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15 Ways To Productively Procrastinate

Happy procrastinating!

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15 Ways To Productively Procrastinate

It's the middle of the semester. It's the time when it's starting to get difficult to motivate yourself to do your homework.

Instead of procrastinating by going on Facebook, on Instagram, or going through all the Snapchat filters, try some of these methods for effective productive procrastination (now that's an oxymoron).

1. Do your laundry

I know you haven't done it in a month.

2. Take a shower

While we're on the subject of cleaning clothes, you might as well clean yourself.

3. Do 50 jumping jacks

Exercise is good for your heart and your brain, which might give you more energy to do your real work.

4. Call your parents or an old high school friend

Trust me, they'll appreciate it.

5. Clean your room

Once you do, there will be so much more room for activities—like spreading out all your work on the floor.

6. Send an email to your advisor

Give your advisor, a past employer or someone who has been a mentor to you some updates on what you've been up to. This should be easy to write since it's about stuff you know, and this will come in handy if you need a recommendation in the future.

7. Read a newspaper

If you can't be actually productive, might as well catch up on current events.

8. Clean out your email inbox

Nothing is worse than unread emails. Unsubscribe from those newsletters that you never actually read.

9. Cook food

Fuel your productivity with some sustenance. This procrastination will be even better if you share your food with your housemates.

10. Make a to-do list

Give yourself goals. Then, once you're done with that, you can start doing that stuff.

11. Mark all your assignments in your calendar

Like your to-do list, take steps to organize your life. Always a good choice.

12. Make your bed

It'll feel so nice to plop on your made bed after a long day of work.

13. Do the dishes

If other people are telling you to do your dishes...it's time to do the dishes.

14. Look up an internship

This will be helpful for when you do decide to join the real world.

15. Go for a run

Exercise is good. You can probably run a mile in about 10 minutes. Or you could just run away from all your problems so you can productively procrastinate forever.

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