For all of us who are just going to college, we are entering a whole new world, one full of mysteries and new opportunities. Whether classes have started or not, we are quick to realize the amount of "free time" that is entrusted to us. We have classes for a couple of hours each day, but besides that, we are pretty free. There are some students who have good time-management skills, and if you are one of them, then this post is not for you. Some students know what it takes to maintain the grades, and others feel like the college just punched them in the face (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-uBB62vvGg). This is the list of the top five ways that a college kid can and will slack off:
1. Sleeping
Although it may seem like nothing at all to take a quick nap, your body gets accustomed to those sleep intervals and soon you are hooked. You can't even function a whole day without taking a nap. That is the worst killer for college students. Most of the time, when you wake up from a nap, you feel even more tired than when you first started. Napping or sleeping in is the worst way to kill your free time that could be put to so many other good uses.
2. Videogames
This goes out for all of the COD players, the Madden Junkies, or RPG fiddlers. If you want to take college seriously, the gaming has got to be drastically reduced. No matter what your major is, no one has time to sit on a gaming console for 3 to 4 hours every day as your mind erodes and turns to mush. Sure, you may have all the emblems, or the best football record, and your avatar may be looking pretty fly, but your college transcript won't reflect any of those things, and that is what matters the most.
3. Social Networking
It's scary these days just how many people are absolutely addicted to social networking. Be it facebook, twitter, or MySpace for the little ones, social networking has completely taken over some of our lives and is seriously jeopardizing our abilities to get anything done. When I was at a convocation at Purdue that was focused around social networking safety, the speaker asked us to raise our hands if we spent more than an hour to two hours on facebook/twitter/myspace per day. Out of the 5,000 or so young adults at the convocation, well over half raised their hands. Students need to be more concerned with getting out and making friends in the real world and not in cyberspace.
4. Partying
Myth: If I don't party tonight, I am missing out on the college experience and I am not enjoying myself. There will always be parties and therefore we shouldn't feel the need to go out and get drunk every night. College is designed to be some of the best years of your life, but it's not all fun and games. There are multiple ways for students to have fun rather than partying, and many take advantage of these opportunities and have a great college experience. Once again, it comes down to our priorities. I am sure that you will not be having fun looking back and wishing that you wouldn't have been so reckless.
5. Boyfriend/Girlfriend
This is a tough one to write about because I am all for dating. There are some kids who take the boyfriend/girlfriend to the extreme though and this section is particularly for them. Guys and girls, seeing each other every night is not the most important thing in the entire world. You may think that you are in love, and that is absolutely fabulous if you know you are, but there are other things going on in your life that are of equal if not more importance. What we as students do in college will in some way have a direct impact on the rest of our lives. As hard as it may seem, stay in for a night and get some studying done. When you can walk across that stage receiving your college diploma, and still have the girl or guy of your dreams, that is when you have done it right.
And those are my top five ways for a college kid to slack off. I know college is about having fun, but it's also about doing what you came to do.
Thought for the day, "“College is like a fountain of knowledge - and the students are there to drink." Ironic.
Signing Off,
JD
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