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How do I stop procrastinating on homework and studying?

Short answer: Pick one assignment, plan exactly when you will start it, and make the first session short. Students procrastinate most on tasks with distant deadlines and unclear first steps, so break the assignment into small pieces, schedule the first one for a specific time today or tomorrow, and study with your phone out of reach.[1][2][3]

By Seth Richardson, Founder of ProcrastiGauge · Last reviewed 24 October 2026 · Based on published research (sources below)

Key facts

  • Pick: one assignment, broken into small steps
  • Plan: a specific start time and place
  • First session: about 25 minutes, phone out of reach
  • Review: did you start on time, and what got in the way?

The details

Procrastination is linked with slightly lower grades on average, and the costs build up through the term, so starting early on big assignments matters more than cramming well.

A simple study routine: each evening, choose tomorrow's most important assignment, write when and where you will start it, and set a short first session of 25 minutes. Afterwards, note whether you started on time and what got in the way.

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Limits of the evidence. This routine combines findings from separate studies on procrastination and planning; it has not been tested as a package.
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Sources

  1. Kim, K. R., & Seo, E. H. (2015). The relationship between procrastination and academic performance: A meta-analysis. Personality and Individual Differences, 82, 26-33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2015.02.038Meta-analysis of 33 studies (about 38,500 participants).
  2. Steel, P. (2007). The nature of procrastination: A meta-analytic and theoretical review of quintessential self-regulatory failure. Psychological Bulletin, 133(1), 65-94. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.133.1.65Meta-analysis based on 691 correlations.
  3. Gollwitzer, P. M., & Sheeran, P. (2006). Implementation intentions and goal achievement: A meta-analysis of effects and processes. Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, 38, 69-119. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0065-2601(06)38002-1Meta-analysis of 94 independent tests.