Finals week is a familiar beast for all students. It's the week where you cram three months worth of information into your head and pray your performance on the test reflects the effort. Studying is essential to success and ideally broken up into pieces.
That's what I tell myself when I get off task with the most random thing. Enjoy this list of things I did that instead of studying for finals that were A). more enjoyable B). easier and/or C). more "important" than studying. Let me know in the Facebook comments or share if you can relate with any of these points!
1. I reorganized my room.
The task: I didn't just clean... I reorganized my entire desk and closet.
Duration: This took a good hour.
Category: More Important.
Why: A decluttered space is a decluttered mind, right? So obviously this was more important than going over Spain's GDP breakdown in relation to the rest of the EU...
2. I played Cards Against Humanity.
The task: Can I even call this a task in good conscience? Um... I needed to bolster my creativity and this game about linguistics and quick, critical thinking aided my essay writing skills.
Duration: Too long.
Category: More enjoyable.
Why: It's literally a game.
3. Climbed a mountain.
The task: Walking uphill.
Category: Easier.
Why: Climbing a literal mountain was easier than memorizing the artist/period/title/year of thirty paintings... We did run through flashcards on the ride there so bonus points for trying.
4. I went to the gym twice in one day.
The task: Arm day! Then cardio... then legs... then hula-hooping (aka acting like a child and telling myself it's a core workout) then HIIT...
Category: All three!
Why: I'm not procrastinating... I'm working on my fitness while having fun and pushing myself.... yup all three. That's obviously a higher priority than finishing my 20-page research paper on sacred music theory and historical shifts.
5. Spent extra time formatting this article.
The task: The literal working title of this article is "Procrastination listicle" and I've been working on it between subjects.
Category: More important.
Why: Gotta show the readers they're not alone in this mess of procrastination.