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50 Things To Do When You Want To Avoid Homework, Even In College

There are so many better ways to spend your time.

Madison Anne Zinn

Apr 08, 2018

Saginaw Valley State University

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50 Things To Do When You Want To Avoid Homework, Even In College

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If you've got homework piling up and due dates quickly approaching, there's only one thing to do.

Distract yourself by doing something else. Literally anything else.

Here are 50 things to do instead of doing your homework:

1. Jump on your bed.

2. Cuddle with your pet.

3. Decorate your room.

4. Practice crumping.

5. Learn an instrument.

6. Get drunk.

7. Once drunk, call your ex and leave threatening voicemails.

8. Ding dong ditch your neighbor.

9. Watch YouTube videos of the Jonas Brothers.

10. Climb a tree.

11. Go for a drive.

12. Try on all your clothes.

13. Go to the mall and buy new clothes.

14. Binge-watch your favorite Netflix TV show.

15. FaceTime your mom.

16. Explore a park.

17. Learn a new language.

18. Look at your high school yearbook and cringe.

19. Take 9374857 selfies.

20. Go to PetSmart and pretend to be interested in purchasing an animal so that they let you play with them.

21. Update your music playlist.

22. Make a scientific discovery.

23. Google random things on your computer.

24. Clean your house.

25. Listen to all of Taylor Swift's albums.

26. Learn how to do a handstand.

27. Bake a cake.

28. Play weird games on your phone.

29. Go to garage sales.

30. Learn how to dance from an online tutorial.

31. Watch all Fast & Furious movies in order.

32. Take a nap.

33. Do a photoshoot with your friend.

34. Clean out your closet.

35. Bark at random strangers while driving down the road.

36. Be part of a flash mob.

37. Plant a tree.

38. Build a scarecrow.

39. Practice doing the worm.

40. Make up a fake facebook account to stalk your ex.41. Learn how to play Fortnite.

42. Make a Tinder.

43. Delete your Tinder because that's dumb.

44. Rewatch every match that Roger Federer has ever played.

45. Learn how to rap your favorite Eminem song.

46. Sit on a bench and people watch.

47. Play "The Floor is Lava" in public.

48. Do a rain dance.

49. Go to the bar and day drink.

50. See how long you can hula hoop for.

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50 Things To Do When You Want To Avoid Homework, Even In College

There are so many better ways to spend your time.

1. Jump on your bed.

2. Cuddle with your pet.

3. Decorate your room.

4. Practice crumping.

5. Learn an instrument.

6. Get drunk.

7. Once drunk, call your ex and leave threatening voicemails.

8. Ding dong ditch your neighbor.

9. Watch YouTube videos of the Jonas Brothers.

10. Climb a tree.

11. Go for a drive.

12. Try on all your clothes.

13. Go to the mall and buy new clothes.

14. Binge-watch your favorite Netflix TV show.

15. FaceTime your mom.

16. Explore a park.

17. Learn a new language.

18. Look at your high school yearbook and cringe.

19. Take 9374857 selfies.

20. Go to PetSmart and pretend to be interested in purchasing an animal so that they let you play with them.

21. Update your music playlist.

22. Make a scientific discovery.

23. Google random things on your computer.

24. Clean your house.

25. Listen to all of Taylor Swift's albums.

26. Learn how to do a handstand.

27. Bake a cake.

28. Play weird games on your phone.

29. Go to garage sales.

30. Learn how to dance from an online tutorial.

31. Watch all Fast & Furious movies in order.

32. Take a nap.

33. Do a photoshoot with your friend.

34. Clean out your closet.

35. Bark at random strangers while driving down the road.

36. Be part of a flash mob.

37. Plant a tree.

38. Build a scarecrow.

39. Practice doing the worm.

40. Make up a fake facebook account to stalk your ex.41. Learn how to play Fortnite.

42. Make a Tinder.

43. Delete your Tinder because that's dumb.

44. Rewatch every match that Roger Federer has ever played.

45. Learn how to rap your favorite Eminem song.

46. Sit on a bench and people watch.

47. Play "The Floor is Lava" in public.

48. Do a rain dance.

49. Go to the bar and day drink.

50. See how long you can hula hoop for.

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4. What the word "community" really means.

5. That it isn't about the destination, but the journey.

6. The consequences of making bad choices.

7. To trust people, until you have a reason not to.

8. To be welcoming and accepting of everyone.

9. How to be my own, individual person.

10. How to work for what I want.

11. How to be great at giving directions.

12. How to be humble.

13. To be well-rounded.

14. How to be great at conflict resolution.

15. The beauty of getting outside and exploring.

16. To be prepared for anything.

17. That you don't always have to do it alone.

18. How to be creative.

19. To brush off gossip.

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