What do you do when you have two midterms, LSAT studying, crafting for your little, club meetings, and three books to read by Tuesday? Procrastinate of course. And when you procrastinate you stress. Having to write an article about how to procrastinate does not exactly motivate a person to do amazing things, unless you count being a master of fluffing up as something great.
Being a college student comes with its caveats, like not having a social life or in this case doing work at the last minute hoping the professor will give you a decent grade. My dad always tells me how lucky I am to still be in college: no worries, still able to have fun, and I do not have so many responsibilities. WRONG! Just because I am not paying the bills for a house, car, or school, have a job, and taking care of two children does not mean I am not too overwhelmed to procrastinate.
Stressing from procrastinating for too long is all part of the natural order of how to live like a college student. If you have cared to read this far, here are some steps on how to procrastinate properly:
1. Find out when your homework is due
2. Tell yourself that this year you will start to get your homework done on time
3. Get distracted by other work that is due a lot sooner than your other homework that is due later
4. Keep telling yourself that you will eventually get your work done on time
5. Start getting productive and then realize that you are doing something wrong so you have to wait until you can see your teacher and get some help
6. After seeing teacher, forget to study
7. Watch all 7 seasons of 30 Rock on Netflix
8. Go to class and your teacher reminds you that your midterm is coming up next week
9. Start telling yourself that you have to finish reading those seven chapters over the weekend
10. Go to a football game and actually stay for the game
11. Post an Instagram photo of yourself at the game
12. Over sleep the next day after the game
13. Check Facebook when you finally wake up
14. Start watching Netflix again
15. Begin writing an article for the Odyssey on how to procrastinate
16. Go food shopping
17. Attend chapter
18. Start crafting for your little
19. And then finally at 1:00 am begin studying for your midterm (do not worry my midterm is not until Tuesday)
This cycle of Rinse, wash, repeat until the semester is over and you have to go through all over again every semester till you realize it’s time to change or it’s too late.
