Finals are looming, and everyone knows what that means--time to procrastinate harder than ever. Something about knowing you only have a couple days to learn a whole course makes me want to put off even more, and I tend to find the most random ways to accomplish the ultimate task of not studying. Here are my favorite things to do instead of study:
1. Call that one friend from home you haven't talked to all year (30 minutes to an hour).
Right as I am just about to open my chemistry book, I think to myself, "what a perfect time to call that one girl." Yeah, I haven't talked to her all year, but I suddenly I'm really curious about her life. Sure I'll see her in a week after finals are over, but I just really want to talk to her right now about everything besides chemistry.
2. Clean out your refrigerator (10 minutes).
Might as well take some time out of my life to eat everything in my fridge that I've never wanted to before. I suddenly feel the need to eat the whole bag of baby carrots and every cup of applesauce we have. It basically just saves me time before I move out anyways, so might as well do it now even though I have a final tomorrow.
3. Stalk yourself on Facebook (30 minutes).
Everyone is their own biggest fan, so what's more fun than stalking yourself on Facebook. I know I was physically present for all the pictures in my photo albums, but I still love looking at them. What a perfect time to be embarrassed by my eighth grade self and reminisce on the times I didn't have to worry about finals destroying my life.
4. Stalk your friend's mom's cousin's daughter on Facebook (30 minutes).
Once you start stalking someone on Facebook, you click on their friend, then their friend, then their mom, then their cousin, and there's honestly no stopping there. I will never understand why random peoples' lives are so interesting, but they are. Also, I just get insanely jealous of all the people I stalk that are currently not in the midst on finals. It's almost as if I am living through them by stalking them on Facebook.
5. Take a shower (10 minutes to 30 minutes).
The amount of work I have to do and my personal hygiene are directly correlated. Taking a shower is the absolute best way to procrastinate because there is no possible way you can study and shower at the same time. I also tend to conveniently forget that we're in a drought during my procrastination showers (sorry California) and probably spend way too much time shampooing and conditioning my hair multiple times.
6. Do your laundry (2 hours).
I never realized how awful doing your own laundry is until actually coming to college, but the appeal of doing laundry gets significantly higher every time finals season rolls around. Sure all I need for finals week are sweatpants and t-shirts, but what if I want to spontaneously wear the shirt I wore a couple days ago? Might as well do my laundry, precisely fold it, and color code my closet while I'm at it.
