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Academic pressure can have a significant impact on students’ mental health. Many students feel stressed because they want to achieve high grades, meet deadlines, and satisfy expectations from teachers, parents, or themselves. This constant pressure can lead to anxiety, sleep problems, and even depression. Some students may feel they have no time to relax or do activities they enjoy, which affects their overall well-being. Therefore, it is important to learn how to manage time wisely, seek help when needed, and remember that taking care of mental health is just as important as academic success.

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The collective thrives on challenging established paradigms, employing humor, irony, and controversy as tools to subvert expectations. By masquerading as a corporate entity, MSCHF cleverly dismantles the structures it operates within, questioning traditional notions of ownership, value, and authority. Their projects frequently explore themes such as consumerism, branding, and social behavior, offering a sharp critique of the systems that shape our daily lives.

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With the rapid development of technology, especially the widespread use of smartphones, social media, and AI systems, data privacy has become a major concern. People’s personal information, such as location, browsing history, and even biometric data, is often collected without their full understanding or consent.

1. Lack of Transparency

Many companies do not clearly explain how they collect, store, or use personal data.

2. Data Breaches

Cyberattacks and security failures can lead to personal information being leaked or stolen.

3. Surveillance and Control

Some governments and companies use data to monitor behaviour, raising concerns about freedom and human rights.

4. Ethical Concerns

The use of big data and AI for targeted advertising or behaviour prediction can manipulate choices without people realising it.

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Do schools kill creativity? Back in 2006, Sir Ken Robinson posed this question to the TED audience -- and boy, did it touch a nerve. More than fifty million views and a decade later, head of TED Chris Anderson sits down with Sir Ken to dig into the changes and progress that have been made, and to see if the answer now is any different. How are educators thinking about creativity these days? And why should creativity be a focus at all? With his characteristic verve, wit and sparkle, Sir Ken explains all.

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Do schools kill creativity? Back in 2006, Sir Ken Robinson posed this question to the TED audience -- and boy, did it touch a nerve. More than fifty million views and a decade later, head of TED Chris Anderson sits down with Sir Ken to dig into the changes and progress that have been made, and to see if the answer now is any different. How are educators thinking about creativity these days? And why should creativity be a focus at all? With his characteristic verve, wit and sparkle, Sir Ken explains all. (Audio only)

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"I used tally marks to count and record moments of anxiety. This allowed me to shift into the creative zone that temporarily eases my anxiety. Four layers of coloured ink represent the incessant ruminations and never-ending spikes of terror that underpinned my recent diagnosis of PTSD, an "upgrade" from the generalised anxiety that I had been living with for more than five years. This work is a preparatory drawing for a larger endurance work called "One Million Marks of Anxiety" which will take more than 120 hours spread across many weeks to complete."    -Matti

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“One World, One Dream” is a monumental photograph by Chinese contemporary artist Wang Qingsong, whose practice often interrogates the social consequences of modernization, consumerism, and global identity in post-reform China.

This work stages a chaotic classroom setting where dozens of students feverishly write or copy from the blackboard, which is covered with hundreds of phrases, slogans, and terms, many in English, referencing globalization, popular culture, politics, consumer brands, and educational pressure. The title itself, borrowed from the official slogan of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, is both a literal and ironic statement: it asks whether the dream of global unity is genuine, or simply another imposed, commercialized fantasy.

Key Themes

• Educational Anxiety & Conformity

The image critiques China’s rigid exam-based education system, where students are overloaded with rote memorization and performative learning. The students appear exhausted, mechanical, and overwhelmed — symbolizing how dreams are being standardized, commodified, and detached from individuality.

• Globalization & Cultural Overload

The blackboard, filled with fragments of global pop culture, corporate logos, and Western ideologies, suggests the onslaught of external influence on young minds. The work questions whether the modern Chinese dream is truly domestic or shaped by a neoliberal, consumerist, global narrative.

• Satire of Olympic Ideals

By placing the Olympic slogan into a grim, overcrowded classroom, Wang ironically contrasts the ideal of global unity and peace with the harsh realities of competition, nationalism, and indoctrination.

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Diversity

A real education has to give equal weight to the arts, the humanities, to physical education.An awful lot of kids!

