After all of the excitement of the holidays, the new year and finally getting to see your friends again, we are faced with the challenge of work, actual school work and studying. Just typing those words makes me cringe. Sadly, they must be completed to succeed in college. So we begin filling our planners with what needs to be done, making to-do lists, and even setting timers on iCal to remind us to complete homework. Does it work? Let’s hope it turns out better than last semester, but in case your motivation is still the same, here are the some step of procrastination to help you in your endeavors.
At first, you have faith in the phrase “I’ll do it later!”
You genuinely believe that later in the day you will be sitting down at your desk studying and doing homework. Oh dear, were you wrong! Instead, you decide to watch Netflix, then hang out with some friends that you “haven’t seen in forever!” (Forever being yesterday when you were procrastinating as well.)
After you finish hanging out with friends and/ or finish Netflix and chilling, you decide to sit down and finally do your homework.
As you pull out your chair and pop a squat, you gather your books and writing utensils determined to read and understand Chapter 1 for Research Methods. You are so proud of yourself, this is the farthest you have come to getting any homework done, you decide to reward yourself with a snack, and possibly some more Netflix.
As you complete another episode (or 3) of your latest binge-worthy conquest, you decide it is best to head to the library or computer lounge to complete your homework.
You gather your books and laptop and being your journey to whichever is closest. On your way their your friend texts you “Hey wanna study with me?” Of course, your response is “OMG! Of course. You can be sure to keep me on task!” One hour later you still haven’t completed anything!
Between the two of you the decision is made to actually begin homework.
After a couple minutes of reading, and the occasional daydream, your friends says something like “How about we just switch homework assignments?” Although this will serve no help to actually learning the material, who would want to learn about nine constitutional designs for ethnically divided societies? (Yeah, I wouldn’t either.) You decide to keep your own homework.
Once you finally get in the swing of doing homework (about 5 minutes later), you realize you have no clean clothes to wear tomorrow!
So of course, you stop what you’re doing and travel back to your dorm to do laundry. For me, I have a friend who I do laundry with while watching Jane the Virgin. Of course, you wish to keep that tradition alive, so you ask her to join you. Two and a half hours later (otherwise known as 3 episodes later), your clothes are clean and nicely folded as you say your farewells.
You get back to your dorm and take a look around to see your side of the room. It is a disaster!
You put your newly folded clothes away and begin working on your desk. Once your desk is fully operational, you look in your closet and it is very unorganized, you think of a new organizational system and begin to move around clothing to get it right where you want it. After another 30 minutes cleaning and most likely reorganizing your room, you look at your dorm and see nothing but perfection! But then a sense of dread overcomes your body. It is time.
This is it. The moment professors everywhere have been waiting for. The moment you finally do your homework.
Once you finally run out of reasons (but mainly time), you sit down and complete you work. At first all you want to do is complain. As time goes on, however, you realize that it is pretty easy homework, and you complete it in no time. When you walk into class, you have a sparkle of pride in your eyes. You give your work to the professor and can finally relax a little.
A couple weeks go by, all filled with procrastination, as you walk into that same class, you are given your assignment back. At the top of it you notice some writing in red that reads “100 percent Great job *insert your name here*! One of the best in the class!” You are elated! From that moment on, you shall be known as *Insert your full name here, again*, The Queen/King of Procrastination!
