This is Why You Can’t Focus 

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You know you're a procrastinator when you add a video on procrastination to your "watch later" playlist.

funny how I'm watching this video to procrastinate

The pomodoro method has really helped me with procrastination and motivation. Having those little breaks in between hardcore working has helped me so much. Thanks for the tips Zack 💜

Love this video! Earlier this week I sat down and wrote down what an ideal week would look like. I made a list of everything that’s important to me right now and scheduled time for all of it. That felt like a huge motivation boost. I planned my next steps for studying and I started cleaning up my physical environment and that’s improved my focus and motivation as well! Thank you Zach!

Hi Zach, I just wanted to say thank you so much for making RU-vid videos! Back when I was studying for the MCAT I stumbled upon your Anki video and it seriously helped. I honestly don't think I would have crushed the MCAT without Anki and your specific settings. Now I am in medical school (MS1 🥳) so I just thought I would pop in to say hello and thanks again. I have a RU-vid Chanel myself and I know editing and filming can be super time consuming. Your set up is 100x more complex compared to mine so I can only imagine how much work it is to keep up with it. Thanks from sun shiny Miami!

I find this video very helpful because there are days that I can't focus and I wasn't able to accomplish my task. Your video is very refreshing that you mentioned internal factors that impede the productivity. I think it's about time we shouldn't feel guilty when we take one of our days just purely resting.

Zach's videos makes me procrastinate less and I really find these stuff so interesting and engaging.

I will set a timer and complete a reflection journal if I'm struggling to focus or find myself procrastinating. It both empties my mind and hypes me up for a study session.

I have been diagnosed with ADHD recently but don't have meds yet or therapy (must wait for appointment) so I really struggle to focus even for a short amount of time. Sometimes I have hyperfocus but it vanishes quickly. The Pomodoro technique made it a little better for me. Really wanna learn programming in bootcamp soon so I need to do lots of research, change the stuff I eat (something which helps with my sickness) and so on. But I have some hope. Also great video Zach! Good advices^^

3rd time watching it. It keeps sinking in and in , getting better each time 🙌🏼👏🏼thank you 😊 Zach

Always inspiring us! I like the logical way to explain complex things about focus and studying. When I grow up I wanna be like you. Thank youuuuuu

That’s exactly the video I was looking for!! The tone of your voice is so calm. Incredible blue color! The topic you are postponing is exactly what I was looking for!!

Great video, Zach! Thanks for sharing! Cheers from Brazil!

This video was so helpful that I came all the way over from Nebula to tell you how helpful it is. 💜 Thank you. 🙏

You make awesome content man! Love to see it

Zach, you are very smart, both EQ and IQ. Everything you share comes from your real experience. I really love to listen to your talk. Wish you good luck with your medical school.

Thank you so much for this motivational video! Much appreciated.

Excelent video, good advices, thanks Zach!

What you mentioned at the beginning, is exactly happened to me. Many thanks so much and so much. I don't know how to mention to you, how appreciate I am when you created this video.... 🤝👌👍

Thank you Mr keep up your work👍

Wow this is a really cool approach to the topic, thanks Zach!

For everyone who want to give up I think this a good speech for motivation (when you feel like giving up remember why you started) and I hope all of you turn your dream into reality and also thanks doctor Zach your vedios are really helpful

thank you very much! God Bless!

Insightful and very useful. Thank uuu!!!

Thanx , it’s so helpful video 🌷

This video helped me to understand ' my procrastination ' Thanks for making this 👍🏻

Amazing ideas, Thank you for your research

This video is simply life-changing!

Hey Zach! Would love to see how you manage your time to study and even recording, editing videos and managing your youtube chanel. Do you take a whole day to film and editing? How is it like? Thank youuuu 🌟

i have really important exams soon and these past 2 weeks i can't work as long as i usually do and have been so demotivated thank you for this !

Hey Zach thank you so much for All your vidéos they are really inspiring and push the work playful learning so much forward !! I am wondering, how do you make an activity that takes your energy (for med school for example something that you must du but isnt what you enjoy doing) and get to focus anyway on it?

I’m literally meant to be studying for my IGCSE finals next month and this is the first video which pops up in my RU-vid feed lol

Thanks man for your videos. Amazing work as always The best wishes for you and your love ones. I once read about how the feelings and situations that you experiences, affects you and have impact in the way that you study or even live and the habits that you are trying to have.

