Dear Cynical and Unmotivated people,
Ever needed to do work but not wanted to? Same. Ever wanted to prove to time that it isn't your master simply for the sake of being your own person? Me Too. So, I made this list (that will probably stretch to two or three lists) with the intent of chronicling and briefly describing the pros and cons of each of the things you could do instead of doing that probably more important work. Yay socially-acceptable procrastination!
1. Play A game:
Everybody loves games, I've written at least a couple, if not several, times about the wonderful nonsense that is our, as human beings, affinity for games.
2. Cuddle with your cuddle-buddy:
This one is especially good because you aren't actually getting anything done but for some reason it signifcantly lessens that nagging "I've REALLY gotta get this done feeling". However, maybe you don't have a cuddlebuddy, or don't have one handy (they can be oh, so elusive) in that case may I intorduce you to my friend...
3. Netflix:
Definitely the legal streaming site with the most chill, To those of us with even the smallest amount of cinephile in their blood, the addictive properties of this site are well known.
4.Do Other Work
This one is a little bit weird, as it actually reacquires you to have other work, and moreover it kinda goes against the whole process of procrastination a little bit, but that being said doing work is a solid way to not do work sometimes, especially if the work you actually are doing isn't all that important.
5. Worry about the World as a whole
The best part about this is that our world system is so many different kinds of jacked up that this one question alone is sort of multiple choice, you could worry about the economy, about the way the world treats those it considers minorities, about how despite youthfulness being about the best thing in existence all our world systems seem almost designed to rip it away from us and turn us into curmudgeon-y old people who just want to vote for Trump and tell kids to get off our lawns while desperately wishing we had the stones to still be as reckless and full of life-essence as they are.
6. Stare at the wall
So technically this one actually encompasses several such activities, watching paint dry, twiddling your thumbs, listening to your authority figures lecture you, or watching grass grow.
7. Go On A Walk
GET OUTSIDE! Shouts the people actively destroying our ecosystem. IT'S BEAUTIFUL!! They announce as they breath in the air of a generation that applied to principal of "Smoking is good for your health" to the world at large. But yeah, maybe like climb a tree or something.
8. Write a Poem or Short Story or Drawing or Whatever
Yeah, it's weird, but being artsy and expressing yourself through words or paintings or holes in walls or marble or whatever it is that you choose to express yourself can, in my experience, actually be a decent way to deal with creative and/or motivational backlog.
9. Perform a Random act of kindness:
Seriously, this kind of thing makes you feel so good about yourself its like a writer's-block, anti-motivation proof armor. It's pretty great.
In Summary:
there's a lot of things that you could be doing instead of your work, but in actual fact, you're already a pro at that, look at you, reading this article as opposed to doing whatever else it is you're supposed to do. I'm Proud of You!
Sincerely,
Brad "Sure, Whatever" Roberts
