“I’ve been at the campus library for over two hours.
I’ve done everything I can possibly do to procrastinate.
Including designing and printing a cover page for my psychology notes.” (tedmosby-architect. Doodle: doxycide)
Does this sound familiar? Procrastination is a favorite past time of college students at traditional and online colleges, putting off unpleasant tasks for later, to do something fun in the moment. Instead of share tips on how to overcome procrastination, here is a list of college students’ favorite ways to procrastinate. You know, in case you need more distractions.
- Tumblr. Tumblr is the latest addictive micro-blogging site that college kids love. Start reblogging and you just can’t stop.
- Doodling. Doodling is a great escape from class and studying alike.
- YouTube. Watching hilarious YouTube videos (like this one on fainting goats) is a terrific way to procrastinate. You can even take it up a notch and make your own YouTube videos, like this one from Autumn and her friends.
- Watch TV. Especially with Netflix and Hulu, it’s easy to be up till 2am watching your new favorite show.
- Hang out. If you have friends who aren’t on the same schedule as you, a dinner invitation is hard to turn down.
- The Internet. Once your internet browser is open, hours can be lost looking at random things online.
- Facebook and Twitter. If you’ve ever brought up Facebook for an email address, or the details for Friday’s party, it’s not uncommon to get lost in status updates and an hour later, wonder what you were doing on Facebook in the first place.
- Pets. Cats and dogs are glorious distractions. Even Mark Twain was said to have had a kitten who would distract him to stop working so that they could go play.
Procrastination is a glorious thing, until you’re out of time to finish your assignments. If your procrastination habit has you stressed out of your cage, we’ve got a remedy for that:
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