13 Ways to Procrastinate Productively

Take a weight off your mind and get your laundry done. Plus, you can multi-task and get something else done while you are waiting for the machine to finish.

Any assignment or thing you have to do such as sending emails, fill out forms, or other busywork that requires minimal brain effort but is relieving to get out of the way.

It’s so much easier in the long run. You’ll be glad you did it, especially when you’re trying to submit all of your final papers.

It’s hard to work in a messy area, and finals season makes slobs of us all. Clean up your room so you feel better when you’re in their alternating between studying and sleeping. 

Sometimes you just need to work on something shorter, easier, or more fun.

Now is the time to be applying to summer internships, and that’s just as important (if not more) to your future as your upcoming finals.

The holidays sneak up on you when you’re studying away, but you don’t want to be caught empty-handed.

You’ll feel better about the work you have to do when you see it laid out clearly. Plus, it feels so much more satisfying to complete a task when you get to cross it off your list.

Get out of the house and out of your funk, but also get some of your weekly chores done.

You’ll feel prepared and productive, and even if you haven’t started that final assignment yet. But now you know exactly when you will be starting and when you’ll be finishing.

How are you supposed to focus if you feel gross? That’s right, you can’t. Better get in the shower and make sure you feel your best so that you can focus.

You need to eat, and you probably need some brain food before you dive into that study guide.

I wrote this in one of my classes when I was supposed to be writing my twenty-page sociology paper!