So I’m sure with the end of the quarter, summer ahead and finals looming, you don’t think you need any help with procrastinating — but believe it or not you precocious Stanfordians, there just may be an efficient and better way of putting off what you should do for what you want to do NOW! So spice it up. Yeah Facebook caring* can pass the time, but there’s so much more in the world of dilatory fun. So let’s start with the basics.
Internet Shopping
Not going to lie, Shopbop.com is probably my most viewed page (Also, can I just mention that they do not have tax and free shipping and free return shipping which is basically just letting you try things on and send it back fo freezies! Plus that bit about the tax must be illegal or something. I love it!). You can peruse the likes of most your favorite shops these days, indulge in the lookbooks of online digs like shopnastygal.com and Kate Spade online, or even the magazine style layout of net-a-porter.com (check Friday and Wednesday for New Arrivals). Even if you’re not totally revamping your wardrobe, the inspiration and indulgence will keep you occupied and may just make for some new ensembles from your present collection.
Blogging?
So I’m calling it right now. Crayons are the next big hipster movement. But for now, it’s all about the blog. And there are about a million. And since they’re just two clicks away from your IHUM paper, why not plan out your dream apartment with apartmenttherapy.com, or check out all things college-girl with lovelyundergrad.com or my old and un-updated blog, Dollar Diplomacy (URL omitted purposefully — oh, I’m sly). You could even start your own blog about the cutest TA’s on campus, hashtags (#thedrunkestievergot) or whatever else you kids like these days.
Productive Procrastinating… Question Mark Part Two?
Maybe it’s an oxymoron. Maybe I’m a moron (okay, too much), but procrastinating can totally get stuff done too, right? “I don’t want to read Proust, I’ll go for a jog!” Hell yeah, girl. Willbur needs you to tan on it, so get that healthy, beach-body. “Oh my gosh how can I study with shoes EVERYWHERE!?” It’s spring so why not spring-clean, you’ll feel much better about it and who knows. You may actually get some work done in your clean study space.
Get other work done.
You caught me. It’s a study tip in disguise. But when your work is getting too mundane, you can solve it not by hitting the FB or the gym. Sometimes to make it over that pupil-plateau you just need to change the subject. P-set to paper to play (Shout out to Drama 178!). Just mix it up a bit.
So it’s spring which means all your friends are out of school and we are just now hitting finals…but not quite yet. Anyone Stanford student can study. You proved that already. But it takes a real champ to procrastinate.
* Facebook “stalking” is such a brash word and so outdated.