PROCRASTINATION is a work killer.
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The internet is a bottomless pit of social media, links, memes and videos that suck your time when you're studying and it can be hard to pull out of the spiral.
The good news is you don't need to have the self control yourself anymore, with applications designed to do it for you.
SelfControl is an application for Mac and Cold Turkey is a PC equivalent and both are free. The two programs allow you to create a blacklist of websites that are tempting to use for procrastination purposes and will be blocked for an interval of your choosing.
The websites will be completely inaccessible for that time and will remain so even if you restart your computer or delete the application.
While it may seem a little extreme, the fact is that anything on those websites will wait while you concentrate fully on your study.
SelfControl can be downloaded here: http://selfcontrolapp.com/index.html Cold Turkey can be downloaded here: http://getcoldturkey.com/