It’s that time of year again, people! When the weather just can’t seem to make up its mind between hot and cold, and there’s always a definite chance it’ll rain only on the days in which left your umbrella at home. Tis the season for when pumpkin spice is EVERYWHERE and your patience for long Starbucks lines is NOWHERE. Another big part of the season is the start of school. This is where your “on brand” self really shines, especially if you’re a Libra. Libras are wilding out EVERYWHERE, and a big part of their season is procrastination, but that definitely does not have to be your star sign to join the procrastination fun.
Procrastination is a natural part of a student’s academic life– or any aspect of a student’s life for that matter. The definition of procrastination by Merrium-Webster is “to put off intentionally the doing of something that should be done.” The constant impending doom of that fast approaching assignment, social event, or even that pile of laundry waiting to get washed is inevitable. Norman Milgram, a psychologist that ran the infamous Milgrim experiments, once wrote, “procrastination is not merely a curious human aberration, one of the many instances in which people failed to pursue their interest in an efficient and productive manner.” Milgram views procrastination as a dysfunction of the human being and a mental coping mechanism. Procrastination can be a coping mechanism for stress, a mental escape from reality, or maybe it could be the thrill of getting the job done in a minimal time and high pressure situations. Being an experienced procrastinator myself, I have often found myself making the excuse “Oh, well I work better under pressure.” Classic….amiright?? For this article, I have compromised a thorough list of all the very best “To Dos” of a procrastinator for this Autumn Quarter ‘19.
Steal school supplies! Why buy writing utensils for the first several months of classes, when you can just find a pencil on the hallway floor, or steal a pen from a professor’s office?
Why have folders or spirals with little pockets when you can dig around the deepest depths of your backpack and find the crumpled piece of paper required for class?
You really don’t need any of your textbooks till mid-october, anyways.
Office hours… or finding that one ugly picture of your best friend.
I’ll do the assigned readings for class, but not until my horoscope indicates a clear sign that that is what is right for me. Finding that vine from four years ago is the MOST pressing issue!
I’ll study for my quiz on the walk to class– I gotta watch these vids of Kim and Kendall getting laughed at at the 2019 Emmy Awards.
I need to stalk my ex’s aunt’s friend’s brother’s page, because I need to be aware of what is going on, and that analysis due for class can just wait.
Homework, or rewatch the entire series of The Office for the eighth time?
I could pay attention in class, but I’m just gonna look at dogs for adoption.
My ceiling is sooooo interesting…
McGees is calling my name…
What is Taylor Swift doing right now?
Whatever it is, it can wait… or maybe not.