This is so helpful, thank you for this Zach! What I also learned recently is that when it comes to procrastinating, research shows that it's linked more to our emotional wellness than us trying to achieve more of that "time management" skill. And it's very true! Most of the time when I am procrastinating it's also because I am afraid of this email or this paper, etc. that I try to delay it as much as I can to the point that I lost my willpower to do so. Kind of reminded me in this one video of yours where you said "to eat the frogs first" 😂 so that the hard ones are out of our way!

Thank you so much for this great video of yours, I needed to hear your advice the videos you always share inspire me.😇

thanks zack i will try these methods that will help me get super laser focus

Thank you🙏🏾 very sweet 🙏💫💪

Thank you so much for touching on the medical aspects of this. I have been struggling with rapid heart rate for the past year and it's starting to affect me in every aspect of my life. I think it's time to go to the doctor for a check up☑️

Just when i needed it❤️

Great content you got here, it's really helpful. I'm wondering what video cam you used to film this and do you have a tutorial on how to film your videos 'cause they look really professional.

My self-awareness has been awakening more since I cross one of your videos here on RU-vid. Thank you so much, Sir!

Thank you 👍

Thank you, Zach, for sharing this fantastic advice I needed to hear!

Thank you.

you r really great person .............. If I start figure out things than also I waste my much time after that also I cant able to do ,, simply my motivation is 99% but after I also procastinate . I know that I MUST , have to do it but after that also don't

Thanks! Super helpful!

Yeah, life is out of order because of my family but from outside point of view it isn't really that bad. If I just stop caring about those things I think I can go on fine as that's how I have gone through my whole life. After watching this video it made me realize the main reason behind procrastinating isn't my out of order life rather I just don't know what I want to be, why I'm studying physics when I really don't care much about it or why I'm doing math when I feel bored just after one hour and why the hell I'm studying science. I passed a big part of my life dreaming to be a doctor but now when I really have to choose I had this thinking that being a doctor isn't really my dream...other's dream who hope with me being doctor it would bring respect and money. I will have a stable life and all the hard work I had done studying would pay off. And the moment this thought came all got messed up. I lost my life direction, my future direction. However, I did try and still trying to find my passion in reality it's hard. Now, I just have to finish the board exam of high school which is next month and after that I have to sit for admission exams. Here I'm procrastinating.

Worst part I know I am procrastinating, still I continue on and on ,,, only way I won’t feel guilty now a days by watching how to get rid of procrastinating YT videos it gives me signal that I am doing something about it but in reality it’s a great trick to avoid productivity.

Thanks for great tips! 🤩

Your videos are so encouraging keep going ✨✨

Thankuuu so much dr zach 👍

quite insightful

Your videos are just ✨💥

I loved that you mentioned that one of te reasons you may be struggling with having order in your life is having some sort of medical/psychiatric dsorder.. Even tough it ma seem obvious, if you indeed have such a condition, (even if you're aware of it ) and start watching productivity content, especially on habits(building), 5am morning routine, taking a walk or run in the morning, hitting the gym etc.---and you start to try doing these things to get yourself a bit better (better to focus, better mental clarity, energy and therefore better productivity in daily life) , downloading habit apps, etc. only to face down failure after failure after failure FOR YEARS ..offcourse because the root cause is your medical/psychiatric disorder (think; dysthemia, depression, ADD etc.)).... please don't do it!! I'm talking out of experience. Please just try to work on healing or relieving your symptomps first, indeed by working with your doctor... and then when your treatment starts to pay off, then and only then go about following up on your habit building, 5am etc! If medication is needed to help you get out of a rut/ to make your condition better; please don't shy away from it nor believe all the nonsense (from the anti-med community) about medication, and no;I'm not sponsored;). Took me years to just realise this simple advise after having binge watched an unlimited number of productivity content on YT, trying to better myself and my productivity only to fail in accomplishing any of those goals... and what does that to you ..as a person? (who is already struggling with major depression and others).. So yeah please watch out for this people and Zach Higley.. thanks so much for mentioning this as a productivity content creator.. hope your productivity peers would be attent of this as well

We have tried for years to actually get out of this problem but the only solution to it is simple: Choose a career whose process you love.

