Make sure you recognize your limits and to have room to complete stuff that overflows. As the day goes by check off accomplishments and write down how long each thing took. Did you predict 20 minutes and it took 45? Did you predict 45 minutes and it took 15? Use this information to better your schedule making skills for your the future!

Getting things done is very hard, especially when you're going through that, but I'd recommend you to focus on what you have to do. Focus on your goals and in what you want, and if you dont have goals, set them up! Once you have that done, you should try and go to a room where you feel comfortable, don't bring your phone or any other electronic device with you, make it just you and whatever you have to do and if you lose motivation to do it while you're at it, think about why you need to get that done.

I am sorry you are dealing with procrastination and anxiety issues. A good way to deal with this is to make a time line and stick to it. Write down specific times to do things and put everything else away while you are working on it. It also helps to get things done as soon as possible (ex: right after an assignment is assigned, start working on it regardless of when it's due) This will help you get things done faster and feel more accomplished. A way to help with anxiety relating to procrastination is to write down a to-do list, this will help you visualize and plan the things you need to do, rather than letting your brain bombard you with all of the things you need to get done.