{"id":4474,"date":"2019-03-17T00:32:20","date_gmt":"2019-03-17T04:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/?p=4474"},"modified":"2019-03-17T00:32:20","modified_gmt":"2019-03-17T04:32:20","slug":"maddy-how-to-trick-yourself-into-doing-homework","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/2019\/03\/17\/maddy-how-to-trick-yourself-into-doing-homework\/","title":{"rendered":"Maddy: How To Trick Yourself Into Doing Homework"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Absolutely no one wants to sit down and do homework, but it\u2019s a necessary evil. It can be extremely hard to motivate yourself to get it done, especially if you\u2019re a chronic procrastinator like me. Luckily, I\u2019ve devised a few ways to trick myself into doing homework, which I will share with you now. You are a dog, your homework is the pill, and these tips are the cheese wrapped around it. Does that make sense? Here goes!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Start homework the day it\u2019s assigned<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/hOzfvZynn9AK4\/giphy.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This is a great way to trick yourself into getting ahead! You don\u2019t actually <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">have<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to do the thing yet, but it feels good to convince yourself you\u2019re ahead of the game. if you outline your paper or do one of your readings, then in a few days when it\u2019s actually time to work on it, you\u2019ve given yourself a nice little head start.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Set reasonable goals for how much you\u2019ll get done<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/114RdYSvd1GuvC\/giphy.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Trick yourself into feeling good about what you\u2019ve accomplished by accomplishing less than what you actually have to do! It\u2019s tempting to write out all 25 things you have to do by the end of the week and plan to knock out as many as possible by the end of the night. However, that\u2019s an easy way to overwhelm yourself. Don\u2019t do it! Write out MAX 4 things you think you can realistically get done by tomorrow, and you\u2019ll feel great when you accomplish them all. I also suggest knocking the easy stuff out of the way, and\/or doing little bits of larger assignments. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Set a timer for 20 minutes<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/EORls7fTCFXri\/giphy.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My friend and I were having a study bool and we absolutely could not focus, so I decided to set a timer for 20 minutes where we\u2019d totally focus on our work. When the timer hit 15 minutes, I turned it off, but we were so focused that we kept working for another hour (she totally forgot we ever set a timer.) This is a hard trick to pull on yourself when you\u2019re alone, but you\u2019ll find that even if you leave the timer on and it rings, you\u2019ll be so focused that you won\u2019t want to stop. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Plan to reward yourself when you finish<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/nVjlsDOSTewWQ\/giphy.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Promise yourself that as soon as you get everything done, you\u2019ll do something fun. Get some mochi ice cream from Whole Foods. Have your friends over for a movie and face masks. If you\u2019re looking forward to something at the end of your study session, you\u2019ll be way more motivated to get your work over with.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Happy (ish) studying! \ud83d\ude09<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Absolutely no one wants to sit down and do homework, but it\u2019s a necessary evil. It can be extremely hard to motivate yourself to get it done, especially if you\u2019re a chronic procrastinator like me. Luckily, I\u2019ve devised a few ways to trick myself into doing homework, which I will share with you now. 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