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Finals Week Strategy for Success from the Person Voted Biggest Procrastinator in High School

Posted on by meganfemery
Finals Week Strategy for Success from the Person Voted Biggest Procrastinator in High School:
1- Reread notes needed
2- Open all articles you’ll need
3- Make and eat kick ass breakfast burrito
4- Write a blog post about procrastinating in an effort to destigmatize procrastination as a thinking exercise
5- Head downtown to see if that painting you loved is still for sale
6- Stop for favorite snack supplies and a couple other groceries
7- Prepare perfect movies needed for background noise
8- Play first movie & bust out some work
9- Have favorite snack
10- Bust out some more work and maybe even finish 1 paper
11- Choose 3-5 items from your closet to donate to Goodwill
12- Give yourself a facial
13- Determine if you’re done thinking about that other paper
14- Are you done? Yes? Do a little work- not tooooo much and see how you feel No? Choose a pair of shoes to donate. Yeah, that’s what I thought. Get some more work done, asshole.
15- You win! Relax and watch a horror movie or art documentary with fresh jammies and more of your favorite snack for dinner!
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Stress/Distraction Strategies :
  • You okay? Want a nice cup of tea? Go ahead… remember to take a sip before it gets cold.
  • Whew, this is hard. You should probably take the dog out onto the deck and get some fresh air.
  • Y’know, the cat’s litter box could always use a little attention. If you take care of that doing homework won’t seem so bad. Go on. I bet you won’t complain about this paper after that.
Perfect Movies Needed for Background Noise (Today):
  • She Devil
  • The Others
  • True Romance
  • Airheads
  • Hook
  • Matilda
Favorite Snack:
  • Fresh raspberries
  • Smoked salmon
  • Smartfood popcorn
  • Some kind of craft beer