How to waste time

   As a student, I’ve recently found that if there’s something I’m good at, it’s wasting time. Of course one way of achieving this is just sitting all day on twitter and facebook, continually refreshing the pages until something interesting miraculously happens, but there are far more productive ways of wasting time I have encountered.

1.       Find a new TV series to watch, and watch every episode back-to-back. By far the simplest way of wasting time: watching TV. But, instead of channel-hopping, just find an entire series you’ve never seen before and watch every single episode. Although, if you chose lost, make sure you literally have nothing better to do because you will be sat around for a long time.

2.       Practical jokes. Let’s be honest, if you know the person will find it funny, it’s always a good way of spending time. For example, in halls last year I spent an evening putting cling film over my flatmate’s door whilst he was out. He said he especially loved the use of clear tape.

3.       Cooking, because even if, like me, you’re terrible at it, it’s still fun to experiment. And it’s an excuse to google stuff.

4.       Re-arranging things. You know how it is, when you walk into a room and think how something would look so much better in another place. Well, it probably would. Just like how everything in your cupboard in the kitchen would look much better with a little variation.

5.       Finally, the best way of wasting time, invest in the Sims 3. By far one of the most addictive games. Good-bye, degree.

   So, there are many ways of spending time without actually doing what you should be doing. You’ll kick yourself later, but it’ll definitely seem worth it at the time.