March 16, 2017, by Emma
Things I would rather do than write my dissertation.
Four things I would rather be doing
- Eat the world’s most horrible vegetable
- Pluck every single hair out of my body with a pair of tweezers
- Travel across the Pacific Ocean with only Nigel Farage for company
- Write a blog post for the Student Life blog
- Superglue myself to one of the hopper buses
- Teach a bee how to play golf
- Try to impress a very critical wolf
- Step on a lego
- Actually talk to one of the SU campaigners
- Write somebody else’s dissertation
- Watch paint dry
- Watch Suicide Squad 9 times
- Hand knit my flatmate a jumper made from the hair she left in the shower
- Ask a very boring ghost for his life story
- Split my soul into 7 horcruxes
- Travel round the whole of campus in a sleigh pulled by snails
- Cry about Brexit
- Laugh about Brexit (and then cry about Brexit again)
- Do my make up using only different brands of butter
- Anything at all!
If you have any ideas about other things I could do instead of writing my dissertation please let me know!
Also, today’s blog was illustrated by my lovely and hilarious friend Will Hughes. Check him out here: Willustrations or on Facebook
I am sure I could think of thousands of things you could do apart from writing your dissertation but we could take a different approach. I work with people to help them understand why they are procrastinating and help them overcome the problem so they get things done. Always doing things are the last minute or putting things off is normal but when you are doing it consistenly then it can become a problem. In the end the actual worry about not doing the task or not achieving your goal becomes ten times worse than actually just doing it.
Allocate a certain time to work on the dissertation each day and stick to it. When you have finished that section reward yourself. Resolve to do the same the next day and the problem will have gone away.
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Hi it’s interesting you say that Martina because I completely agree. We in this modern world let ourselves get distracted so easily, and that is understandable. Everyone finds themselves making that extra mug of tea when you really should be filing away your reports (that’s natural!). But we live in a culture that celebrates the distraction. What are computers other than cardboard boxes which a scientist has injected with a big syringe all of the distractions in the world (and then some!). Let’s not even mention social media, or as I call it “fail all your exams-ocial media.
This is why I a celebrated life coach (solvingallyourproblems.com) have developed a never fail way of making your mind distraction proof. Think of it as building the Great Wall of china around your brain. It’s called words and warm water (copyright me haha). Basically everyone knows being surrounded by water is relaxing and have you ever got distracted in a swimming pool?… No! My method uses this phenomenon. Basically it involves making yourself a mildly warm bath (21 degrees is good) lying in it and imagine all of the little distractions draining out of your ears like mice falling off the sides of a ship. Now close your eyes and when you feel like writing a word sit up, and guess what… Just write it! It will do your little mind wonders!
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