Week 7: Progress Week? not really :(

Going from last week with barely any work to do to this week being bombarded with homework did not fare well with me. I did not stay to the plan i made in regards to working on my human trafficking paper and my field experiment. This was my lack of progress...

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Wednesday

Started working on my field experiment by reading the article required. Then i went out for most of the evening, followed by spending time on the computer

Thursday

Went to school, had to take an extra dance class to make up for the one i missed the previous week. After school (after 7:00pm) i went out again, which i shouldn't have done because we ended up not doing anything and went home. I was too tired to work on anything so i passed out

Friday

This was my day of work because i had no choice. I worked on my field experiment and finished practicing/preparing for the human trafficking conference

Saturday

HUMAN TRAFFICKING CONFERENCE! it was a really good experience, all the stories were so sad and the presentations were impressive. After a long night of preparing and being completely stress free, i stayed out all day and all night. I had no motivation to work on homework

Sunday

I don't remember much of what i did on sunday. I'm pretty sure i slept in, went to my friend's house. I was supposed to start studying for my geography quiz and read the article for the article review. I did neither of those

Monday

My attention was distracted because i was cleaning the house and for other reasons. I studied for my geography quiz, but i did not start my psychology study guide or read the article for my geography class. :( boo

Tuesday

After getting home at 9, i finally started my psychology study guide and completed it this morning.

Basically i did not follow to any of my plans and now i must suffer the consequences of my behavior...grounding myself

2. Although last week my negative punishment really influenced my behavior, this week it didn't seem to affect me because i was going out so often and i had so much work to do, it was easier to fall back into my bad habit. It sucks because i already made plans for the weekend, especially with New Moon coming out! Now i will mope around my house texting everyone how the movie was and complaining about my own misery. So far i don't have much work to do for the weekend, so i can't even do homework! i guess i'll finally get to those job applications....just thinking about this weekend is making me sad :(

3. I don't think i need to make any changes, since the punishment seems to be fair. Because i go out so ofter, maybe that's why i procrastinate? But i do spend a lot of unnecessary time on the computer, when i could be doing my work. So i blame my computer, not really. I guess i didn't make any progress because i knew that since i didn't already stick to the program i wouldn't have a weekend so i went out during the week to makeup for it. I just need to stay focused and prove to myself that i can stop procrastinating, regardless of the amount of work. Instead of sticking completely to my plan, i can base my punishment on the effort i put into sticking to the plan. This week i didn't put any effort it, and i must deal with the consequences.

a. This website gives the same advice as the others i have found, but it also gave ways to avoid being distracted. Even though it's more for people that work in offices, i did find that cleaning the clutter on my desk helped me concentrate, and closing the door helped me by not being distracted by my dogs (even though they wanted to come in and i wanted to see them!)

ENVIRONMENT STRATEGIES

• Tailor your environment for work. Close your door, clean up the clutter on your desk.
• Remove distractions such as water coolers, snacks, in-boxes, coffee machines and magazine racks.
• If you work at home, treat your office as an office. Don't go out to lunch before lunchtime or watch television before the end of the day.
• Tell your family that you are not to be disturbed in your home office.
  
  
  http://www.getmoredone.com/tips2.html
  
  
  
  
  Hope you guys had more progress than me!