ADHD

Curiousity

Testing should not to be the dominant culture of the education.

routine algorithms

mechanistic conceptions of education

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Sir Ken Robinson outlines 3 principles crucial for the human mind to flourish -- and how current education culture works against them. In a funny, stirring talk he tells us how to get out of the educational “death valley” we now face, and how to nurture our youngest generations with a climate of possibility.

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• Medium: Photography + Street Art

• Theme: The impact of rapid urbanization on youth life behind education

• Analysis: The human figure image with "holes" is inserted into the city wall, suggesting how Chinese education and urban development jointly promote the "construction" and "erasure" of individuals.

• Relationship: The "identity anxiety" of individuals being invisibly consumed in the national education and urban planning system.

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Demolition 199964b, 1999
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Demoltion and Dialogue No.50, 1998
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Demolition 199965A, 1999
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43 1/2 x 30 3/4 inches (110 x 78 cm)

Demolition 200482A, 2004
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43 1/2 x 30 3/4 inches (110 x 78 cm)

Demolition 2001410D, 2012
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39 3/8 x 59 1/16 inches (100 x 150 cm)

Zhang Dali was born in Harbin, China in 1963. He graduated from the painting department at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing with a BA in 1987. An influential figure in socio-political artistic movements in China, Zhang Dali has, for decades, challenged the conventional with his social documentation in graffiti, sculpture, photography, and painting.

Zhang was exiled after graduating from the Central Academy of Fine Arts and spent six years immersing himself in Western art and art history in Italy. Upon his return to Beijing, he developed a keen interest in portraiture (usually of himself), documentary and public urban art, often interrupting spaces with confrontational political statements. The photograph series 'A Second History' consists of propaganda and found images under the rule of Mao, which have been doctored or altered to the Chairman's artistic 'vision' of politics and appropriation. He is critically recognized as one of China's first graffiti and street artists.

In 2014, Zhang Dali presented a comprehensive solo show at Klein Sun Gallery titled Square, which featured his cyanotypes, fiberglass sculptures, and paintings. The renowned contemporary art journal Yishu reviewed the show, mentioning that "the points Zhang Dali is making exist beyond historical specificity; they attain a view of humanity that is startlingly real. In this way, he achieves the status of world citizen and world artist, one who helps open up the lines of communication with the rest of the world that China has at times denied during its recurring periods of inversion and mistrust."

Zhang's work has been exhibited extensively across the globe. His solo shows include Zhang Dali per Fondantico, Fondantico, Bologna, Italy (2019); AK-47 di Zhang Dali, Art City, S. Giorgio in Poggiale, Bologna, Italy (2018); META-MORPHOSIS-ZHANG DALI, Palazzo Fava, Bologna, Italy (2018); Body and Soul, Musem Beelden ann Zee, Den Hague, Netherlands (2017); Permanence and Impermanence- New Works by Zhang Dali, Beijing Minsheng Art Museum, China (2016); A Second History, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2015); World's Shadow, Kunstverein Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg, Germany (2015); From Reality to Extreme Reality: Zhang Dali Retrospective, United Art Museum, Wuhan, China (2015); Square, Klein Sun Gallery (2014); Second History, Luxun Academy of Fine Arts Museum, Shenyang, China (2013); Il Sogno Proibito della Nuova Cina, Palazzo Inghilterra, Turin, Italy (2009); Slogan, Kiang Gallery, Atlanta, GA (2008); Chinese Offspring, Chinese Contemporary Gallery, New York, NY (2007); New Works by Zhang Dali, Chinese Contemporary Gallery, London, UK (2005). Zhang's group shows include A Window Suddenly Opens: Contemporary Photography in China, The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC (2022); Among all Essence, Shanghai Jiushi Art Museum, Shanghai, China (2021); From China with love, DANYSZ GALLERY, Paris, France (2019); Anren Biennale, Anren-Chengdu, China (2017); Working on History. Contemporary Chinese Photography and the Cultural Revolution, Satliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany (2017); All Matterings of Mind: Transcendent Imagery from the Contemporary Collection, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC (2017); Street Generation(s) 40 years of urban art, La Condition Publique, Roubaix, France (2017); Portrait Hot: Taikang Photography Collection, Taikang Space, Beijing, China (2017); Chinaescape: From Rural to Urban, Spazioborgogno, Milan, Italy (2016); Art From the Streets, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, China (2016); The Shadow Never Lies, Shanghai 21st Century Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, China (2016); Utopias and Heteropias - The First Wuzhen International Contemporary Art Exhibition, North Silk Factory and West Scenic Zone, Wuzhen, China (2016); Audacious: Contemporary Artists Speak Out, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO (2016); Agitprop!, The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY (2015-2016); DECONSTRUCTING CHINA: Selections from the Asia Society Museum Collection, Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (2015); Faking it: Manipulating Photography Before Photoshop, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (2012); New Photography 2011, The Museum of Modern Art, New York NY (2011); Speech Matters, The 54th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy (2011); The Original Copy: Photography of a Sculpture, 1839 to Today, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (2010); Great Performance, Pace Beijing, Beijing, China (2010); The Revolution Continues: New Art from China, Saatchi Museum, London, UK (2008); Logan Collection, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA (2008); Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China, International Center of Photography, New York, NY, Asia Society New York, NY, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK (2004); and Beijing in London, ICA, London, UK (1999).

