i find it so hard to stay on task and do my work sometimes. I'll have my calc book open for like 3 hours before i actually get any work done. I keep killing time all day and fucking around on the internet until like 1 AM when i feel like working.

how do you guys stay on task?

9/13/2007 1:17:17 AM

bookstacks

9/13/2007 1:23:31 AM

adderall!!

seriously, i know it's abused a lot but the stuff works wonders for me. makes getting things i don't want to do done super easy.

[Edited on September 13, 2007 at 1:33 AM. Reason : .]

9/13/2007 1:32:34 AM

abstaining for tww really helps... lol... it would help me at least

9/13/2007 1:39:31 AM

New T-Dub slogan idea:

The Wolf Web: Your Source for Staying Focused on Your "School Work"

9/13/2007 2:37:12 AM

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"adderall!!"

9/13/2007 8:08:33 AM

go to the library and study, don't leave an option open to use the computers either.

9/13/2007 8:19:22 AM

heh, that doesn't work so well when you have to use matlab

9/13/2007 8:20:31 AM

Just set your mind to it, if that's possible.

I never had to leave my own room (like escape to the library), I would just tell myself to get something done, do it, and then enjoy the reward of being done.

Sort of Pavlov's dog trick on myself, if that makes sense.

9/13/2007 8:35:05 AM

I never did figure it out which is why I got my math classes over with as fast as possible. Every other class you're good if you go to class and take notes and study a little bit for the tests...

except english I guess... in which case you wait till the night before to write the paper, then stress helps you come up with enough bs.

9/13/2007 11:08:46 AM

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"Just set your mind to it, if that's possible."

See thats where I always cant pull shit together. If somethings interesting to me I will kick ass at it automatically. I can fly through a history or business law class with relatively no studying just based on the lecture.

Sit me in a math or something that I doze off in like philosophy or things I cant really relate to. I am doomed to struggle. I cant figure out if its maybe borderline ADD or if I am just lazy. If some adderall would help with that I am all game for trying to get some.

9/13/2007 11:13:34 AM

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"bookstacks"

And if I was *really* under pressure, I would turn on the AC in my car and just sit in my damned car until I finished with it.

9/13/2007 11:15:16 AM

first: a hot girlfriend who rewards you if you keep on task.

second: adderall if the first one doesn't work.

9/13/2007 11:43:40 AM

Ive heard adderall works - I asked my doctor to put me on something to help me focus and he put me on ritalin to start out, which he was afraid of doing because he knows I dont have ADD - hasnt worked a damn bit though, just makes me sick to the stomach

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9/13/2007 11:56:30 AM

I have the same problem.

Lately I've been trying to have my homework in front of me, and then doing one non-homework related thing. Say watching tv, or posting on tww. At some point (hopefully after no more than 10-15 minutes) that one thing is going to start boring you, until the only thing left to do is open up your book and do a few problems. Then I go back to what I was doing to begin with. It takes a little longer than if I was completely focusing on my homework, but let's face it, not everyone has that power of concentration. I actually get more work done this way, than if I sit there staring at my book, resenting the fact that I still have 20 problems left to do and I've already been sitting there for half an hour.

[Edited on September 13, 2007 at 12:08 PM. Reason : adsf]

9/13/2007 12:06:37 PM

2 options:
adderall or
cheat

9/13/2007 1:40:38 PM

^^^you should ask to try strattera, since it's not a stimulant (ie has a low risk of abuse) he'll probably be more apt to give it to you than adderall. i tried it once and thought it worked pretty well, but it made me sleepy all the time

9/13/2007 3:26:11 PM

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"adderall"

9/13/2007 3:45:27 PM

9/13/2007 4:52:27 PM

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"we're a bunch of goons that take drugs instead of finding real ways to focus. most of us dont really need it, but we're lazy and would rather take the easy way out. you should too."

9/13/2007 6:56:44 PM

try doing your last semester....

senioritis is a bitch

9/13/2007 6:58:49 PM

When you try to focus more on the math, just think of all the nerdy babes you can soon impress.

9/14/2007 12:12:35 AM

9/14/2007 11:10:37 PM

i got a box right now.

good shit.

9/15/2007 12:47:20 AM