Concentration..

[Alex.]

I really cant seem to concentrate on school work very well when, and when im not at school and there is alot of work that needs doing, I cant even bring mysrlf to open the document, never mind work on it...

the suspects are temptation to go on the net, MSN, play games etc. I really just do anything to avoid wokring on the projects, essays etc. It seems I lack mental commitment..

I'm willing to listen to all serious suggestions

can anyone help me get on with my work and keep my concentration??

 

[Mrs. Famine]

Firstly you need to develop some willpower.
Then try taking Omega 3 fish oil.

 

[Omnis]

You obviously have ADD. Go get some Adderall, quick!

 

[Swift]

You obviously have ADD. Go get some Adderall, quick!

I hope you're joking.

Chances are you just need some discipline, as gtplant said. I mean personal, not a beating. Unplug your internet connection and uninstall your games and that may help take away the distractions during study time.

 

[Danny]

Don't worry, when it matters (really matters) you'll concentrate like there's no tomorrow.

Which there isn't, by the way.

 

[Omnis]

I hope you're joking.

Chances are you just need some discipline, as gtplant said. I mean personal, not a beating. Unplug your internet connection and uninstall your games and that may help take away the distractions during study time.

Of course I'm joking. But, go to a psychiatrist and that's what they'd say right off the bat. It's pretty pathetic.


Anyway, dude, just get focused. Eliminate every one of your distractions and just do what you need to do.

 

[Perfect Balance]

I really cant seem to concentrate on school work very well when, and when im not at school and there is alot of work that needs doing, I cant even bring mysrlf to open the document, never mind work on it...

the suspects are temptation to go on the net, MSN, play games etc. I really just do anything to avoid wokring on the projects, essays etc. It seems I lack mental commitment..

I'm willing to listen to all serious suggestions

can anyone help me get on with my work and keep my concentration??

You can get a temporary ban from gtp, so that takes care of the internet problem. Uninstall the games, or let someone else borrow them so you couldnt play them even if you wanted to.

 

[Specialized]

Give him a temp ban so he cant post on here Swift.

Seriously though alot of the time te lack on concentration goes hand in hand with lack of interest with what your ment to be doing. Unfortunately there isnt much you can do about that and you just have to stick at what your doing. If you are having a real bad time with a certain part of work then take a 10 min break. I dont mean go sit on the computer though! Get a glass of water or something and maybe have a walk in the garden. It helps wake you up and gives you a clear head so when you do get back to the work you can look at it with a fresh head.

As for the msn/games etc you just have to resist the temptation. I kinda agree with the other with the uninstalling games and let friends borrow them but its a bit if the easy way out and doesnt really help you in the long run. You need to make a deal with yourself or talk to your parents about it and maybe strike a deal with them where by if you stick to your dicipline they treat you to a game or something. doing this not only builds up your game collection but you also have to resist playing the said new game before you done your studying etc. It sounds like a babyist idea but it is effective providing you stick to it. It give you an incentive to complete the work.

Spec....

 

[daan]

Give him a temp ban so he cant post on here Swift.

Can we? Can we? Can we forget about the temporary bit too?

I don't have any problems with concentr.... Oh, look, there's a bit of fluff shaped like a Ferrari Enzo stuck to my sock....

 

[Alex.]

thanks guys ill see what i can do

 

[ExigeEvan]

Do you have a TV in your bedroom?

That's my biggest problem, I will watch anything on TV just aslong as I'm not doing my homework. Usually means I'm doing homework last minute and even worse is that I can't concentrate on school work much after 9pm, it's like a huge switch is thrown and all my education leaves me.

Get rid of all distractions, oh and tidy your room, I'm even been known to do that to avoid homework.

 

[wfooshee]

Yeah, that's the thing. You CANNOT do work with music, TV, browser windows open, whatever. Everybody says they can, they say they actually need it, but any input to your brain other than the task at hand pulls you away. Being a trained musician, I can't even read with music playing. I start listening. (To a musician, listening has a different meaning than it does for everyone else; listening is an active task, where you process the music, hearing harminies, following parts. A listener can sing the second trumpet part after hearing a song, rather than the melody.) The thing you're trying to do has to be the ONLY thing you're trying to do.

