How much do you slack off?

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😍 love this thread right now. it's good to know i'm not alone when it comes to slacking!
 
What note card program are you all using? Sounds like something that might be beneficial.
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I use Flashcardexchange as well. It's the best I've found thus far for managing flashcards and sharing them. CardBlue (or whatever it's called) is sexy and slick as all get out, but it's not near as versatile as FCE in terms of moving flashcards between sets and sharing them. With the latter, you just share your link to your public page and whatever cards you've set to public will appear there. With the former, you have to share each set individually unless you can create a class page, but that requires the admins of the site approving that page, and I sent in a request a few weeks ago and mine still hasn't been approved.
 

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Gosh, where do I start?? This thread is proof to support why I love SDN...😀 All of these get like twenty gold stars lol
pooter said:
I'm so punchy and caffeinated that I can't help but giggle every time I see the word "testes."
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Testes....🤣 The true plural of tests!

libster06 said:
The people above may say/be slackers at any given time, but I can tell you that if you look up the definition of slacker in the dictionary, my picture and full name are underneath the pronunciation.
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:roflcopter:

HopefulAg said:
I've found the proper balance between slacking and productivity, and that is multiple monitors. TV show on one, note card creator on the other.

I can now slack more efficiently so that I have more time for procrastination later.
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^ A true artist.

Trematode said:
My toenails are so long, they could be considered lethal weapons. Now that is slacking.
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----> Or poor hygiene 😉

psilovethomas said:
I rip my toenails off when I am anxious. Thus, my lack of toenails at the moment.
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Maybe that's why I rip my toenails off....hmmmm:idea:

breenie said:
This is like me and my face.

I still... kind of have a face.
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Yes. breenie, you just summed up my life. :laugh:

And, to the non-slackers, I used to be one of you. I really was. And then I realized, I was dying rather than living (at least in my case). As long as I'm not a full-time slacker, it's wonderful to just relax and slack a bit. I'm so self-motivated that my workaholic self sent sloth/laziness packing about 23 years ago....prior to my birth.... I have a relatively good work ethic, but we all deserve some free time. Some are just better at taking it than others... For example, this Saturday was just one big slacking day. Talked to vets & pre-vets for 2 hours. Hunted for waterfalls, almost stripped down to swim in the freezing water and was involved in some other activities not worthy of mention😉. Not proud - but it WAS fun.😀 And who doesn't have fun on the weekend? Oh, wait, some of you are vet students.....
 
cowgirla said:
I use flashcardexchange.com
I type most of my flashcards into excel or google spreadsheets, then upload them. You can also make them right on the website and use audio/images. Flashcards will then download to your iphone for studying on the go....something I'm rarely motivated to do.
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Thanks! 😀
 
scb44f said:
I'd still let you be my friend, even if you didn't have a face. :meanie:
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But do you really want to be known as "Faceless Girl's Only Friend"?
 
guys..i think we have a huge problem. we spend way too much time on SDN. +pity+
 
I am a horrible horrible procrastinator and slacker and all around poor academic. how i have a phd and am succeeding in vet school is beyond me. i think i must just charm people with my short stature and good looks 😉

no seriously. i'm a terrible student
 
I have a clin path exam on Friday. case presentations tomorrow. And bunch of assignments due next week.

What am I doing?
Watching the new NCIS episode, surfing the net and throwing curlers in my hair in hopes that they will look somewhat decent still when I wake up in the morning.
 
I hate trying to sleep with curlers in.

ETA: I have a ton of hangnails so I'm using my Burt's Bee's cuticle cream again, and I got a pair of gloves to put on when I go to bed. First night, what do I do? Get the damn glove caught on my nose ring. That was a fun wake-up experience.
 
twelvetigers said:
I hate trying to sleep with curlers in.

ETA: I have a ton of hangnails so I'm using my Burt's Bee's cuticle cream again, and I got a pair of gloves to put on when I go to bed. First night, what do I do? Get the damn glove caught on my nose ring. That was a fun wake-up experience.
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HAha, no way am I sleeping with them in. My hair's really frizzy right now though. So I threw hot curlers in, let them do their trick, take them out and sleep on it, and wake up sleek and shiny in the morning. Well, hopefully. It doesn't always work.
 