His work is in public collections including Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY; The Saatchi Gallery, London, UK; Smart Museum, Chicago, IL; and Asia Society, New York, NY.

Zhang Dali currently lives and works in Beijing, China.

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Eli Klein Gallery has an international reputation as one of the foremost galleries specializing in Chinese contemporary art and continues to advance the careers of its represented artists and hundreds of other Chinese artists with whom it has collaborated.

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• Media: Installation + Printing

• Content: Created a set of "characters" that look like Chinese characters but are actually unreadable, arranged in classical books and scrolls

• Theme: The absurdity of knowledge authority and education system

• Analysis: Critically pointed out that "recognizing characters does not mean understanding" in the education system, questioning the nature of mechanical teaching and symbolic knowledge indoctrination.

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SALT LAKE CITY -- Just in time for final exams, a unique art installation is giving students the private space they need to cry out their problems.

The Cry Closet, created by senior art student Nemo Miller, sits in the University of Utah's J. Willard Marriott Library. A sign hanging on the door of the closet offers students a 10-minute break as they study for finals.

Students wishing to make use of the exhibit must knock on the door before entering, and only one student is allowed in at a time. Photos shared on social media show the closet's dark interior, which contains several stuffed animals and is lit on a timer.

Miller created the piece as a way to explore the "inherent complexities of the human condition."

"One aspect of humanity that I am currently exploring is connections and missed connections through communication," Miller said. "It's been interesting to watch the response to this piece about human emotions, and I'm proud to see the power of art in action."

Student Jackie Larsen said she went into the closet but hasn't cried -- yet.

"I thought it was great!" Larsen told ABC. "I think students enjoy having it there whether they use it or not."

John W. Scheib, dean of the university's College of Fine Arts, lauded Miller's work.

"This is a fine example of how art has the power to reflect our humanity, to provoke thought and change the way we move forward together. We commend Nemo's bravery, creativity and thoughtfulness," Scheib said in a statement.

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University of Utah's Cry Closet beckons stressed students to let it all out

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The Cry Closet, created by senior art student by Nemo Miller, is an art installation in the University of Utah's J. Willard Marriott Library.

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• Medium: Photography

• Content: Ask teachers to hold cards with their true thoughts and take photos, with the background being the real scene of their classes.

• Theme analysis: Reveals that teachers are also under great performance pressure in the education system, and educational anxiety is not unique to students.

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There is a growing mental illness epidemic in higher education where graduate students have 8 times higher rates of severe depression and anxiety, far too often resulting in suicide.

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Dragonfly Mental Health - Cultivating Excellent Mental Health Among Academics Worldwide

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How I Overcame Crippling Anxiety about My Grades

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Conquering exam stress: lessons from our bodies

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Have you ever wondered just how important standardized test scores are in U.S. college applications? Bad Genius, a phenomenal Thai film, uses a thrilling cheating scandal as its storyline to reveal the critical role these scores play in getting into American universities. Sometimes, your score really can determine your fate.

