{"id":25431,"date":"2024-03-12T20:40:05","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T00:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=25431"},"modified":"2024-03-13T20:22:16","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T00:22:16","slug":"how-do-i-improve-my-work-ethic-not-procrastinate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2024\/03\/12\/how-do-i-improve-my-work-ethic-not-procrastinate\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I improve my work ethic + not procrastinate?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AW031224-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AW031224-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AW031224-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AW031224-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AW031224-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Procrastination often stems from a feeling of being overwhelmed by a task. You might try two things on your own: 1. break the task into smaller tasks. &#8220;Write the Paper&#8221; is not what belongs on your to-do list. Break it into a dozen steps. 2. Tell your inner critic&#8211;the unhelpful one&#8211;you don&#8217;t need their input right now, you&#8217;ll do fine on this task. So what if it&#8217;s not the Mona Lisa? It doesn&#8217;t have to be a masterpiece, it just has to be done. For help with task management, get an appointment at the CFLC for academic coaching: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/BC-connors\">bit.ly\/BC-connors<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Procrastination often stems from a feeling of being overwhelmed by a task. You might try two things on your own: 1. break the task into smaller tasks. &#8220;Write the Paper&#8221; is not what belongs on your to-do list. Break it into a dozen steps. 2. Tell your inner critic&#8211;the unhelpful one&#8211;you don&#8217;t need their input &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2024\/03\/12\/how-do-i-improve-my-work-ethic-not-procrastinate\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How do I improve my work ethic + not procrastinate?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25431"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25437,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25431\/revisions\/25437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}