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-9 posts tagged "procrastination"
Mikey Colgan | Wednesday, September 14, 2022
Class ends and it’s 4:30. I just had a long day and the last thing I want to do is work out. I’m tired, there’s homework I have to do and I want to stop by my friends’ room and shoot the breeze. So then I think to myself: I only need to workout four
Andrew Sveda | Monday, April 6, 2020
These past few weeks have been, well, hard, to say the least. All of us have had something important to us taken away by COVID-19. But with all of us (hopefully) at home, we’ve gained something we’re always asking for: time. Yet now that we have it, we have absolutely no clue what to do
Cristina Interiano | Thursday, October 3, 2019
The title of this column is incredibly misleading, but ultimately, I want to share two ideas I came across recently that have shaped my perspective on how to live and spend my time. The first one I heard in a podcast called “The Fr. Mike Schmitz Catholic Podcast” where Fr. Mike discusses different life and
Cate Von Dohlen | Thursday, February 7, 2019
Procrastination is often shamed. Sometimes we internally shame ourselves at 2 a.m. on Monday mornings. Other times, we sense the silent shame on the upper levels of Club Hes. Nevertheless, just the word itself has negative connotations — but I like to think procrastination can actually be beneficial. There is a certain art to procrastinating,
Sara Schlecht | Tuesday, April 24, 2018
In trying to come up with ideas for this Inside Column, I drew a blank. Repeatedly. So in order to have something to fill this space, I asked several friends what I should write. The answers were varied, some realistic, others ridiculous or reflective. So in lieu of coming up with my own idea (cut
Nicole Caratas | Tuesday, May 2, 2017
With finals quickly approaching, you can be sure to find me, in bed, for 14 hours a day, with a stack of reading that I didn’t keep up with, trying really hard to pretend like I don’t pay thousands of dollars a semester just to procrastinate. With a research project and paper due this upcoming
Mike Donovan | Tuesday, November 1, 2016
It’s 1 a.m. at Club Hes. You’ve been in the intellectual trenches for several hours now, toiling away as the shadow of the coming exam looms over your stress-ridden head. You contemplate a study break — some relaxing and mindless activity to grant reprieve — but quickly turn the idea down. Netflix, YouTube and the
Miko Malabute | Tuesday, April 28, 2015
So here we are once again: finals week. The time where you buckle down, become super efficient, freshen up on a semester’s worth of material, constantly pour over old exams and quizzes and lectures and … well, if you’re anything like me the thought of it all is truly daunting. So, if you’re anything like
Brian Lach | Monday, February 16, 2015
“Still watching?” I don’t appreciate the judgmental attitude Netflix is using with me. I click the “Continue watching” button. “It’s been a long week,” I think. And surely, watching all eight seasons of “Dexter” is far more important than my business coursework. An unspoken rule states that for every hour of homework you have, there are