This film shows us the extreme lengths brilliant students will go to for a shot at top U.S. universities, and it makes us realize just how crucial standardized test scores are in the application process.

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The "Double Life" of an MIT Genius: A Classroom Master by Day, a Casino Card Counter on Weekends

👉Uncovering the Academic Pressures of Elite American Universities: Competition for Scholarships, Demanding Professors, and the Influence of High IQ

👉Based on a True Story: An MIT Math Team Uses Probability Theory to Sweep Through Las Vegas

👉Classic Line: "This Isn't Gambling, This Is Statistics."

"21" is not only a highly entertaining film, but also a deeply educational work. It reveals that studying and living in an American university isn't always smooth sailing, and that students face numerous challenges and temptations. I hope this film will inspire you. Let's work together to achieve victory in our own "casino"!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGZoTMuopM8

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Top tips for coping with stress | University for the Creative Arts

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It’s that time of year, but here’s how to keep your cool as deadlines and assessments loom.

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Students reach breaking point in Japan- UCA News

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Addressing this crisis requires a cultural shift that values mental well-being alongside academic achievement

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Bedtime procrastination: I know I should go to bed but … | the InMind blog | In-Mind

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Academic procrastination (AP), a common behavior among students, is influenced by factors such as fear of failure, task aversiveness, anxiety, and stress. Self-generated stress (SGS) refers to the subjective experience of tension that occurs in response to an existing situation.

Furthermore, the associations among AP, SGS, and SR bruxism were assessed using the utilization of correlation tables and regression analysis.

This study revealed that self-generated stress significantly increases the risk for the development of SR bruxism.

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The interplay of academic procrastination, self-generated stress, and self-reported bruxism among medical and dental students: a cross-sectional study - BMC Psychology

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Background Academic procrastination (AP), a common behavior among students, is influenced by factors such as fear of failure, task aversiveness, anxiety, and stress. Self-generated stress (SGS) refers to the subjective experience of tension that occurs in response to an existing situation. Individuals often overestimate the difficulty and attainability of a task, resulting in increased stress and extended stress duration. SGS can worsen mental and physical health problems, including bruxism. Therefore, this study investigates the possible underlying connections by examining the relationship between AP, SGS, and self-reported (SR) bruxism in medical and dental students. Methods The present cross-sectional study was undertaken among a sample of 379 students pursuing medical and dentistry degrees in Turkey. The questionnaire, including the Academic Procrastination Scale-Short Form, SR bruxism Scale, and SGS Scale, was administered to the students. According to the responses given to the SR bruxism Scale, 3 types of SR bruxism groups were created as sleep, awake, and compound. A comparative analysis was conducted on AP, SGS, and SR bruxism among medical and dental students. Furthermore, the associations among AP, SGS, and SR bruxism were assessed using the utilization of correlation tables and regression analysis. Results The prevalence of awake bruxism was higher among dental students (46.6%) compared to medical students (34.7%), suggesting a faculty-dependent trend. A significant positive correlation was observed between SGS and AP (r = 0.212, p < 0.001). Median AP values differed significantly based on awake bruxism (p = 0.007) and compound bruxism (p = 0.013), but not sleep bruxism (p = 0.352). SGS exhibited statistically significant differences across all SR bruxism types: sleep (p < 0.001), awake (p < 0.001), and compound (p < 0.001). Multiple regression analysis identified SGS as a significant risk factor for SR bruxism, with a one-unit increase in stress score elevating the SR bruxism risk by 1.086 times. Conclusions This study revealed that self-generated stress significantly increases the risk for the development of SR bruxism. A significant relationship was found between academic procrastination and self-generated stress, and this relationship was particularly associated with an increased risk for the development of compound and awake bruxism. Stress-reducing therapy methods should be recommended for students to both increase academic success by reducing academic procrastination and prevent the negative effects of stress-related SR bruxism.

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Red Dot Design Award: Where Does The Time Go?

