I have a problem of procrastinate studies and I am unable start my study and unable to concentrate on studies

Hello Abhishek,

People procrastinate for various reasons but amongst them, the most common is that deep inside they don’t have a sense of urgency, they think that they can do it tomorrow or do it later.

So, it is important that you know why you are doing whatever you are doing and keep reminding that to yourself, again and again, every single day.

Constantly scare yourself with the consequences that you might face if you don't get the work done on time.

Some of the most useful tips to get over the laziness are as follows -

1) First off, see what’s distracting you. Let’s say, instead of studying, you're watching a video online, then imagine your head still has the pressure of completing the homework and also the guilt for not doing it. What you can rather do is just study first and then you will have all the time to watch all the videos you want to. Once your task is done, the distraction will feel like a reward.

2) You should also set a deadline for effective learning. Because this deadline will work as an inspiration for you to working smarter and faster. But also be sure to set deadlines that are realistically possible for you.

3)Take breaks. But pay full concentration when studying anything. Stop watching TV or mobile phone but instead, go out take a walk when bored. Try wasting minimum time. Write down your goals and stick it on the wall it will give you the motivation that you need. Study motivational books.

Now, for lack of concentration you can do the following -

1) Take a paper and write down what you want to study for that day. Say a chapter or two. This takes only a few minutes. So, get your books and keep them at your study place and tell yourself that you are going to start.

2) Read for 30 minutes and take a 5-minute break afterward but don't extend the 5-minute break. Do this a few times and slowly keep increasing the study time from 30 to 40 up to 60 minutes if you can.

3) Make notes when you feel sleepy. It's not as mentally exhausting as trying to learn something by heart, and it also helps you prepare a resource for revision.

4) Track your performance every single day and write it down in a diary.

5) Have healthy food and try to devote at least 15 minutes for doing some exercises, stretches or meditation. Meditation is proven to increase one's concentration power so if you can do that it will be extremely beneficial.

Most importantly, learn to value yourself. Make more informed choices, make right decisions, make best of yourself. I mean, you know yourself when you’re going wrong.

Good luck!

Hi Abhishek Singh,

Here are few tips to concentrate on studies:

i) Start with subject you good at.

ii) Do not study for too long,take break in between.

iii) Do some exercises,do some jogging or just go for a walk.

iv) Limit the use of electronic devices(smartphones,tv). I said limit not totally quit since its very difficult to avoid them completly.

v) Make a timetable, try to study various subject in a day. (eg English in Morning,Physics in afternoon,Chemistry in Evening,Biology at night)

vi) Keep yourself busy, the number one reason for procrastination is when you have plenty of free time in your hand.

vii) Eat healthy,avoid junk food as they make you lazy.

Dear Sandeeshsakthi,

Most of the time, we feel lazy or forget the important things that we memorize because we did not pay the amount of attention they needed while studying them.

The key is not studying for hours and hours, in fact, the key is to study effectively for small periods of time and paying full attention while doing that. It's the use and application of some smart study strategies.

Now, firstly I will discuss how you should be preparing each subject individually -

For Chemistry -

To be honest, Chemistry is a lot easier than the other subjects if you read attentively and practice a few things repeatedly over a period of time.

All of the boards' questions come directly from NCERT. Even questions in JEE are from NCERT. Physical chemistry is quite easy and all about learning direct formula and applying it. Solving all kinds of numerical from physical chemistry is a must. You will get a lot of common questions from this portion. For organic chemistry, read the NCERT note down all the important reactions and mechanisms and practice them daily early in the morning. Initially, do this every single morning. Then after a week or so, you can practice it on alternate days, but do stay in touch with the subject and keep revising.

For Physics -

You will have to focus on understanding each and every concept to score a good percentage in Physics. Choose one refresher - either Dinesh or Pradeep and NCERT is must for this too.

Do all the derivations properly (most important for boards)

Numerical is being asked mostly from NCERT books so practice and solved examples and get the exercises solved by a teacher or take the help of a guide book. Please don't ignore any topic if you are unable to understand. Get your doubts cleared as soon as possible and this subject you have to practice every day because the syllabus is quite long too. Note down all the important formulas at one place and derivations too and practice them every night before going to sleep. It will gradually get retained in your memory.

For Maths -

Start with NCERT. Solve each and every question in the NCERT books and then move on to R. D. Sharma. Solving the R. D. Sharma as a reference is a must to score well in maths. You have to practice maths each and every day. Pick up new sums every day and challenge yourself. You can practice maths towards the evening or at night. Stay relaxed and before a few weeks of the final exams do a time-bound question paper solving session which will help you increase your speed of solving.

Generally what happens is students keep concentrating on physics, chemistry, and maths only and forget about the other two subjects which can drop down their overall percentage. But the actually the key is to keep in touch with them because they are the scoring subjects. Thus to get an overall good percentage, you should be to focusing on English and the other subject too from time to time. Maybe 3 - 4 days every week for each of the two subjects.

In the month of February, practice as much of sample papers or previous year question papers as you can. It will give you a fair Idea as what kind of question is asked.

Take breaks. But pay full concentration when studying anything. Stop watching TV or mobile phone but instead, go out take a walk when bored. Try wasting minimum time. Write down your goals and stick it on the wall it will give you the motivation that you need. Study motivational books. Don't worry and don't pressure yourself. And my personal suggestion to remember anything is to try explaining it to a friend or anybody you can, that builds your understanding and confidence as well.

Use motivational quotes too to put on your walls and study table. You can also try some meditation which really helps in increasing concentration.

Good luck!

It's not a problem,sometimes procrastination comes from laziness, however listed below are the small steps you can take to avoid this habit of yours:

◼ Pick a few important tasks that you can commit to.

Don't try to tackle everything all at once.

◼Pick deadlines for these items.

For each of the three to five items on your list, pick a date by which you can have it done. These deadlines should not require you to pull an all-nighter, or work through every weekend.

◼Set new deadlines for your updated tasks, including those that didn't get done last time. Once again, these should be realistic deadlines

◼ Keep away from your phone, iPad, even computer. Don’t say phone, ipad and computer are useful while you study. I know they are powerful, but you can’t control yourself not to browse FB YouTube Twitter instagram and so many other platform.

◼Take action. It’s now or never. If you want to achieve something, just do it. The best time to start something is now.

Hope this helps you.

Thank you.