My hair will hold any position but "straight".
Curls get a little mushed but usually perk back up with a little help.

Sometimes, I think I would kill for naturally straight hair.
 
And I spent a lot of my life hating on my hair, which was never anything BUT straight. Even now, it's straight but pretty fuzzy. 'Cause it's white. Which isn't so great for it. 😉

Funny how things are.
 
currently, i am drooling over the 12 pack of sharpie pens that my mom bought me (in 10 different colors!!!!) while pretending to study for my physics test which is in about 12 hours and of which i know nothing about (ray optics? what's that?)

😀
 
sunnex3 said:
currently, i am drooling over the 12 pack of sharpie pens that my mom bought me (in 10 different colors!!!!) while pretending to study for my physics test which is in about 12 hours and of which i know nothing about (ray optics? what's that?)

😀
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If you asked me two years ago, I probably could have helped you out. Haha.

And related to the topic, I tend to slack off a lot too. Not so much right now since I'm not really in school (except an online course), although I am putting off doing my Wisconsin supplemental. But when I was still in college everything was pretty much left to the last minute. I tend to work better when I am under pressure. I also made it difficult for me to get ahead throughout college by working in between classes and taking part in two club sports. At least it was a somewhat productive way to procrastinate.
 
twelvetigers said:
And I spent a lot of my life hating on my hair, which was never anything BUT straight. Even now, it's straight but pretty fuzzy. 'Cause it's white.
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Minus the white and I feel your pain somewhat. My Asian-tastic hair is straight as a board/pin/etc. Can't hold any style 'cept 'thickly straight'. :laugh:

cowgirla said:
I like my curls.
The accompanying OK-induced frizz, not so much 🙂
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I'll admit, today, while driving, I experienced random curl-envy. Not wavy-hair envy. But those really awesome natural curly curls. Gosh, my hair is too thick and straight for that stuff. Even if I had a super awesome curling iron....nothing. It lasts about...2 minutes. :sigh: Guess you really always do want what you can never have. 😍
 
Ya'll are making me feel soo much better. I hace an orgo and a precalc test tomorrow, managed to wake up early today to start on orgo studying and was GOING to study for prcalc tonight afte work (which ends at 10pm..) but I got a headache and I started playing Angry Birds on my iphone and now it's midnight and I have to go to bed so I can wake up early again for Orgo studying. Think I'm gonna call sick day on the weekend for some major cramming. Work is getting in the way.
...not gonna admit that's an excuse!!
 
yann said:
Ya'll are making me feel soo much better. I hace an orgo and a precalc test tomorrow, managed to wake up early today to start on orgo studying and was GOING to study for prcalc tonight afte work (which ends at 10pm..) but I got a headache and I started playing Angry Birds on my iphone and now it's midnight and I have to go to bed so I can wake up early again for Orgo studying. Think I'm gonna call sick day on the weekend for some major cramming. Work is getting in the way.
...not gonna admit that's an excuse!!
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My orgo test is today!
I was studying last night but got so frustrated and stressed out, I just went to bed at like 11. I set my alarm at 4 to get up and study, but then got up at 5 instead. Now I am studying (diligently, of course) for another hour and a half before leaving to go take my test!

Beyond hope at this point, I don't know what is going on! Luckily my grade has a nice cushion and I should pull through just fine.
 
cowgirla said:
I like my curls.
The accompanying OK-induced frizz, not so much 🙂
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Naturally curly red-head here....I used to hate my hair. My oldest sister has wavy hair, the next oldest has bone straight hair. I was cursed with this crap. I still don't love it, but we've developed a love-hate relationship over the years. (Living in the humid South doesn't help) Tigi and Paul Mitchell are my friends.
 
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holy crap, that posted huge. Oops...
 
