HOW TO PROCRASTINATE

If you couldn't tell already, this blog is a form of procrastination. Granted, it's quite a productive form of procrastination as I'm enhancing my writing skills one could argue. But let's be real here I'm just a very pretentious procrastinator who thinks, for some reason, that my opinion is worth sharing with the world. But anywho, we all procrastinate at some point. Whether it is to avoid a deadline, get rid of the stress, or distract yourself from the crushing weight of day to day existence, procrastination is certainly a fun and carefree way of whittling away the long hours. Procrastination is great. In fact I am convinced that it is a natural human instinct that we have. We seem to be drawn to any time-wasting activity we can think of. A prime example of this would a be a study period that I had today where me and my friend we sitting in the library, supposedly working. However, five minutes in we were watching the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 trailer (which looks epic by the way) and throwing paper at an unsuspecting year 12. This happened to be a very fun hour indeed and was more exciting than sitting at a desk and reading about how your mind is not actually your mind as your mind is actually just behaviours we exhibit which makes it SEEM like we have a mind which is not actually your mind just your brain from my Philosophy textbook.

From what I can figure out, there are two types of procrastination that people go for:

1) Productive Procrastination

2) Procrastination where the goal it is to achieve as little as possible in as much amount of time as you can.

Usually I place myself into the former category. Like I said, pretentious. Take this blog for example. I could very easily be debating about Utilitarianism right now in an essay, but instead I am writing about how I am not doing that essay because this is more interesting. How meta is that! There are several other things you can do to be a productive procrastinator, however, such as reading a book, going out for a run or cleaning your room. These are all actually quite beneficial things to do with your time as, although you are not necessarily working, you are still doing something which will benefit you later as going for a run means you are less likely to get some kind of health issue (yet you are more likely to get arthritis oddly enough so stay away from cross-fit if you can) and reading a book can actually expand your vocabulary and mental capacity and all the rest of that brainly goodness that comes along with taking an active interest in your reading.

Then there are the procrastinators who are purposely trying to waste as much time as possible and, I'll admit, I do also fit quite nicely into this category. This includes a wide range of activities from trawling the into looking at videos of children falling over to trying to give your cat a side parting and seeing if your Christmas jumper still fits in mid-July. I'm not saying that this kind of 'doing nothing' is a bad thing in fact I encourage it! It's just maybe not the best way to spend your time if you're feeling the stress of exams or whatever.

There are certainly positives to procrastinating which I will most definitely vouch for. First of all, it's relaxing! You can go to bed early at night not having to worry about that essay that is due tomorrow and you can just do it in the morning. In addition to this, us procrastinators always find the easiest ways to do hard tasks, so instead of taking ages finding the most clever route to the answer, we look for a simple and quick answer. Even better than this, you get a reputation for yourself. Some people might recoil in horror at the thought of people thinking that you are lazy, but think about it if people think you are unproductive they won't burden you with any heavy tasks, so you get off scot-free. But if you think about it, you're never actually being lazy. You are filling your time (with useless tasks, granted) and you are keeping yourself busy to stave off boredom. On top of this, more often than not the useless things you are doing are often creative and a bit quirky which are the kinds of things you remember when you're old a decrepit.

So enjoy procrastination! It's a great way to spend your time and, as long as you're not getting too behind with work. Go and write a blog, draw a picture, style your pet, or even have a nap, I'm sure you have earned it!