Can't wait, Can't procrastinate!

I think we can all agree that the majority of college students are major procrastinators. We all wait until the very last minute to complete a given assignment. We put off our work to do things we much prefer and intentionally put off our priority of homework until usually the day before it is due.
Procrastinating is almost a lifestyle. It is a horrible habit that is hugely hard to break.
In order to try and see what I could do to try and change my study ways by plotting my homework well before it is due is by using the REWARDS technique.
This method works by having me set up certain benefits for myself if I can successfully complete my homework long before its given due date.
For my Religion 101 class, I have papers due every Monday night. I put the class paper as due on the Friday before that Monday so I would be motivated to finish it then. I promised myself via a chart I made (attached below) that if I finished my paper before Friday night, I would order Jimmy John's for dinner to REWARD myself.
I used this sort of GRAPHIC ORGANIZER to input my data so I could visualize how I needed to space out, chunk, and then finish my work so that I wouldn't procrastinate.
I part tricked myself into thinking the assignment was due before it actually was, and then I had a lot more free time following!

I also used a similar technique for my CRS 365 class, where I had a speech to memorize. Instead of waiting until the last minute to memorize the entire long speech, I recorded myself reading it out loud a week before it was due in class and listened to it on repeat on my iPod.
This really helped my auditory learning skills to ingrain the speech into my head so that I would learn it long before it was really due. I then rewarded myself with a song on Shuffle in my iPod every time I would memorize a new paragraph. This gave me incentive to finish my speech and learn it well

I found this reward method very useful. It is easy to bribe myself with simple desires so that I finish my work earlier than I would have otherwise. I think this method is very helpful and very simple too, because it can easily be applied to anyone's learning habits, preferences, and likings.