I know that ADD is a real disorder, but I think half of the ADD problem is the need for a change of subject every few seconds, the result of kids growing up with too many things to do, or even just channel surfing the TV. (Boring, next - boring, next - boring, next, etc.) If a kid had a craft to work on, perhaps even a tedious craft (needlepoint, good model-building, tying flies) that took a certain amount of time to complete, they will have learned to concentrate, and what it means.

If you ever get surprised by how much time elapsed while you were doing something, then you've properly eliminated the distractions.

Oh, yeah. Phone. Turn the damn thing off when you're trying to get something done. Voice mail is free. Use it.

 

[SRV2LOW4ME]

You need Ritalin, and lots of it. I suggest crushing it up and sprinkling it on your cereal each morning, and maybe making a shake out of it for lunch. Stop eating candy too, instead, just fill a Skittles bag with Ritalin and chew on those all day. You'll be fixed in no time. 👍

 

[Danoff]

Yeah, that's the thing. You CANNOT do work with music, TV, browser windows open, whatever. Everybody says they can, they say they actually need it, but any input to your brain other than the task at hand pulls you away.

You can, you just have to listen to music that you can avoid focusing on. Background music helps keep your energy level up and eliminate otherwise distracting noises.

I really cant seem to concentrate on school work very well when, and when im not at school and there is alot of work that needs doing, I cant even bring mysrlf to open the document, never mind work on it...

I'll bet you can play video games for hours straight though can't you. Your problem is not concentration, your problem is interest - as in, you're not interested in your school work. You need to find a way to interest yourself in the work you're doing. Try to understand the bigger picture behind your school work, talk to your teacher about how you might use this information in every day life - try to understand how this new knowledge is useful to you.

 

[Sakiale]

Send all your video games to me, make your parents put a password on your computer which has been moved to their bedroom, and ask for a 1 week ban. If it works, I'll send them back, happy that I helped someone. If it doesn't, then call me when it does.

That's almost what happened to me.

 

[Philly]

Sounds like you need a motive. Do you care at all about grades?

This is really working in one of my classes, but it's on accident. I happen to be about 1 percent below an A. It hasen't changed since October. I am absolutely working my butt off trying to get that grade up. Of course, it is History, which I like. You could let your grade move to where you are close to the next letter.

Another thing you might try, but is really dangerous is the pressure of time. I usually can't sit down and write for more than half an hour. Under pressure, I have know myself to sit down and work for a whole day straight. As soon as I realize that I have more than enough time, I drift off to something else.

Pressure is amazing.

 

[Car-less]

Yeah, that's the thing. You CANNOT do work with music, TV, browser windows open, whatever. Everybody says they can, they say they actually need it, but any input to your brain other than the task at hand pulls you away.

An open browser window is too much of a temptation, but music and TV are something else. If I do not have music playing quietly in the background then my brain goes off searching for other sounds. It is so much more dificult to concentrate whilst listening to the dog next door/traffic on the road below/wind rustling in the trees.

If a kid had a craft to work on, perhaps even a tedious craft (needlepoint, good model-building, tying flies) that took a certain amount of time to complete, they will have learned to concentrate, and what it means.

Building with LEGO is great for this. Just tonight I started building this;

and before I knew it, 2 hours had passed. I was watching TV as I built it, and even took a phone call part way through. The LEGO building has become second nature, so I could carry on building whilst concentrating on something else. Likewise background music has become second nature, and does not distract me from studying - not that I have to study much any more.

If you ever get surprised by how much time elapsed while you were doing something, then you've properly eliminated the distractions.

One time I set out some tables, put on the Star Wars trilogy VHS, and started building this.

