I have trouble with my school work due to procrastinating. And my anxiety always gets in the way. How do I get things done?

I can definitely relate to this! What gets me motivated and going is remembering how my parents are thinking of me highly and how much they sacrificed for me just to get a better education which is why I don't have to take it for granted and show my appreciation to them by working hard.

I"m also procrastinating, due to my fear of failure. It's difficult for me to start something, unless I have a good motivation. Do not be anxious. Start it slowly and steady, do not think of what could happen, because if you don't do anything, you would fail anyways. I went through it, and believe me, I've lost a lot, even friends. And opportunities. Make a plan which is made of a number of steps. But when you'll start, look only at step 1, so you won't panic, ignore the other steps for the moment. When you're done with step 1, go to step 2 in the same manner. And so on, until you're done with everything. And then you'll realize you had nothing to fear of.

You could assign a personal deadline for yourself and use a reward system that will motivate you to do the work you need to do. For example, once you've finished writing a 2 page paper for your English class by or before your personal deadline, you could put a check next to it and reward yourself by eating something you enjoy or listen to your favorite song and dance to it. The rewards don't necessarily have to be big!

Prefer making a schedule. It wont always work because procrastination but eventually it would lead to atleast half of the work being done and you will immediately feel the progress. Talking to your self regarding this and discussing it with you yourself rather than actually writing it down is more preferred as nobody knows your capacity to learn more than you yourself.

Hey !! Just want to let you know that, procrastination howsoever difficult and bad it is, is so so normal . The best of us struggle with it, and I do understand, the anxiety with it just messes up everything too . Some ways to avoid procrastination would be to assess the reasons you feel you're procrastinating, maybe you dont like that task or it's difficult or uncomfortable to you, or it's not that important for you? With school work, however I presume ,there's not much option of not doing the work, you're bound to complete the work to get grades, so do you feel the good grades can be used as motivation to get the tasks done ? Maybe also, try and break the tasks into smaller chunks so you don't feel overburden, one task at a time, making a schedule of things to be done and then maybe keeping some kind of rewards for the same on completion of these scheduled tasks? , lastly what really is important is to get that one push to just go dive in that shock work, once you really do make you go straight up to the study desk and assign the tasks , you'll be able to cover it soon ! I believe in you, and so should you!! Just Go , Get Started !!! It's NOW time !! Go Youuu !! You've got this ❤

Always find a way to make things fun. Asking about school work ahead of time may help with anxiety.

It can be very helpful to set little goals for yourself, and break big intimidating tasks into smaller pieces! This way you don't get behind, and you get to feel like you're making a lot of progress.

Dealing with procrastination is never easy! When you need to muster up the will to work, try setting incentives for yourself. A reward system, if you will. (i.e. if you read a chapter and summarize it successfully, you will take a 20 minute break and grab a quick snack). As for the anxiety, remember to remain calm. Don't look at tasks as a whole (big picture). Break up the tasks. Example: Instead of saying/thinking that you have to "study for that big test, write down when the test is, how many days you have and what is going to be tested. Then, divide the work up. Think in pages instead of chapters if you have to study a lot. In your list, write "Read and summarize pages 1-35" instead of "Finish reading chapter 1 and summarize".

since this is how i got through my school year, I had tried my work and I would panic about it not being like anyone else and such, but most of the time i got an A. All you need to do is try to focus, I would work during classes i had free time for kind of a slight chance that if i got distracted or bored i would have a teacher to maybe tell me to get back to work. If you don't have that, do something like that with a friend, if they aren't physically there, skype them or call them so you can get that slight motivation.

The best way for me to get things done is to sit down in an environment where I know that I'm going to be left alone and have no distractions, and really just get to work. If I have to turn off my phone, I do it. If I have to listen to music, I do it. Whatever it takes to get me focused and relaxed. In your situation it may help for you to listen to relaxing tracks like rainfall or just background noise. Don't give yourself the ability to turn on the tv or pick up your phone, just remove absolutely all distractions.