The Jacaranda trees are blooming, the year is ending, and you have the sudden, yet familiar urge to do anything – absolutely anything – other than open your textbook. Procrastination, often misidentified as laziness, is largely caused by perfectionism, fear, stress, and the irresistible need to learn about the complete history of cults at 11pm.
The world-renowned art of putting off homework and assignments until the last possible minute. Ah, Procrastination, thou art more enchanting and more disastrous for your academic future.
What absurd lengths would you go to so that you did not have to open a textbook? Perhaps you enjoy becoming a master baker at midnight, or maybe you are a super sleeper with the catchphrase, “I’ll wake up at 3am and do it”. Take heart – you are not alone. Here are some of the weirdest things people have done instead of studying (for science, of course):
“Washing my whole fridge and all the shelves in the middle of the night in res.”
“I watch tutorials on how to develop skills I don’t yet have.”
“Slept on the House Mags grass like a starfish and looked up at the sky.”
“I googled my name.”
“Baked two loaves of banana bread, deep-cleaned my entire apartment while they baked, and then ate half of one of the loaves while rewarding myself with a “well-deserved” bath.”
“I colour in my colouring book.”
“Watched Learning Mandarin for Beginners videos.”
“Made soooooo many lists.”
“I looked through a Respublica window to see how much I could see and made a story about what they were doing or saying.”
“I learned how to do a handstand.”
“I read a recommended book called Haunting Adeline. I have regrets.”
In the end, watch out for that procrastination bug because, with the blooming of the Jacaranda trees, it might be too late to save the semester.
