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I'm dealing with this right now. My exams begin on Monday, and I just started preparing. I might fail a paper ... again :( I believe your inaction is not reall

I'm dealing with this right now. My exams begin on Monday, and I just started preparing. I might fail a paper ... again :( I believe your inaction is not really procrastination. You probably have a lot of material to cover and you don't know where to begin. This is inaction due to indecision. I guess you should decide what subjects you're going to tackle first, and in what order, and then just start studying. The more you think about the amount of stuff you still have to cover, the more indecisive you become. I'm just hypothesizing, though. Take my advice with several spoonfuls of salt ;) Next semester, I'm going to take PG's advice and treat college like a day job [1]. You might want to try the same approach. [1] http://www.paulgraham.com/hs.html http://www.paulgraham.com/hs.html

rick_2047 16y ago
Well even if its not procrastinating, its still not getting me anywhere. I am unable to concentrate. I did something similar to what you said today. I made the list of 8 subjects which I have to prepare. Turns out there are 3 subjects for which I don't have to study at all (who the hell studies for Basics of C, Communication Skills and Basics of Sci)? 1 subject (Engineering Graphics) I don't will do with my friends. That leaves me with only Elements of Electrical Engineering, Elements of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Maths and Engineering Mechanics. Which I can prepare. After that I felt good and took ledger123's advice and started studying maths without thinking about anything else. I have completed two topics out of 10 in an hour, so this is working fine for today I think.