Identify your enemy!

This is the famous book! It's less than 100 pages and in medium-big font. I read it on e-book in a few hours.

For my AP Psychology final, I had the opportunity to read this life-changing book called "To-Do List Mastery: A Stress-Free Guide to Quickly Increase your Productivity and Get More Done in Less Time." I was at a point in my high schools career where I had taken upon myself the challenge of taking three science APs and one English AP in one year without properly learning time management skills. I assumed that all APs would be as easy as when I had took only one AP class the previous year: AP World. On top of that, I decided to get more involved the past year and join more clubs and extracurriculars. But without time management skills and ineffective studying strategies (more on that in a later post), I found myself falling apart and struggling to keep up with deadlines.

Unfortunately (but still beneficial), I found out how to master organization too late to save my grades for junior. However, I can totally apply what I have learned to my final year of high school and beyond, and you guys will most likely find this useful or agreeable (for current taskmasters) as well!

The Introduction Chapter talked about introducing our enemy/villain: Procrastination. Basically, we always face this crazy war of waiting to do something and having fun now or doing important things now and having fun later. This can result in sloppy or late work.

But...why? Why do we procrastinate?

The truth is... there's no one answer.

Mind-Blown!

For istj personality types like me, that might bug you like crazy! Why isn't there a straightforward answer?

It's different for everyone. However, there's seven common reasons as to why we procrastinate:

1. Fear of Failure

2. Feeling Overwhelmed

3. Feeling Tired

4. Avoidance of Unpleasant Tasks

5. Lack of Clarity

6. Anger

7. The Appeal to Rush to Finish a Task Last-Minute

Any sound familiar to you? Some did to me. Sometimes it was caused by lack of clarity: I was used to easy coursework -- coursework that was mostly accumulated knowledge that I already had. However, for some of my classes, like AP Physics, I had No background; I had to learn on my own. It was also caused by Feeling Tired because of much time spent on Physics, Late night working on other classes, and Also wasting time on the phone. Those are a few of my reasons. The idea is that once you know the reasons why you procrastinate, the insight should set you on to the right course.

But Veronica, what do I do now with this knowledge of why I procrastinate? Give me a game plan and steps to follow! Don't worry; I got you! In the following posts, I will be posting a little of what stuck out to me from the book. You can also buy the book from Amazon for under $10 here.

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