18 Easy Steps To Getting Nothing Done...

There's lots of us out there being affected by the ongoing strike affecting the students in the country today. As a result of this, the majority of us have resorted to doing absolutely nothing with these forced holidays. We wake up each morning only to go back to sleep. There's no order to our lives and procrastination has become our watchword. Any activity of the brain is too much stress, and we therefore cannot be bothered.

This is the daily happenings for a large part of the student population (especially those that enjoy the rush of last minute exam preparations!! - myself included - oh lawd, those are the times...!!-). However, for those of us who haven't gotten this art down pat yet, here are some easy steps to eventually get nothing done! It's really easy...

1). When you wake up in the morning, think really hard about what you want to achieve that day- set some goals and intend to keep them.

2). But before you get around to achieving these goals, roll over and get a little more sleep- after all, the day is still really young.

3). When you eventually wake up at 10:00am, check your BlackBerry for any messages, after all your social life is just as important. Get on BBM, twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp and every other social network imaginable.

4). Two hours later, roll out of bed and head for the kitchen... everybody knows you can't work on an empty stomach!

5). Linger over your food and check your phone every two minutes.

6). Make conversation with whomever is available for a while then inform them you have a lot set to do that day and you are a little behind schedule. Head on back to your room.

7). Oh! It's Tuesday!! Another episode of 'The Originals' is out. Download it and watch - you won't concentrate properly until you see it anyway.

8). Watch a few more episodes of a few shows.

9). Quickly remind yourself you have work to do! That project is not gonna finish itself up!

10). Quickly head to the bathroom for a quick shower. Your phone rings and it's your friend asking you to meet up somewhere. You politely refuse and tell them you are swamped with your project, making her feel guilty about ignoring theirs.

11). Sit on the toilet seat for a quick shit... and oh! that's the red light blinking. Your friend just sent you a link - open it and proceed to watch about a million YouTube videos.

12). Visit your favourite blog site, bleudiaries.blogspot.com for any new posts.

13). Quickly shower and head back to your room fully prepared to get to work. Sit at your reading table and start opening books.

14). After reading the first page five times, get up and head to the kitchen for "snacks", you need it to keep you from falling asleep.

15). Get back to your room, pick your i-pad and play Temple Run for a while.

16). Check your phone. Oh! It's 6pm!! Too late to get anything done anyway. Settle down and read your pings.

17). It's time for bed. Think about everything you have to accomplish tomorrow. Solemnly promise yourself that tomorrow is the day you'd get things done.

18). Go to sleep.

This is a guarantee! (the get your money back kind) - if you follow these simple steps religiously everyday, you would definitely get nothing done eventually!

Be wise. Use your time smartly.