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Excellent Ways to Procrastinate on Your Last Night of Winter Break

1/1/2018

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I sit, inefficiently multi-tasking the night before going back to school after a much-needed winter break. Distracted by season 2 of "The Crown", I try to focus on the week ahead. Multiple emails to be addressed, classes to be planned, and schedules to be coordinated....and some of it actually does get done, but here is what happens as well.

Watch episode of "The Crown". Begin voyage down Google rabbit hole:

who is in the royal family .....line of succession .....why is Prince William in the line of succession, and his children, but not his brother Prince Harry?......why "queen mother" and not "mother of queen"......does the Queen watch "The Crown"?......Princess Margaret husband -  bisexual photographer......Jackie Onassis and the Duke of Edinburgh flirt....names of Queen Elizabeth children....

Break for short (1 hour) nap. 

Make tea and a smoothie upon waking up.

Add chia seeds to smoothie. What are chia seeds anyway? While drinking tea and smoothie, look up: 

what are chia seeds....chia vs. flax seeds....recipes with chia seeds.....DIY chia exfoliating face mask......where are chia seeds from.....

Plan a little, answer a few emails. Help daughter with essay about the code of chivalry. At the New York Times website, watch a short film about a Syrian refugee in L.A. to possible use in class. Watch a little more of "The Crown" while you contemplate exercising, but the dog snuggling on your feet has made you immobile.

Ask "Alexa" some questions so you don't have to actually move your fingers on the keyboard:

"Alexa, what is the temperature?"
"Alexa, what is the question of the day?"
"Alexa, tell me a limerick."
"Alexa when is the next snowstorm?"


Soon it's dark out. The early and frigid start of tomorrow's school day looms large in your mind. Nothing to stop it now!  No delays for cold weather here. Here's to the next 6 weeks everyone! Hang in there until February, or whenever your next break is. Happy 2018!



       






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Susan Markman
1/4/2018 11:11:03 am

Love this piece! Reading it is part of my procrastination on this snow day when I need to do paperwork due tomorrow 😊

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3/1/2018 09:11:00 am

I am really a kind of person who always procrastinates. I am not proud of it though, but I have to say that sometimes that specific activity made me feel like I can still enjoy my life. With all of the tasks and works that I need to fulfill, procrastinating makes me feel like I am still a human and I need to take some rest sometimes. I know that time is the most important thing in the world, but sometimes I think, why not set aside the things that you need to do and just do whatever it is that will make you happy.

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