In college, we invest deeply invest ourselves in our studies and homework assignments. But if we are honest with ourselves, we’ve all been here: tired, bored, unmotivated, distracted and interested in anything BUT the homework in front of us.
If you’re unsure whether you’ve ever procrastinated—yes, you have procrastinated—here are thirteen signs that will easily confirm your dawdling tendencies.
You know you are a procrastinator when you...
1. Start another book and add it to your seemingly endless list of unfinished books.
2. Stalk your friends—and even people you don’t know—on Facebook.
3. Bake cookies, eat cookies, bake cookies, eat cookies. And repeat.
4. Find yourself up at 2:00 a.m. just starting your homework.
5. Update your roommates on the most mundane parts of your life.
I really want to eat potatoes right now.
I’m about to do my laundry.
Let me walk you through my day minute-by-minute.
6. Watch an episode of New Girl on Netflix...or two...or six.
7. Take random Buzzfeed quizzes like “This Quiz Will Tell You The Exact Age You’ll Get Married” or “What Kind Of Cookie Are You?”
8. Create pointless excuses for your lack of effort.
Once I finish this show, then I’ll be able to concentrate. As soon as I reorganize everything in my room, then I’ll be focused. By the time I’ve decided what kind of dog I will get in five years, then I’ll be ready to work.
9. Convince yourself that taking a nap would be more productive than studying.
10. Distract your roommates from their studies and convincing them to procrastinate with you.
Let’s go get ice cream instead of doing homework.
11. Waltz over to the fridge and cabinets more often than you turn a page in your textbook.
Okay, maybe this one’s a bit drastic, but you get the point
12. Procrastinate writing a blog post by writing a blog post about procrastinating.
Yep, that's why I wrote this blog post.
13. Have a lot of fun despite the fact that you just wasted a ton of time.
College wouldn’t be college without a little bit of procrastination here and there. Just make sure that at some point, you actually get your homework done.
