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50 Things I Would Rather Do Than Study

To my college professors, I apologize for being distracted by animal GIFs and not studying for your classes.

Claire Chan
Sep 26, 2016
Georgia Tech
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50 Things I Would Rather Do Than Study
Turkland Travel Agency

Well, no need to procrastinate even more than I already am with an introduction, so here are 50 things I'd rather do than study:

1. Plan my future wedding on Pinterest

2. Binge-watch "Friends" on Netflix

3. Raid the dollar section at Target for fall décor (Oh wait, I already have)

4. Bake cookies (Especially if they are these cookies)

5. Read "Jane Eyre" for the tenth time

6. Learn to rap Chris Brown's "Look At Me Now" featuring Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes (Anyone remember this song?)

7. Look at the lyrics for "Look At Me Now" and realize that I will never learn them (If you don't believe me, check out the lyrics for yourself)

8. Take a nature walk

9. Daydream about going to Vienna, Prague and Budapest

10. Actually go to Vienna, Prague and Budapest

11. Take every Buzzfeed quiz I find

12. Plan a cross-country road trip

13. Visit my best friend who lives an hour away (Shout out to Nadia)

14. Ride "Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey" at Universal Studios

15. Watch a movie at the theaters

16. Go rock-climbing

17. Start shopping for Christmas presents

18. Go to a G-Eazy concert (Because he's my favorite rapper)

19. Chat with my aunt on the phone

20. Try on makeup at Sephora

21. Learn how to surf

22. Carve a pumpkin (It is that time of year...)

23. Have a picnic at the park

24. Buy fresh produce at a farmer's market

25. Ride a ferris wheel

26. Indulge in a BLT and fries at my favorite local burger joint (Shout out to Rhea's)

27. Shop at a thrift store and spend $15 on 50 items

28. Re-watch all of James Corden's Carpool Karaoke videos

29. Learn how to use a sewing machine


30. Go cliff-jumping in Honolulu

31. Have a Disney movie marathon

32. Explore the Amazon rainforest... by way of zip line.


33. Read the newspaper with a cup of coffee by my side

34. Actually clean out my email inbox (110 emails and counting...)

35. Ride a hot air balloon in Turkey

36. Make a fruit smoothie

37. Go coffee-shop-hopping around Atlanta (That's a thing, right?)

38. Become proficient in speaking Japanese

39. Decorate everything I own with washi tape

40. Work on a 1000-piece puzzle

41. Print out all of my photos so I no longer have to view them through a screen

42. Aspire to be like Olivia Pope from "Scandal"

43. Spend half an hour watching 45-second baking videos on Facebook (I really shouldn't be following this food account)

44. Sleep

45. Go on a safari and feed animals

46. Listen to Christmas music three months in advance

47. Go online shopping

48. Watch "The Voice" just to hear Adam Levine and Blake Shelton bicker

49. Go to an NBA game

50. Work on my weekly article for the Odyssey

This list of 50 things is surely not exhaustive, but I should probably return to studying now. *sigh*

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