When you enter freshman year, you will read endless amounts of articles that tell you how to properly adjust to the new/different free time you have in college. The "best study tips" will be your game plan for your first, big college test. You will have all your affairs mentally in order and totally think you're going to rock your time management. If you fail to stick to these high and mighty plans your first semester, you will plan to do better the next, and continue this pattern for the next four years. Most likely, you spend a larger amount of time doing the following procrastination tactics than properly budgeting your time.

1. There is no better time to clean than when there is a paper to write. It's a real life "would you rather" that is absolutely horrifying in either option, but both must be done at some point. So why not give that paper the same love and attention you initially gave the clothes, trash, and unmentionables lying around your room. It's all comes down to equality, right?

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2. College gives a certain freedom between the hours of 9am-5pm any schooling since kindergarten and any job after college (unless you work for Google) will acceptably provide. There are gaps of time between classes where napping becomes this magical option to catch up on sleep you've lost. Sometimes, you'll do it with the intention to stay up late that night to do Netflix school related things. Other times you nap because life is hard, so "when in doubt nap it out."

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3. The late nights that college offers will allow you to be up until 2:30 talking about everything with friends. You call them over to your room for a simple question about class, and three hours later you've relayed your whole life story, heard theirs, and discovered a couple new things about yourself.

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4. You're bored, and avoiding life, so you seriously contemplate talking to your ex. You know there is absolutely no benefit in opening that can of worms, but it'll be a fun thing to write about in your memoir one day. Plus, it's been enough time, so they really could've changed by now, right?

5. Oprah once warned about eating to fill an emotional void or boredom, and unfortunately studying contains both of those hurdles. How is one to eat without brain food? A little snack on an entire family size bag of pretzels never hurt a person's GPA.

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6. If you're about to bunker down for a hardcore study time, you must be up-to-date on all the social media outlets. Like, you must know what that one girl you sat next to in that one class once in high school wore to her sorority formal last week, type catch up on Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, Snapchat, and Pinterest. You can't miss a single detail. This cycle happens again during ever study "break."

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7. Full out dance party. You turn on the music to "help concentrate," but you are a simple mortal who cannot conquer that power Uptown Funk seems to have.

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8. This starts out as one of those, "If I feel good, I will work well" ideas Intro to Psychology talked about. You plan to take a couple minutes to recharge under the shower-head, or take a quick bubble bath to unblock from study brain. Once you're in, all plans are down the drain with your cares. You pretend to be Ariel, perform the complete works of Taylor Swift, and form speeches to end all your current social conflicts. You will probably solve world hunger during this time, but you will never accomplish your actual school work.

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9. There's no better time to have a full-out life meltdown than when it's 2:30am and you turn in a paper at 8am. It all starts with asking, "How did I get this behind?" and leads to, "This is the perfect symbol of my life's accomplishments thus far. I'm going nowhere."

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10. A week from a project's due date, when you have all the time in the world to work on said project, you may have the choice to begin the research, brainstorming, etc., or begin that show you've had pop up on the "suggested for you" tab. You truly think the seven days won't fly by too quickly, so you'll watch a couple episodes a night, and even work and watch.

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11. You're friend calls and invites you to the party of the night. You've just sat down to do an outline or finish the chapter or whatever task that will help you feel you're a studious student, so obviously you're torn. This party will only happen tonight, and you have the whole weekend to be a great student.

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