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26 Things I Have Done In The Last Day to Avoid Studying for Finals

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Gustavus chapter.

Procrastination at its best. Or worst. I’m not really sure. 

1. Categorized my computer documents into folders

2. Categorized those folders into folders

3. Contemplated dusting my desk

4. Chose not to dust my desk but still sat there for 10 minutes thinking about it

5. Decided this process of contemplation called for nap time

6. Got into my bed intending to nap and watched YouTube videos for an hour instead

7. Finished watching YouTube videos and decided I still needed a nap

8. Couldn’t fall asleep but laid in my bed for two hours telling myself that I would indeed nap

9. Actually napped for 20 minutes and called it good

10. Made my bed

11. Felt inspired to clean the rest of my room while I was at it (minus the desk dusting—that never happened)

12. Wrapped Christmas gifts

13. Went out and bought more Christmas gifts to wrap

14. Decided to try and be a chef and make dinner

15. Realized I needed to defrost chicken in order to make said dinner

16. Tried to defrost chicken

17. Failed to defrost chicken

18. Ordered Chinese food with my roommate instead

19. Decided that going to the front of our apartment complex to pick up food from the delivery guy was actually a job that required both my roommate and I

20. Took my time eating Chinese food

21. Baked chocolate chip cookies

22. Watched A Holiday Engagement on Netflix while eating chocolate chip cookies

23. Wasn’t even that entertained by the movie, but it was better than studying

24. Voluntarily washed dishes from dinner and cookies after the movie was done

25. Picked up my textbook, telling myself that now I really was going to study

26. Wrote this Her Campus article instead

Kjersten is a senior at Gustavus Adolphus College in Saint Peter, Minnesota. She is pursuing a major in English and one day hopes to work in the exciting world of book publishing. When she's not reading books or taking pictures of them for her blog, she loves watching period dramas (Outlander, Victoria, and Downton Abbey, to name a few), playing with her beagle, Rocky, and listening to Ed Sheeran on repeat. Kjersten serves as Senior Editor for the Gustavus Chapter of Her Campus.