I am a MA student reading history in New York City. I should be preparing for my upcoming thesis class in the fall. I still have two long ass research papers and one book review to spit out, and I haven't even read the required books yet. But pretty much like you, I just spend the majority of my time rewatching SKU and other animes. It's weird, isn't it? The more important stuff we have to do, the more we'll push them off.
Luckily I have a small study to shut myself in to finish my work (like days before the dreaded due date). However, even then I will spend half of the time surfing on the net like what I am doing right now.
Really, don't worry about it, things will turn out fine at the end~~~

Last edited by Itsuke (05-02-2009 03:16:13 AM)

Itsuke wrote:

However, even then I will spend half of the time surfing on the net like what I am doing right now.
Really, don't worry about it, things will turn out fine at the end~~~

Oh, hello, that's me too. In the end, the only thing that makes me stop procrastinating is the imminent due date and the belief that even in spite of all the net surfing and any other non-academic activity I did purely out of anxiety, I am able to finish papers in time and write pretty good finals. Once I get to this point of wanting to prove myself, I look for the quietest room I can find, with as little distractions as possible. Public libraries, certain cafés, cafe-bookshops, all of them work for me if they are well-lit and silent. If I have more time, working in the living room at my parents' when there's no one else in the house does wonders.

I don't. That's tha. As a senior in a Georgia High School, studying just isn't necessary. But I'm going to college next year, in which case I'll end up studying in my girlfriend's room or something.

lazypirates wrote:

THE BATHROOM.

Sounds stupid, I know. But you'd be amazed how few distractions there are in the average bathroom.

You make a good point.

Also, if you have any specific math questions, or if you want to understand any concepts better, please feel free to e-mail me and let me know

Thanks, I might take you up on that later if the placement test works out and I get in my course. For now, most of the stuff I get (or, rather, get if I can leaf through my book as needed.) Stuff will get harder before it gets easier though.

Working alone is the problem here, there's nobody to breathe down your neck when you got distracted.

Valeli wrote:

Thanks, I might take you up on that later if the placement test works out and I get in my course. For now, most of the stuff I get (or, rather, get if I can leaf through my book as needed.) Stuff will get harder before it gets easier though.

Oh yeah, that too. As it happens, I'm teaching calc I this summer anyway.

I now find that the Computer Lab is a more desirable place to work in. Given that a lot of the things I do involve computers.

That and my mac has been fairly busted lately

hollow_rose wrote:

In bed. I like to prop myself up with pillows and spread out all the books and materials so I can reach them better.

I do this, too.

I also got a lot of my studying last semester done in my car. I drilled French while driving, but mostly I looked over notes and wrote out html in my car in the parking lot at school. Sitting in the quiet made it easy to concentrate. Also I could study with no shoes on, so...

One afternoon before my first French test (I was really worried about it) I walked by the courtyard outside the theater and ceramics room. There's a very pretty courtyard there, sunny with lots of plants and an inobtrusive fountain. I studied there and felt much better, but as it got warmer over the semester it wasn't prudent to try and work there.