Have a big paper due, how do I concentrate?

[sandquip]

This paper is due by Friday and it's 10 pages in length.

I am notorious for a marked inability to concentrate and read a book for up to even 15 minutes at a time.

What would you suggest I could do to improve my concentration?

- Drink a coffee?
- Turn on light music (what kinds of music?)
- Specific phrase or expression that you use whenever you get distracted?

I need some help here, guys.

(This is besides the point but ...**For the record and those of you curious, the topic is Feminism and the change in social perception of women from the time of Simone de Beauvoir's "The Second Sex" until the present day. A compare and contrast argument between present and past, if you will.**)

Thx in advance,
SQ

 

[SackOfAllTrades]

realize how weak you are for having the attention span of a 2 year old

 

[Alienwho]

Femenism, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

no just kidding, it's not funny...pfft HAHAHAHAHAHA

 

[Alienwho]

ack, i was clicky happy.

 

[shiner]

Get a hummer....then kick back and write about how that makes you perceive women. For your compare and contrast you can talk about how you felt pre and post hummer.

 

[LanEvoVI]

I'd say work in a very quiet place that's out of the way. Less people around means less distraction. Music usually just distracts me, even if it is classical and coffee is only good if u find yourself falling asleep. Otherwise coffee will just make u hyper.

 

[Jfur]

first thing to do is STOP PROCRASTINATING. Close your browser and get to work. Seriously.

 

[Zach]

<< first thing to do is STOP PROCRASTINATING. Close your browser and get to work. Seriously. >>



Bingo, I've C'd a bunch of college crap because I procrastinated. I still managed B's (I think..), but they were classes I could have gotten A's in.

 

[Scrapster]

Masterbate.

I'm serious. Once you're done you will be completely focused. You will be a genius. Trust me.

 

[notfred]

I had to read her crap in a philosophy class I took, jsut a little of it, but I didn't like it, of course I didn't like msot of the stuff we read in there. Ever heard of the &quot;ethic of care&quot;? no? it's cause it's a bunch of BS. Now Kant, he had some good ideas.

 

[shiner]

<< I'm serious. Once you're done you will be completely focused. You will be a genius. Trust me. >>


If that were true then 3/4 of the members here would gradaute Magna Cum Laude.

 

[kingink]

umm, quit posting and go somewhere you can concentrate, like away from your computer and pr0n collection and/or tv/radio/housemates.

I still wish there were cheap all-night coffee shops in SF.

kingink

 

[sandquip]

OK Guys I'm heading to work.
I'm moving all my books to somewhere quiet away from the comp., as suggested.
I'll report back in a little while with my progress.

If you get any other suggestions, post them--because I'll come back and check during my breaks (better not take too many of those)

SQ

 

[WhiteWonder]

man i hate doing stuff i don't want to do!

 

[Lars]

Block your Internet connection!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[amnesiac]

Scrapster, if you were right I'd be on the Dean's List and have the IQ of a thousand Einsteins.

 

[elchen]

smoke some bud

 

[wildwarren]

10 pages on feminism? man, you better masturbate twice.

 

[Lars]

<< 10 pages on feminism? man, you better masturbate twice. >>



LMAO

 

[Jeff7]

<< If that were true then 3/4 of the members here would gradaute Magna Cum Laude. >>


Hey, what arafe ayuou oisinuating buy saying oiathat?
sprry, somnge ekeys arer situck yet....eew
Feminism? Find some pr0n, and call it &quot;research.&quot;
And heck, it'll help you concentrate.


Serious advice though, is to maybe listen to some music that is calming, do something that calms you, or maybe just yell at yourself like, &quot;goddammit, this is IMPORTANT!!! CONCENTRATE!!&quot;

 

[MrCodeDude]

Unplug all access to the internet and uninstall ALL games.
-- mrcodedude

 

[CattyKathy]

get away from the computer, I repeat, get away from the computer

 

[masterxfob]

stay away from the porn........break all those game cd's.........actually, just throw your computer out the window and work on it at kinko's.

 

[exorr]

Should we change the topic to...

&quot;Will masturbation help me concentrate on Feminism?&quot;


Seriously though, get away from the computer. The worst is when you go to type the paper, you can't help but check the e-mail, weather, anandtech, espn, aol, ergh.....

 

[bleeb]

Drink some RED BULL. WAKES YOU UP, BUT WON'T LET YOU SLEEP.