College Students’ Favorite Ways to Procrastinate

“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)

Does this sound familiar? Procrastination is actually a favorite past time of school 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 can’t stop.

Doodling. Doodling is a great escape from class and studying alike.

YouTube. Watching hilarious YouTube videos, like ones on fainting goats or cute kittens, is often a terrific approach to procrastinate. You can also take it up a notch and produce your own YouTube videos.

Watch television. Particularly with Netflix and Hulu, it’s easy to be up till 2am watching your brand-new favorite show.

Hang out. When you’ve got friends who aren’t about the same schedule as you, a dinner invitation is difficult to turn down.

The Internet. Once your browser is open, hours may be lost investigating random things online.
Twitter and facebook. If you’ve ever brought up Facebook for an email address, or perhaps the details for Friday’s party, it’s common to get lost in status updates and an hour later, wonder whatever you were doing on Facebook from the start.

Pets. Cats and dogs are glorious distractions. Even Mark Twain was said to have had a kitten who would distract him to cease 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,, we’ve got a remedy for that:
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