Love you brother from Pskistan.

about to take STEP1. saw myself sleeping in until 9am/ 10am ( not normal) for the past 2 days and wasting time running from the "beast" in front of me. Feeling pretty low. Im honestly glad i saw this video. I know MOST of the time for me RU-vid is a real blood sucker making me feel even lower and zapping my energy. BUt after watching this video i felt it was authentic, honest, and from the heart. Maybe bc you've been there...? but watching this lifted me up from my feelings of LOWness and help me get myself back together. I organizewd my study area, made a plan , and feel a lot more focused. Thank you and G-d bless

Literally came on youtube because I couldn't focus and this video pops up. Think it is a sign🤣 Great video as always Zach!

love you man

Thanks for amazing tips and fluency o my God

You have such a good timing man, I really needed this video

Thanks

Backward planning for the chapters of biology is great in a perfect world, but interruptions can eliminate a whole day. That tends to be my problem.

exactly what am I feeling lately 🥺💟

This channel is a gem. I am grateful to have stumbled upon it. For once, thank you, RU-vid Algorithm.

Hey brother🤗 Love your videos❤

Relationships are key. I would be interested in your extended thoughts on the subject

Come out at the right time!

This video came with perfect timing before the next semester

Great vid

Thanks for your video. I have a question: can you make a video about biochem like which RU-vid channels you used or which book you were reading/or that's only European subject(I'm from Ukraine). Mmm but if you didn't have to learn it can you please talk on every subject that you had and wich sources you had used to learn it like physiology/ pathanatomy etc. (I remember you have a lot of videos about flashcards and apps that you use for memorizing stuff but I'm interested in sources 😅) thanks for sharing your experience with us:)

Excellent informative video my friend 👍 new friend here 👍 Thank you very much for sharing 👏

When you are really searching fir the answers, they will come up some where .❤

isn’t it the second law of thermodynamics? btw love the video!!

Assalamualaikum Sir. Can please make a video on how to stay motivated like : Kobe all the time😴

Thanks for sharing Zach! I'm finding your page very inspiring. I'm new to RU-vid and would love to hear feedback from anyone reading 🙏🏽

The "Disorder" part hits me hard

13:34 I love your videos

Great vid. I really enjoy your content. that's the *second law at 6:19

i couldnt focus so much that i was multitasking watching this video and doing some work and in the end left the work and this video mid way lmfao

You are the smartest person born on 1992. Thank you for explaining, I feel safe now. Yes having a mental disorder sucks big time.

that makes so much sense

Added to watch later

We want something science based but good video.. you never disappoint!

Weird thing that I'm trying to prepare for a test at 3:00am and yes, definitely procrastinating.

What if some activities that was giving me energy in the past become to activities that doesn't give me energy anymore, like going to the gym or study something new.. it's very upset.

Thank you! very informative. "Do activities that give you energy." If you do a task that boosts your energy it takes you a step ahead from procrastination. If watching TV or spending to much time on your phone drains your energy you should do less of that.

Not able to focus , ummmm now I'm here .

Thanks You Very Much For Your Help :) Really Appreciated I'm Also Working To Become A Doctor, Thank You For Helping Me Achieve That Goal

Hey mr highly, I just watch your lucid dreaming video you posted in July, I noticed you were starting to get bags under your eyes. As these techniques are good for lucid dreaming, waking up at 4am every night will give you insomnia and ruin your slept habits and comfort, in turn causing lucid dreams to fall in success rate. I’m not sure if you are still doing this, as it was a month or so ago, I was just concerned and wished to tell you. I hope the best for you and everything you do!

Video: Why you procrastinate Me: saves video to watch later

Love the vampire test

Encouraging!

hey Zach Thanks for the video!! i just spent 3-4 hours watching anime and youtube instead of studying for my exams or my national Engineering entrance exam, i really hate myself for doing this . help me

istg we need a podcast

Actually, that is the second law of thermodynamics you are talking about in the video. The third law of thermodynamics is concerned with behavior of systems as the temperature approaches absolute zero.

i clicked on this video cause i couldn’t focus on my homework but now i can’t focus on the video and now im doing my homework

I'm stundying English philology, but I do not want to become a teacher. That is why I do not have any motivation, but I'm trying my best to find fun and a value in what I'm doing.

i see myself in you zach, not to mention our alike looks.