Counting Down The Top 10 Procrastination Websites:
aka. beware of these.
5. Bored.com — Sounds kind of trite, but actually bored.com will link you to a plethora of websites perfect to get you through those all-nighters. Bored.com will lead to the weirdest headlines, provide an outlet for you to send an e-mail to your future self (dear me, did you ever finish your paper?) and much, much more.
4. Collegehumor.com — The most mind-numbing website, collegehumor.com requires next to no intelligence to enjoy, so it acts as a perfect distraction from heavy studying. Between the videos (I like the “Hardly Working” videos best) and the photos with ridiculous captions, collegehumor.com will give your brain a nice break.
3. Perezhilton.com — Perez, not Paris, Hilton is a celebrity in his own right. He reports on celebrity gossip with rapid-fire posts, making it easy for his readers to stay up on the lives of celebrities, movies, new music, funny interviews and weird news. Without Perez, I personally wouldn’t have known about Chris Brown abusing Rihanna or Nadya Suleman’s 14 children. And that is the sort of knowledge we all need.
2. Sporcle.com — Sometimes when I procrastinate, I think, “Wow, I really should be productive right now instead of doing whatever I’m doing.” That’s where sporcle.com comes in. Sporcle.com touts itself as a website of mentally stimulating diversions. They have quizzes on everything from naming every country in the world, to movie quote recognition. What did I learn from sporcle? That I (and many others) cannot spell Connecticut.
1. fmylife.com — Today, I sat down to write three papers and instead went on fmylife.com for two hours. FML. On this site, people just complain about their horrible lives. Guaranteed to turn the worst of days around because you can see just how sad and pathetic so many other people’s lives are. The only problem with using this site as a procrastination tool in the library is how susceptible you are to laughing out loud.
But the most dangerous of all..... Facebook!!!!!
Other suggestions: ... or should I say warnings?
YouTube.com
Stumbleupon.com
Ratemyprofessors.com <-- be sure to check this out when making your class schedule!
DearBlankPleaseBlank.com (the newest rage in the procrastination world)
Newest Additions:
Autocorrect.com
COMING SOON TO THIS PAGE:
Procrastination Signs to Watch Out For: Know the signs to and how to stop them. By: Lara B.
Abstract of Article: Have you found yourself inundated with "to-do" lists, usually all involving the same information written in different orders or colors? That is exhibit A. Students tend to fool themselves into think they are being productive when really they are procrastinating. Another sure sign that you have been spending too much time online and not enough time doing your work is when you feel consistently let down by your Facebook homepage. When "nothing happened" it i usually an indication that you pushed refresh less than 10 seconds ago. Of course nothing happened! Go do your work!
Article soon to be posted here.
If You Must Procrastinate: Advise for Those Who Just Cant Help It. By: Lara Jade.
Abstract of Article: To procrastinate or not to procrastinate? If only we even had the option. How about "productive procrastination"? Read on for tips to get you to clean your apartment instead of surf the web. Go grocery shopping instead of watching TV, and do your landury instead of wearing dirty clothes because "you have too much work to do laundry". No fear, help is here.
Article soon to be posted here.