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Most people who struggle with procrastination are trapped in a vicious cycle of ‘procrastinating, rushing, disappointing, and more procrastinating.’ The designer wants to encourage people to keep track of the time they waste and then work on overcoming…

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Red Dot Design Award: Willet - Wallet for Willpower

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WILLET, a three-device system, rewards productive activities with earned leisure time. The Cookie acts as a time wallet, the Charger earns time, and the Pusher redeems earned time for leisure. Once enough time is accumulated, the Cookie is placed on the…

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Drawn Out (2024)

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Overcoming Procrastination Mind Map Poster

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Why you procrastinate even when it feels bad

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I stared at my daily to-dolist four days before the end of Christmas break. Every task had been erased except one I had written in all caps: ENGLISH NOVEL STUDY PROJECT

I had written that six weeks before. I began to panic!

I should have done it then! How am I going to get this done? The frustrated thoughts invaded my mind at that moment. I began to regret putting off a project given six weeks ago until four days before it was due.

After this incident, I began to research this chronic cycle of procrastination. From what I learned, I was able to apply new strategies to break the cycle and experience ease in finishing tasks.

My experience with my English project was not the first time I put off a task. In fact, I put off every essay that semester 'til the day before it was due! Although I knew in those moments that I'd regret it, I justified procrastinating because I believed waiting until the last minute would allow my "creative juices" to flow. But, I read a scientific article on procrastination which explained that feeling was the adrenaline released from working under enormous pressure. At other times, my tendency to procrastinate came from the peaceful feeling of finally achieving a task after working under pressure. However, after reading a research article that explained the psychology behind procrastination, I learned that this so-called "satisfaction" was just my brain tricking me by releasing dopamine when I am rewarded for procrastinating (the reward being that I still got an A). Procrastinating became a cycle I accommodated until I suffered for it.

What Procrastination is NOT

I, as well as many others, have made the mistake of calling ourselves "lazy" for the sole reason of procrastinating on a task. However, research shows that procrastination is not synonymous with laziness. Where procrastination involves postponing a task in favour of others that are less important or urgent, laziness involves being reluctant to exert necessary effort.

Furthermore, procrastination is not always a time management issue. Many times, we substitute the major task with other tasks that are less strenuous to achieve. For instance, I substituted the time I could have used to start the English project with other holiday assignments from other subjects. This does not mean I lack time management skills; it means that I used the time to complete fewer challenging tasks. So, if you have ever procrastinated, it may not be a laziness or time management problem. However, there may be other reasons why you are procrastinating:

1. Underlying Feelings Concerning the Task: Procrastination may be a result of different feelings concerning that task, such as self-doubt, anxiety, or low self-esteem. In my case, the English project was a visual representation which required me to draw. Many times, just thinking about the task led to self-doubt and I thought, Drawing is hard. What if I do a bad job? These self-blaming thoughts we have in the wake of procrastination are called procrastinatory cognitions, and they prevent us from commencing an urgent task.

2. Negative Moods Around a Task: Chronic procrastination is also caused by the inability to manage negative moods around a task. Our nature of aversion may depend on the task given. For example, a person may procrastinate cleaning their dirty bathroom because it is inherently an unpleasant task. In my case, I dislike drawing, so my English project would be considered an unpleasant task and therefore, lead me to procrastinate.

3. Desire to Attain Perfection: Sometimes we want the result of the task to be so perfect that the fear of this not happening discourages us from starting it in the first place. I wanted my drawing to be extremely good and because I thought that was not possible, I laid the task aside all together.

Regardless of the reasons for our procrastination, it is still possible to break that chronic cycle with these few steps:

Find the Emotion Avoided Rather Than the Task Avoided: Focusing on the task itself could make you feel like postponing it further. Whenever you feel like procrastinating, ask yourself: Why am I laying this task aside? How do I feel towards this task?

Reflecting on the emotions that cause you to procrastinate helps you to eliminate the emotions, rather than postpone the task.

Whatever It Is, Just Start: A stitch in time saves nine, meaning that beginning the task now will save you lots of stress in the long run. In fact, just writing a paragraph, washing that first plate, or in my case, making that initial sketch, will give you the momentum to continue the activity.

