Pathetic Procrastination

Life’s can be a b***h but even more so for University Students when a disease as regular as a hangover or a cold comes around.

Yes ladies, ladettes, gentlemen and douches I am referring to Procrastination.

I’ve seen people do it in all the traditional ways, during the exam period they become clean-freaks, others alcoholics or begin cooking meals you wouldn’t believe (only because they’ve been eating noodles and McDonalds all year).

Even procrastination touches the quirky, resulting in taking the longest bus to get home, or doing all your readings for once, or those who procrastinate by reading books about time management (the irony!)  and what about those people, who shall not be identified who hibernate like a bear (and seem as grizzly as them) when exams or assessments come around, hitting uni students like an avalanche.

Shame then, not all of us knows how to ski through this.

So then, how do we make procrastination make like Harry Potter under his trusty invisible cloak, and well, go away?

The answer is not simple, same way as it is with a cure for hangovers, some say apples and others Subway or a large Frozen Coke.

So when I give suggestions, what works for the Daily Red may not work for others and hell, sometimes these things don’t work.

One key thing to remember is that procrastination is all in the mind. Have you ever noticed that you’ve become a bigger fan of Secret Diaries of a Call Girl or have bought another three pairs of black heels off the net during the exam period? If you have, I’m afraid you’ve contracted Procrastination. It’s all in the head as I mentioned earlier, why don’t you want to start? What’s holding you back when you actually like the class (sorry for going all Dr Phil on you!). to remedy this, try looking forward and pumping yourself up for the assignment at hand, which leads to me to my next point...

As John Lennon once sang it’s “whatever gets you thru the night” that gets you through. So when it comes to assignments, whatever goes, whether it is dressing differently than you ordinarily do, or having a certain type of drink ( NO ALCOHOL!) only for homework just might get you in the mood.

And my third and final point is that simply switch the computer off! Yes, YouTube and its randomness is hilarious, but will it be when you’re fatigued and trying to pump out an essay that mentally, seems much larger than it really is?

If we can get over a combination of a cold and a hangover surely then we can stop procrastinating!