Sunday, April 6, 2014

Procrastinating



These are my Top Ten techniques I have employed to avoid writing this terms  paper.  These are not things I would otherwise do, so I have not included anything around exercise, eating, shopping etc.

10) Laundry Yes, this is something I typically do, though usually on a  need to do basis.  When procrastinating it takes on a whole new urgency, however, and I must suddenly wash and iron everything.
9) Clean the fridge A significant undertaking, given that the crisper required gloves and mask to clean.
8) Stare into space.  I think this might be my favourite pastime.
7) Wash the floors.  A hefty undertaking and dominoes into  moving furniture, dusting, cleaning out  drawers...you see where this can chew up a day previously committed to paper writing.
6) Comb the cat.  Even went out and purchased the Furminator, so that when I brush the cat I actually get enough fur to build two more cats.
5) Phone a friend. Usually someone I have not spoken to for over a year.  Paper writing has done wonders for reconnecting with old friends.
4) Write a list of how I procrastinate.  This is a desperate attempt to avoid writing in the 11th hour.
3) Watch The Office reruns. Seriously, how did I not watch this show when it was on the first time?  Clearly I was not at school during its first run.
2) Fret about why I am not working on  my paper.
1) Play computer games. Solitaire. Words with Friends.  Pepper Panic.  Name your poison, if it's a game that makes noise or can chew up an hour without a blink, I'm playing it.


Well.  On that note, perhaps I will go do some more editing and get this thing handed in.


3 comments:

  1. LOL!! I can totally relate as this is me... I am now going to have to see if I can somehow take all day tomorrow off so I can write this paper by midnight April 7th... I was shining and scrubbing things on the counter that I have never noticed required shining before!! thanks for sharing this -I just don't feel so alone! :)

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  2. I completely agree that house cleaning somehow takes a whole new significance when there is school work to be done ;) I also tend to have much more cooked and baked yumminess around the house in those times; somehow there is more urgency for everything else but that term paper ;)

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  3. Ha ha! I just read this now, a week after the due date. Is your house still clean?
    I definitely have some well developed procrastinating skills.

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