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Study Skills

Motivation and Procrastination

This guide will introduce and explain the key points of motivation and procrastination.

Printable Resources

Motivation and Procrastination Presentation (PDF)
Aims and Goals
Use this resource to document your aims and goals.
Procrastination Bingo
Use this resource to identify all the ways that you procrastinate.
Cross off any that apply to you and use the blank squares to add in any other ways you procrastinate.
Motivators Task
Use this resource to identify what motivates you

Further Reading

Study Skills by John Kennedy; Graham Lawler (Editor)
ISBN: 1842850644
Publication Date: 2005
Time Management by Kate Williams; Michelle Reid
ISBN: 9780230299603
Publication Date: 2011
Skills for Success by Stella Cottrell
ISBN: 9780230250185
Publication Date: 2010

Useful Links

Forest App
"Put down your phone and focus on what's more important in your life"
Stay Focused
"StayFocusd increases your productivity by limiting the amount of time that you can spend on time-wasting websites."
Time Doser
"Dosify your time. Work, relax, work, relax. Staying focused can be that easy. No excuse for procrastination!"