Break Down the Task Into Smaller Objectives: The reason you may be putting aside a task is because you are thinking of the overall result and how daunting it may be to reach that. However, if you divide the large chunk into smaller pieces and focus on one at a time, you will notice that the task will not appear as challenging. Smaller goals pile up to a great achievement.

Procrastinating is a habit many of us are guilty of. However, the most important thing is to be patient in breaking that cycle. Do not be too hard on yourself when you feel you have procrastinated. Like they say, Rome wasn't built in a day, so do not expect to be instantly perfect. Instead, understand that step-by-step, and with determination, you will reach your goal.

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Tani Martins offers some tips and tricks to avoid the time-waster that is chronic procrastination.

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I long ago discovered something about myself while working in my studio. It is most apparent in one particular area of my work. When starting a new painting, I tend to procrastinate.

This tendency seems to be limited to studio work. When I paint outdoors, I have no problem getting started - I choose my location, quickly plan my composition and off I go.

So what is it about studio painting that makes me hesitate to begin? I'm fine through the planning stage for the new piece, and even drawing it out on my canvas. It's the physical act of starting to paint that seems to hold me back. I find that I'm suddenly distracted by other things that need doing - framing or photographing new paintings, updating my website, catching up on what my Facebook friends are having for dinner, etc.

I suppose fear is likely the cause of my procrastination. What if my idea is better than the finished painting conveys? And since I've spent time planning and developing my idea, it feels like there is more at stake for the final result. (Which is probably why I'm not affected when painting a more quickly planned piece outdoors.)

I'm liberated each time by simply starting to paint. Pushing past the distractions and forcing my brush onto the canvas takes care of the problem.

I know other artists who have similar issues. Some, like me, have trouble starting. Others have trouble finishing - they always seem to be feverishly adding final touches to their canvases as they're sliding them into the shipping box.

Do any of you have studio troubles like these?

I find it fascinating that out of the worldwide population, the relatively small number of us creative folks who are painters are still such a diverse group. We each have our own unique challenges, strengths and specific ways of doing things.

I guess the saying is true: I'm unique, just like everybody else!

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Procrastination, action, activism in the 21 st Century.

My evil genius Procrastination has whispered me to tarry 'til a more convenient season . Mary Todd Lincoln

An eerily timeless landscape is the setting for this visceral re-imagining of the ghostly purgatorial world of Hamlet. Two women are caught in a bizarre holding pattern, hamstrung by incessant rituals... waiting .... waiting...... waiting....

In 'The Procrastination Project', Deborah Leiser-Moore and Kate Hunter draw on current research in cognitive science, tropes of procrastination and texts from 'Hamlet' - the greatest procrastinator of all time - to interrogate its complex manifestations in contemporary life.

Image: Leo Dale

Development:
Research and development:
2015: Artist residency at Substation
2015: New York development
A first showing of the work in progress was presented as part of the Exploration Season at La Mama Theatre in Nov/Dec 2015

In developing 'The Procrastination Project' we ask:
What is the relationship between procrastination and activism? What is it to act? How is it manifested in the digital era (when it's so easy to get involved with the click of a button)? We 'like', we hashtag, we re-post, we Instagram, we share, we talk we talk we talk! But what do we actually do? Have we adopted a 'weary and stale' approach to life? Or one in which our subsequent actions are more extreme than they have ever been?

Hamlet', a play about action versus inaction, is the perfect framework for this piece. Our research and development, prompted by essential themes of Hamlet, uses chapters to explore:

- The science of procrastination
- The nature of revenge
- Hamlet's Kaddish (prayer for the dead)
- Contemporary activism
- The Purgatorial State

Deborah Leiser-Moore , fresh from performing in Richard Schechner's 'Imagining O' in New York, and Kate Hunter ( ), associate artist with award-winning physical theatre company Born in a Taxi, join forces to investigate the insidious nature and consequences of procrastination that is...
'The Procrastination Project'.
http://www.katehuntertheatre.com

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Procrastination, action, activism in the 21 st Century. My evil genius Procrastination has whispered me to tarry 'til a more convenient season . Mary Todd Lincoln An eerily timeless...

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The Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso is better known these days as the 14th Dalai Lama, a great spiritual leader who travels the world advocating for the Tibetan people and teaching about compassion as t…