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Procrastination workshop follow-up resources & references

Top ten strategies to beat procrastination

Define and understand what procrastination is and why we do it

Make rewards and consequences more immediate

Design your environment - remove distractions, create commitment devices

Make the task more achievable -e.g. 2-minute rule and 4-minute rule

Design days you want to have! Scheduling - use calendar - fun things first (and sleep)

Make it visual e.g. Kanban - (to do / doing / done), paper clip strategy

Action before motivation

Create a starting ritual

Break it down - Pomodoro technique - 25 minute intervals with 5 minute breaks

Use verb on to-do lists - e.g. action word

Presentation:

How To Help Your Teen Beat Procrastination!

docs.google.com

KGV website links:

PSHE@KGV

Student's in year 10-13 follow a Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) education course. PSHE is a subject through which KGV students develop the knowledge, skills and attributes they need to keep themselves healthy and safe, and to prepare them for life and work in the modern world.

https://sites.google.com/kgv.hk/pshe/home

KGV Wellbeing

The KG5 Ways To Wellbeing is a framework we use to help individuals in our community reflect upon and develop their own wellbeing. This framework was researched and developed by the New Economics Foundation for the Department of Health and Social Care This video is an introduction into these 5

https://sites.google.com/kgv.hk/wellbeing/home?authuser=0

References and further research

Why You Procrastinate (It Has Nothing to Do With Self-Control) (Published 2019)

If you've ever put off an important task by, say, alphabetizing your spice drawer, you know it wouldn't be fair to describe yourself as lazy. After all, alphabetizing requires focus and effort - and hey, maybe you even went the extra mile to wipe down each bottle before putting it back.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/25/smarter-living/why-you-procrastinate-it-has-nothing-to-do-with-self-control.html

https://jamesclear.com/procrastination https://jamesclear.com/motivation https://jamesclear.com/temptation-bundling

Paperclip method

https://jamesclear.com/paper-clips

Kanban method

The Japanese word “kanban”, meaning “visual board” or a “sign”, has been used in the sense of a process definition since the 1950s. It was first developed and applied by Toyota as a scheduling system for just-in-time manufacturing. On the other hand, the capitalized term “Kanban” is known and associated with the emergence of the “Kanban Method,” which was first defined in 2007.

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David Allen's Getting Things Done® (GTD®) is the work-life management system that alleviates overwhelm, and instills focus, clarity, and confidence.David Allen's Getting Things Done®

https://gettingthingsdone.com/

The Ivy Lee Method

During his 15 minutes with each executive, Ivy Lee explained his simple daily routine for achieving peak productivity:

At the end of each work day, write down the six most important things you need to accomplish tomorrow. Do not write down more than six tasks.

Prioritize those six items in order of their true importance.

When you arrive tomorrow, concentrate only on the first task. Work until the first task is finished before moving on to the second task.

Approach the rest of your list in the same fashion. At the end of the day, move any unfinished items to a new list of six tasks for the following day.