Thanksgiving break was spent binge-watching Netflix, sleeping, eating and more eating. Since the majority of us did nothing that required using our brains, getting back into a routine is rough. Around this time, everything seems to speed up while you slow down. Everyone is sick, tired and completely done with the semester. The thought of final exams being just two weeks away is enough to make anyone cry. To make things worse for yourself you spend the weeks prior to your five exams doing absolutely nothing to make finals week easier, nice plan!
A little procrastination is normal before a big test or a 10-page essay, but the season of finals takes procrastination to a whole new level. You usually end up doing things you would never in a million years do, like cleaning or reading...for fun. Regardless of how you choose to waste your time, there is no worse feeling than leaving everything until the last possible minute.
Here are 35 things that you WILL end up doing in order to procrastinate your dreaded finals.
1. Binge watching an entire Netflix season
2. Power cleaning your apartment
3. Making Pinterest dinners every night
4. Reorganizing your closet
5. Going to the gym
6. Watching hours of pointless Facebook videos
7. Eat everything in sight
8. Going through old pictures on your phone
9. Napping when you have no right or time to
10. Deleting old emails
11. Reading the book that's been in your drawer for months
12. Doing laundry
13. Online shopping
14. Folding laundry
15. More Netflix
16. Write an article about procrastinating
17. Rearrange your room
18. Vacuum your whole apartment
19. Stalk people on Facebook
20. Stalk people on Instagram
21. Straighten your hair
22. Paint your nails
23. Pluck your eyebrows
24. Make a list of everything that needs to be done
25. Stare at your textbooks
26. Practice your makeup skills
27. Braid your hair or your roommates
28. Attempt to start new habits
29. Search for things you lost months ago
30. Make a bucket list
31. Try to solve life problems
32. Make a Pinterest craft
33. Re-watch shows you've seen too many times ("Friends," "The Office," "OTH")
34. Take another shower
35. Go to bed and do it all again tomorrow.
We all know that work doesn't get done until the night before the test when it's 10:30 pm, you have four chapters to read and you can't stop hating yourself for all that time you wasted procrastinating. There's always next semester!