Well all I have to say is I'm here... on SDN... with a 7 credit Biochemistry final tomorrow... I have to wake up for work in 8 hours and immediately take my cumulative final when I get off... epitome of this thread! :scared: YIKES! Like everyone said, I can't do it without the pressure!
 
Sigh... I'm posting in this thread to procrastinate (probably just like every other post about procrastination over the last 2 pages). I should be working on my virology take-home exam right now, but I am not in the eleventh hour yet, so I don't really see that happening. It is due on Friday for 6 points extra credit or due next Tuesday as the final deadline. So come to think of it, I am really ahead of the game because I am already considering working on it and even have it open in a separate tab and word document, right??? 😉
 
I have an English exam tomorrow night. It is so boring!
 
i finished my masters thesis and submitted it literally 30 seconds before my graduation appointment was going to be cancelled on the last day that i could turn it in and i was probably going to be dismissed from the program.

then i went to take a bacteriology exam where i didn't even know what organisms were covered.

beat that yall. 😎
 
nyanko said:
i finished my masters thesis and submitted it literally 30 seconds before my graduation appointment was going to be cancelled on the last day that i could turn it in and i was probably going to be dismissed from the program.

then i went to take a bacteriology exam where i didn't even know what organisms were covered.

beat that yall. 😎
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Slacking or self-destructive? not sure which.
 
I can't blame, and even admire, people for slacking. Really...who enjoys working hard for hours and hours and days and days and weeks and weeks....? It wears you down for sure. If someone is smart and capable enough to do well on exams without grinding him/herself into the ground, then more power to you! Also, if it doesn't feel stressful to a person to wait until the last minute and cram for a test, then more power to you as well! As stated in an earlier post, I wish I was that person. I wish I didn't need to study like a maniac to be sure I would do well. I wish I wouldn't be too stressed to study by leaving it til the last. If you know your capabilities are such that you can do things this way, you are lucky (and supersmart). You get to have more time to enjoy things in life and have balance instead of just being in "fierce student mode" all the time. I don't really think it's a personality flaw or anything like that (unless, of course, you aren't doing well with this strategy).
 
nyanko said:
results-oriented viewpoint says I finished the MS and I'm sure still passed bact so not (yet) self-destructive!
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Guess it comes from my flying background, but results-oriented evaluation ===> crash and burn later on. It is pounded into our heads that just because a stupid risk turned out successfully once doesn't mean it will again in the future. (But then they also say to gradually increase your risk tolerance as you get more ability to handle the risk - can you handle it?)

So my advice is, don't leave any more MS thesis' until the last minute? I am sure that will be very helpful advice for you in the future.
 
StartingoverVet said:
Guess it comes from my flying background, but results-oriented evaluation ===> crash and burn later on. It is pounded into our heads that just because a stupid risk turned out successfully once doesn't mean it will again in the future. (But then they also say to gradually increase your risk tolerance as you get more ability to handle the risk - can you handle it?)

So my advice is, don't leave any more MS thesis' until the last minute? I am sure that will be very helpful advice for you in the future.
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lol I love the comic sans thing you're doing btw.

I think increasing risk tolerance is my entire strategy actually - each course I start out being more conservative until I basically see what I can get away with and then I modulate my effort based on that. In Anatomy I actually had to increase my effort at the end, which is a rare case for me, but I still managed to make it work. 😉
 
nyanko said:
lol I love the comic sans thing you're doing btw.
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Thanks. I think it really makes things more clear. Sarcasm is sometimes hard to convey in messages....I hope it catches on the whole forum... even that whole "interweb" thing I have heard those young kids use

I have to give a shout-out to Minnerbelle who is my co-authored this.
 
I was going to post on this thread Tuesday afternoon, when I should of been studying for my ochem final. Instead I researched leopard geckos (just for fun) and postponed posting until today. Double procrastination 👍
 
I have procrastinated hardcore today... exam is not until Friday. I cleaned my room, made the roommate take me for groceries, then I printed off the last of my notes... instead or organizing my notes, I played Roller Coaster Tycoon and I am now chatting to my friend about whether lobsters feel pain. I will get to it in a minute, I SWEAR.
 
