Top 10 Tips for Procrastinating

Let’s face it, despite what we tell our parents, we’ve all left assignments to the last minute. It doesn’t matter how many times I tell myself “NEVER again! Next time, I’ll be organised,” I still end up staring at the computer screen on the verge of tears at 4.00 in the morning, wondering how on earth I could be so stupid.

How do I manage to get to this point? One word: procrastination.

This is a list of the top 10 things I would rather do, that suddenly seem so important that they can’t wait, that involve anything BUT my assignment.

Create a playlist called ‘It’s study time’ and then never listen to it.
Have a shower, because hygiene is important.
Call Mum, because you suddenly realise how long it has been since you called just to say hi.
Clean. My house is never as clean as it is when I have an assignment due.
Go shopping. For anything.
Procrastibaking, because cookies are comfort.
TV. Whether it’s a movie, or series marathon (because stopping at just one episode of Friends is impossible anyway, but when the alternative is the misery of an assignment, it seems twice as difficult).
Eating. We all have to do it, right?
Bitch to your friends. Almost all my friends do exactly the same thing. I can’t tell you how many text messages I have sent during my all-nighter saying “I don’t wanna doooooooo itttt! :'(“
FACEBOOK IS THE DEVIL!! Suddenly you can’t look away. You seem to be able to pass hours just stalking the bananas out of some obscure friend of a friend that you met one time and thought was cute.

So that is how uni has turned me into a fully qualified, expert time waster.