Ah, I have to study and do homework.. but it's just so hard to start on it. I keep checking back on sites like Letsrun, or drift off when I'm doing homework (I still get pretty good grades, when I force myself to work.. but still).
Any tips Letsrunners? Any tips to force myself to stick to it and study?
Unplug your computer or lock it away somewhere like a car trunk for a couple of days.
Cancel your internet service.
Write down your goals and cry about the fact that you will never reach them by using up too much time on dumb sh*t like the internet.
edit your "hosts" file so that letsrun.com and
point to 127.0.0.1
c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc
open "hosts" with wordpad or notepad ...
so just below 127.0.0.1 localhost
add the lines
127.0.0.1 letsrun.com
127.0.0.1
127.0.0.1
save, exit
*****
when you REALLY want to surf, just go back and remove the lines which contain the sites that you want to surf.
... this way, you have to do a little work to actually get to the site ... rather than simply starting up the browser.
You can't. The internet is a parasite and you have fallen to it.
Tell yourself that you're gonna study for 5 minutes before you look at the internet. If you get lucky you'll get interested in what your studying and spend a good hour or so.
I could never study in my dorm room. Go to the library. Once you see everyone else studying it won't seem that bad.
gregmacd wrote:
I could never study in my dorm room. Go to the library. Once you see everyone else studying it won't seem that bad.
agreed. leave the computer in your dorm and hit the library. you'll have no choice but to work and will be far more productive.
Seriously, having your favourite websites point to the localhost has worked WONDERS for me.