Five finals this week.

I slept till noon.
Study break 1 = 2 hours with the pony
study break 2 = 1 hour dinner/shower/dog walk
study break 3= coffee. resisting the urge to nap....

My study breaks last longer than my studying....
 
Bisbee said:
I can't blame, and even admire, people for slacking. Really...who enjoys working hard for hours and hours and days and days and weeks and weeks....? It wears you down for sure. If someone is smart and capable enough to do well on exams without grinding him/herself into the ground, then more power to you! Also, if it doesn't feel stressful to a person to wait until the last minute and cram for a test, then more power to you as well! As stated in an earlier post, I wish I was that person. I wish I didn't need to study like a maniac to be sure I would do well. I wish I wouldn't be too stressed to study by leaving it til the last. If you know your capabilities are such that you can do things this way, you are lucky (and supersmart). You get to have more time to enjoy things in life and have balance instead of just being in "fierce student mode" all the time. I don't really think it's a personality flaw or anything like that (unless, of course, you aren't doing well with this strategy).
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I can't wait either. I have the worst short-term memory ever, but my long-term memory sticks if I start studying 2-3 weeks before every exam. I would crash and burn if I tried to cram because of my lack of short-term memory and because I cannot stay awake past 1 am. Without at least 4-5 hours of sleep, I'm barely functional. And I read VERY SLOWLY. I have to make sure to start studying earlier because it takes me at least 2 hours to read 1 lecture's worth of notes, and sometimes longer than that. I would kill to be able to have more free time and still do well with minimal studying per exam. I bet I would have beaten Skyward Sword by now... :corny:
 
cowgirla said:
My study breaks last longer than my studying....
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oooh me too!

So to remedy that, I got myself an iphone app that keeps you aware of your breaks vs. studying just for finals. You set how long your study session is (I do about 3-4 hrs and then do a snack/meal break before doing the next 3-4 hr session). During that study session you push a button every time you start a break, or start studying, and it keeps a percent tally of how much you're studying. I'll let myself drift down to about ~75% study efficiency but no more than that. It worked out really well for me.
 
Glad to see I'm not alone in not being able to slack. Oh, how I wish I could be a slacker! Glad I'm actually not in school right now or I'd be burning myself out at this moment studying for finals!
 
Minnerbelle said:
oooh me too!

So to remedy that, I got myself an iphone app that keeps you aware of your breaks vs. studying just for finals. You set how long your study session is (I do about 3-4 hrs and then do a snack/meal break before doing the next 3-4 hr session). During that study session you push a button every time you start a break, or start studying, and it keeps a percent tally of how much you're studying. I'll let myself drift down to about ~75% study efficiency but no more than that. It worked out really well for me.
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Hey, Minn, what's the name of that app? Sounds like it might come in handy
 
There's also a google chrome (and I think firefox..?) extension called "Concentrate" that you can input sites you're not allowing yourself to visit for a set period of time, and it'll block your access to them. I've only used it a few times because I'm usually pretty good about putting something mind-numbing on and studying, but it is useful when I'm just being super duper distractable.
 
Trilt said:
There's also a google chrome (and I think firefox..?) extension called "Concentrate" that you can input sites you're not allowing yourself to visit for a set period of time, and it'll block your access to them. I've only used it a few times because I'm usually pretty good about putting something mind-numbing on and studying, but it is useful when I'm just being super duper distractable.
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I think of FB the same way I think of the cookies in the cabinet. If they are RIGHT THERE, I can resist and be good, and forget all about them. The minute I stash them away somewhere and try to avoid temptation, they are ALL i can think about and I MUST have one NOW.
 
cowgirla said:
i think of fb the same way i think of the cookies in the cabinet. If they are right there, i can resist and be good, and forget all about them. The minute i stash them away somewhere and try to avoid temptation, they are all i can think about and i must have one now.
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i want cookies!!!!!!!!!!!!!
\Thanks alot cowgirla. Now that is ALL I can think of.
 
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