like...i'd just have to be COMPLETELY focused. and frig...there's always so much stuff way more exciting than homework. UGH.

uhhh yeah long stretches of homework always make me irritable... and there is a solution for that, right???

doing it often practice, like anything else.

it's so bad it's damned near tempting to start looking into friggin add medication. but that's just stupid. i just wonder if it works.

there's just so much more i'd rather do than homework.

:/ nooo don't do that. there are a LOT better ways to make yourself get focused. you just have to eliminate distractions and make goals for

yourself.

finish one big problem, then reward yourself with something that won't lead to something that takes too long

such as a small snack

or getting up to give me a hug!

just make sure you get back to work afterwards.

getting enough sleep, exercising and eating right are HUUUUUGE in studying. can't stress it enough. i know you can do it!

I remember when i was taking business courses.. man. i wasn't even TIRED and i would fall asleep reading my text books

my fave place to nap became my desk on top of my open consumer behaviour text book. i would also play with my hair all the time while

reading.. it was really hard.

not the subject matter, but like you said, SO many things i would have rather been doing

I did it in chunks, and did other fun but productive things in between. like cooking, a doodle, playing the cello.. stuff like that

there is no way to FORCE yourself to be more interested or focused, because in your mind you *know* it's work

Adderall's a good way to force yourself.

you have to tough it out but don't torture yourself either.. but also don't avoid it until the wee hours of the morning, either

because that just fucks up your week :/

SO IN CONCLUSION. I will help you if you let me. or just take my advice and give it another shot. just don't resort to getting something

else to get the work done for you, i.e. meds or just straight up procrastinating or dropping the course. you committed to it, we're

paying for it, and you will feel so great when you've finally finished it!

hah, they're ALL big problems. everything takes like a friggin page! *cries*

caffeine can help you focus

just moderate your dose!

man, caffeine WRECKS me. actually most drugs seem to have an amplified effect on me, it's nuts. kina was there!

i get really jittery and cant focus at all

my writing gets even MORE squiggly. and my heart beats uncomfortably fast.

ideally that'd be an awesome solution if it worked. it's in everything tasty.

too much, try green tea or tea instead

actually i work best JUST after waking up from a nap

green tea has a very low amount but it's enough to keep you focusing sometimes

people have been doing it for thousands of years!

that may be a possibility....i wonder if i added a bit of sugar... or i hear lemon juice works too as a sweetener for tea

you can add some sugar to it, or honey.. i dunno about lemon though! actually maybe just regular decaf black tea.. it has trace amounts!

lemon juice is good in tea, but it's not a sweetener. it's lemon juice.

some teas*

honey might work!

i put honey in green tea sometimes, and it's quite nice

it's what they use in the green arizona tea that i buy at the depanneur now and then

er.. quickie? convenience store? so used to calling it the Dep...

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Lol Arizonas are rampant everywhere!

eww - i actually REALLY hate those drinks.

You gotta find your flavor! Mine is Georgia Peach :>

POMEGRANATE

i used to drink so many of the pina coladas

so many.

TOO MANY