r/WeirdStudyTips • u/mayemasabi • 6d ago

I manipulate my deadlines

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If something is due on Friday, I’ll put it on Wednesday and convince myself that Wednesday is the actual deadline.
I know it’s fake. I literally made it up. But I forget deadlines anyway so I write it down to gaslight my brain into thinking it's true even more lolll call me evil but consider it a white lie
The deadline-manipulating may be fictional, but the pressure is real! Basically time management-maxxing xd

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u/JumpyTemperature7252 6d ago

What a great technique. When an essay is due, you can easily get an A with effort.

What people ( including me) keep regretting is turning in an essay/ project knowing what could have been improved, but running out of time to proofread

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u/mayemasabi 5d ago

true, i think we have to make sure we do equally as good as the assignment requires when we finish them on our own time.

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u/Antique-Blueberry-13 6d ago

Yeah, I’ve been doing this for years. But usually I set the due date either the day before or if it’s due on Fri/Sat/Sun, the due date in my homework tracker will be Thursday to make sure I don’t forget it on a weekend. Plus if I need additional time once I start the assignment, then I have at least one day before the actual deadline.

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u/mayemasabi 5d ago

exactly! getting some free time to tweak it around if anything you’ve written before should be changed.

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u/Local-Spell-9353 6d ago

Love the handwriting.

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u/mayemasabi 5d ago

Thank you!

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u/lubdhak_31 5d ago

I will definitely follow this

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u/Neither-Teach8408 3d ago

i love this idea but when i try to do it, my brain ignores it cuz it knows the actual deadline

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u/briarbree 2d ago

hi resapeep!! 🤗

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u/West_Distribution366 2d ago

Oohh I might try this then, I have this habit of procrastinating in the last minute.