I was ever so surprised to have finished putting all 3104 parts together in just 6 hours.
It is still scary though when I am playing video games, and look up to see that I've been going for that long, or more.

Anyway - background music may or may not help, but turn the Phone off...
and if the studying is too boring, then you must be studying the wrong thing. Change your courses if you can.

Edit.edit.edit. Did we have a server error while I was writing this? I accidentally submitted a half finished reply, and was unable to complete it for about a half hour during which I lost my train of thought. ;(

 

[Philly]

Maybe interest is not all of it. I had a group of friends over for a game of LOTR risk, while watching the 2nd movie. Before we knew it, a total of four turns had been taken and the movie was halfway over. (to change the disk). Granted, RISK does take a long time, but we shaped up our act for the second disc and got much farther into the game.

My guess is you will gravitate toward the most entertaining option you have at teh time.

 

[SS69]

You obviously have ADD. Go get some Adderall, quick!

They dont prescribe ritalin anymore?

 

[Keef]

Ritalin turned me into a zombie at school back in 4th grade, and when I got home I'd be angry, unhappy, frustrated, and I'd yell at my parents and go nuts. No, ritalin doesn't work.

 

[Kylehnat]

Try getting some exercise. It'll calm your restless body down, and clear your mind for a little while. I think it's also good for your health or something.

 

[Philly]

But don't go for a total workout. All you want to do after a good workout is to sleep, a very bad thing when you are trying to study.

 

[Omnis]

Ritalin turned me into a zombie at school back in 4th grade, and when I got home I'd be angry, unhappy, frustrated, and I'd yell at my parents and go nuts. No, ritalin doesn't work.

Adderall is the one they perscribe now, I guess. I tried it when I was in 7th grade, and it made me vomit all over the place if I did strenuous activity. I also got SUPER pissed off about having to take it (like you) so I threw all of the pills away and got straight As on my next report card.

Anyway, let me get back to CCX and the topic at hand. Perhaps if you give yourself a point to prove and you pump yourself up around it, you can find concentrating and achieving your goals easier. For me, it was just a matter of cutting the B.S. and getting the job done. I was just depressed by, and then pissed off at, and then motivated by the fact that my intelligence (and subsequent boredom) was always automatically viewed and dismissed as some kind of ridiculous disorder.

You know you can do what you have to do, CCX. Just prioritize and set your mind to one task at a time. Good luck. 👍

 

[Alex.]

thanks alot for your support and advice guys =]

 

[DQuaN]

To concentrate on what I am doing, I just keep reminding myself of the task.


Last night for example I was driving home, and I saw two Ferraris. Man they were sweet, one red one black. They made the most awesome noise.

 

[Blake]

But don't go for a total workout. All you want to do after a good workout is to sleep, a very bad thing when you are trying to study.

Two things I have found since I started working out regularly:

1. My brain is a lot more alert, and I have more energy during the entire day. I can also concentrate better for longer.
2. My days are now at least an hour and a half shorter because of the workout. So now I have to work hard when I get home because I have less time to muck about.

 

[guska]

Hell, I can't concentrate long enough to read your username Dunc!

 

[Bram Turismo]

Last night for example I was driving home, and I saw two Ferraris. Man they were sweet, one red one black. They made the most awesome noise.

We all would concentrate on that when it would be for school!

I've got a similar problem as CCX has, what I do is think about how the pretty girls react when they ask this:

"So, what you got?"
- "No ehh, I only....maximum baby!"


Ehhh, neerd! Anyway, think about how bad it can become when you don't study, when I'm imagining myself coming home with bad grades, my fingers start to drag me towards a book

 

[Alex.]

Im gonna try and get some work done this afternoon =]

and on monday I did 2 pages of work at school, and IT DIDNT SAVE PROPERLY SO I HAVE TO START AGAIN

 

[daan]

Im gonna try and get some work done this afternoon =]

So, why are you still here? Go, and get some work done. 💡 It'll not get done browsing GTP.

You are a prime candidate for a temp ban....