As the school year picks up momentum, it is important that as more and more assignments are being assigned that the people that are being assigned these assignments are staying on top of it. (Try saying that five times fast.)
As a pro-procrastinator myself, it’s important that I am reminded just how crucial it is to finish my work before I even think about putting it to the side. This is one of my favorite nudges created by Brian Tracy, to start my work.
Imagine, to survive you had to eat a frog every single day. If you were to push it off until the end of the day, you would ruin the quality of your time due to the immense pressure of knowing you had to eat a frog sooner or later. Rather than doing this you should eat the frog at the beginning of the day so you don’t have to worry about it, getting it done and out of the way making room for more things to be done.
Now apply this to school, imagine you had a project due on Sunday at 11:59 PM that was assigned to you on Monday. Rather than waiting the entire week saying, “I will get it done this weekend,” Only to continue pushing it off until you’re cramming to finish it at 10:00 PM that night. You should use the free time given to you, or whenever really, to get the assignment done. You would’ve not only been able to get the weight off your shoulders the entire week, but also get some beauty sleep the night of. (Something we all need.)
Start and finish early so that you can grant yourself some peace of mind.
