Procrastination can be all too easy to demonise. To look down upon as the killer of workplace productivity and the destroyer of talent. Granted, the very definition of it is to put something off or delay, instead of…, well, cracking on.
Despite the in-your-face disadvantages of procrastination, many reputable sources, writers, artists and business people have come out in praise of procrastination, citing benefits of efficiency, decision making, prioritisation and well being and how it’s an important part of the working cycle.
More often than not, people procrastinate because they don’t want to start or continue with their current task, and not necessarily because they have a burning desire to do whatever it is they’re using to procrastinate – with that in mind, we’ve compiled a list of 9 sites you can bookmark and divert your mouse to, every time you feel the need to hit the Facebook Favicon.
Replace Procrastination with learning using with these 9 sites:
Code Academy
https://www.codecademy.com/learn
If you’re looking to improve your talents in the more technical areas of the digital sphere, Code Academy is the place for you. An educational site with in depth yet simplistic lessons on a multitude of coding languages, including:
- Ruby on Rails
- Python
- SQL
- Javascript
- HTML & CSS
- GIT
- jQuery
- PHP
- & More
Feedly
After the demise of Google Reader back in July of 2013, Feedly quickly established itself as the best alternative RSS reader on the market. Quickly collate and categorise all the blogs, news sources and websites you like to read, get inspiration from or clear your mind with and keep them all in one place, with a handy ‘Read it later’ option.
If you’re going to read something for 10 minutes before you eventually get your head down, making it something that’s useful or knowledgeable, and not just what your neighbour had for dinner, can make a world of difference.
Duolingo
Looking to branch into foreign markets? Wanting to learn a new language for personal development? Duolingo is one of the best (free) language learning sites on the web, with dozens of languages available to learn in a fun, bite size and immersive way.
It good can be easy to get lost in the immersive experience, but their quick 5 or 10 minute quizzes are the perfect way to educational fulfill your mind.
Digital Garage (With Google)
https://digitalgarage.withgoogle.com/
Digital Garage is a new educational site set up by Google to help educate people on all aspects of online marketing. In their own words:
“Free tutorials from Google on everything from your website to online marketing and beyond. Choose the topics you want to learn, or complete the whole online course for a certification from Google and IAB Europe.”
Enhance your online skills, with help from the online marketplace Giant, Google.
Lynda
This is the first paid resource on this list, however Lynda, recently acquired by Linkedin, offers tutorials and video guides on a huge range of topics:
- Marketing tips
- Excel
- Coding
- Communication
- Writing
- Design
- Technology
- Creativity
- & many, many more
Kopywriting Kourse
Kopywriting Kourse is a website/blog/email newsletter set up by Neville Medhora to offer incredibly user friendly, easy to read and most of all valuable lessons on how you can improve your writing.
If you’re going to read anything on the internet, making it something authored by Neville isn’t a bad place to start.
YouTube
Whilst YouTube is renown for viral videos of cats, video game playthroughs and comedy sketches, there is a whole wealth of educational videos and guides available at no cost. If you consume information better in a video format than a written one, searching “[topic] Tutorial” into the YouTube search bar will present you with plenty of videos to help you learn whatever topic you want.
BBC Learning
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/
BBC learning is a resource that may seem a little dated and unkept at first glance, but is home to host of different subjects, free to consume, on everything from Art and Design and IT to Legal education and Car maintenance.
Email Newsletters
Your inbox doesn’t always have to be a daunting task list. It can, instead, be a place of exciting, education and inspiring reads… depending on what newsletters you subscribe to.
We put together a post back in September highlighting 19 Newsletters you should be subscribed to, all set to inspire, inform and educate you every day.
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