I hate studying for finals just as much as the next person. Not only is it mind-numbingly boring it is stressful. When you have five finals in less than a week that determine what feels like your entire future, it can be unbearable. Honestly, you will just get to the point to where you don’t even want to try to study at all because it just doesn’t feel worth it.
Well if you get to this point where you can’t study anymore there are things you can do to take your mind off of the task that you are avoiding. So here are some tips to avoid studying for your finals. I mean how important are they really?
1. Clean your room
This is one of my personal favorites. When you are sitting in your room trying to study you tend you to see all of the little things that would normally never bother you. But, when you are trying to do the terrible task of finals studying the irritating little imperfections call to you to be cleaned. Don’t resist them go, go and clean. Studying can wait.
2. Go to the gym
Going to the gym may not be the ideal place to avoid studying. But, if you go then at least you will still feel productive. You’re working on something at least just not working on helping your GPA.
3. Scroll through social media, a lot
Scrolling through your social media can be a great way to avoid studying. It takes up a lot of time and who knows you may even learn something. Even if it’s just that some celebrity wore an ugly outfit. I mean the more you know right?
4. Stare out your window
Look studying for finals in awful we all know this so to take your mind off of it just stare out the window for a while. It might cheer you up or make you feel worse but at least you’re not having to read notes for a short time.
5. Shop for things you don’t need online
When I avoid finals studying I love to online shop for things that I never in a million years would need. But, something about combing through pages and pages of hats to put on your dog can really cheer you up.
6. Take a trip or three to target
GO TO TARGET. Even if you don’t need anything at all you will waste so much studying time as well as buying too many things. But, hey you probably got a deal so it’s fine.
7. Binge watch Netflix
Start a new Netflix show to avoid studying it is truly one of the most effective ways. You can take up hours and hours by doing this and when you’re done you may not even know what day it is.
8. Chat with friends for hours on end
Talking with friends not only is a good study avoidance strategy but it is also quite therapeutic. You may start off chatting about fun things but it inevitably turns into a gripe session about how college and finals suck and usually ends with the “well C’s get degrees, am I right?”
While these avoidance tips are great, in the end, you still have to study because you still need to graduate.
