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Story: Jack studies abroad in Australia where he has much homework and has to spend some time on the trivial by himself. He needs to make priorities for all his tasks including research and daily activities, such as buying food or doing exercise. It is common to use a to-do list, but you may forget… Continue reading Evolved ideas →

Over the two weeks, we were divided into groups based on the theme we choose. After reviewing the team member's research questions, pain points were required to write on stickers to find the similarities. Though some kind of familiarities were identified, I don't know the aims of the activity, let alone some interesting finds identified.… Continue reading Find similarities and create a persona →

Procrastinator One reason for procrastinator keep procrastinating working is because they do not know where to start when trying to undertake them. To deal with this situation, the application Procrastinator will help you break a big task into smaller and manageable pieces, allowing you to prioritise these sub-tasks and adding comments to them. Finally, you… Continue reading Procrastinator improves your work efficiency →

Forest   Forest boosts the motivation and mood to help you get started on your work through adopting anti-procrastination strategies. According to https://www.njlifehacks.com/reinforcement-procrastination/ , gaining a reward for yourself after achieving goals can create a positive emotional experience by connecting  your study to pleasure. In addition, Forest is easy to use. You can easily pick… Continue reading Forest that may help you →

It is found that managing your study environment can help you stop procrastinating. When you complete a task, Freedom can set up a positive study environment by playing a parental role in eliminating distractions though controlling the notifications of applications or websites, including the invitations of social media applications or new emails.

Solutions: 1.Do the hard and importance tasks first/ Worse-first approach According to our Circadian Rhythm, the best efficiency for our brain is at about 10 am. IF the hardest part of task is finished,  the less stress we feel, then the less likely we postponing. 2.Break the task into piece 3.Improve self-regulation ability and beliefs.… Continue reading How to stop procrastinating →

Procrastination can be caused by various reasons, such as too much work, time management problems, distracted by something else that looks more enjoyable (Akinsola and Tella Adedeji and Tella Adeyinka 2007, 364). For compulsive procrastinators, procrastination is linked to socially prescribed perfectionism, which means “perfect behaviour may be motivated by external, social expectations about what… Continue reading Reasons that we procrastinate →

It is a common trait for people to put off their work when the task is hard or overpowering. For undergraduate and graduate students, who may study under a stressful environment where frequent and challenging assignments are given by teachers, the prevalence of procrastination goes even further (Akinsola and Tella Adedeji and Tella Adeyinka 2007,… Continue reading Problem stated →

the issue for me now is how to illustrate the importance of the measure, which is designing seat tracking system. I have looked through many articles through google and google scholar. What a pity, almost all the scholars just focus on how to improve the performance of libraries rather than help students tackle the issue… Continue reading Stuck in the problem →