Students of reddit, how you avoid procrastination during studying?

1. I'm on my lunch break so I'm typing this from my phone. I will give you my best advice on this as a former college student. I used to procrastinate so hard in high school because I could get away with it and my classes were a joke. Once I got to college, I was like "oh shit, I actually have to read and do my homework." I managed to develop excellent time management skills and learned self discipline. I graduated college a semester early with honors. When you get your syllabus, read it and write down all the due dates in your planner. If you don't have a planner, GET ONE. If I had to be done with chapter 3 by X date, I would literally calculate how many pages I had to read per night and write it in my planner. When it came to studying, I left my phone in my room and worked on the dining room table. I played a Pandora station I didn't know because if I recognized a song, I would get distracted and sing along to it. If I was studying for a huge test with multiple chapters, I would spread my notes for each chapter in piles in my living room. I would sit in front of one pile, read it in my head, read it out loud, and then close my eyes and see how much I could remember. Flashcards are AMAZING. I probably made like over 1,000 while I was in college. Take notes in class, seriously. Give yourself a reward for completing a paper. I once told myself if I finished my neuroscience paper on Friday, then I could treat myself on Saturday to pizza and ice cream with some friends. I even wrote it in my planner haha Sometimes it's good to set a timer while you're studying. For exanple, study really hard for 2 hours and then take a 30 min break. Eat, watch an episode of your favorite tv show, surf social media, etc. You gotta have discipline though. I spent about 3 nights where I was up until 4am writing a stupid paper that I procrastinated on. I never procrastinated that bad again because staying up that late writing about Woodrow Wilson's presidency is not the business. Space things out in a realistic way. Your professor tells you that there's a test on chapters 1-5 on Friday. So, start with a chapter a day on Sunday. Once you finish reviewing chapter 5 on Thursday, review all of them again to prepare for your test on Friday. Okay I know that was a lot to read but I hope it was helpful!! Back to work now, :(
   — shay_716


2. Go to the university library, seeing other people study motivates me. Leave phone in bag. Block appealing websites. Take enough breaks. Start just before the deadline, because as we all know, that's when you're at your best. :p
   — traploper


3. Get off of reddit
   — -notJohnThough-






4. Pomodoro Technique. I usually go 50 minutes hardcore studying then 10 minutes break (youtube, check my phone, reddit, etc.) Those 50 mins it's just me and my study materials. I like to think of it as just get through these 50 minutes then you can get a reward for your hard work.
   — SpartanSaiyan


5. My phone has been my biggest downfall, so now when I study, I leave it on with my mobile banking app open, so every time I look at it I see that I only have $27 and how badly I need this education for a job
   — weeds96


6. You just gotta learn to procastinate later.
   — h4z3






7. Here is my post about the topic https://www.reddit.com/r/ProfessionalEssayHelp/comments/7gczr9/how_to_avoid_procrastination_in_college/
   — prholland


8. I go by Newtons 4th law. A student in bed will remain in bed unless acted upon by panic
   — TheGamingWizzard


9. Organize my studying, set goals, and pace myself. For example, I just spent the past few days studying for a test that covered three chapters, so I organized my schedule like this: 4 days before: I designate 1 hour to take conceptual notes on the first chapter and 2 hours to work on math problems in the chapter 3 days before: I do the same thing with the second chapter 2 days before: I do the same thing with the third chapter 1 day before: I designate an hour and a half to go back over the material I gathered from each chapter then spend an hour making a cumulative information sheet (even if you don't use it on the test, it still helps cement the important details) By giving myself a generous amount of time to accomplish each object, it lets me focus on one small task at a time instead of being overwhelmed by everything that I have to do. Additionally, I usually ended up finishing my task with 20-30 minutes before the next time frame, so I could slack for a small amount of time if I need to cool down or I can move onto the next task.
   — Garrus_Vakarian__