Hi, my name is Victoria, and I’m a procrastinator. So instead of studying, I have:
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Rearranged my bookshelf. First I tried by color, then genre, and then finally went back to alphabetical by author’s last name. Like it always is.
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Chased my dog around the front yard.
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Went on a bunch of online shopping websites and filled a cart will all the things I wanted and then let the tabs sit open while looking at other shops until I realized I was too broke to buy anything. Then I closed them all.
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Napped on the floor.
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Rolled around on my carpet pretending to do yoga even though I only know about six poses.
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Looked up yoga poses.
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Read two random chapters of a book that I have already read just to see if I could remember what was going on during that part of the book. I did.
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Folded and put away all my laundry. Included sorting everything in my closet by color and pretending to go through my t-shirts to get rid of some even though I’m too much of a hoarder to actually get rid of anything.
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Found a pen on the floor and clicked it seventeen thousand times while staring at the ceiling.
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Ate an orange.
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Smelled every candle I could find. This was not limited to my room as there were many in the kitchen, the cabinet in the front hall, and a box in the living room that hasn’t been unpacked since I moved back home.
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Oh yeah, moved back home.
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Watched my cat give birth to six kittens when I only expected three, which only added to my stress because now I have to find houses for all six kittens.
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Pet the kittens. Cuddled with the mama cat.
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Told myself that it is absolutely reasonable to expect myself to read the entirety of Pride and Prejudice and write a five-page paper on it within twenty-four hours so it can be put off even longer.
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Debated getting drunk to deal with the math studying that is much more overwhelming than it needs to be.
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Bought three packs of Oreos.
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Packed for the study abroad trip for the class that requires I write that essay on Pride and Prejudice that I still haven’t written.
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Watched Brooklyn Nine Nine.
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Realized I had to take a test in the morning and begrudgingly got off the floor in order to brush teeth, wash face, change into a different pair of slightly cleaner pajamas, and crawl into bed.
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Not fallen asleep for another three hours.