The Blank Canvas: Things We Do While Studying

Things We Do While Studying

So your exam is just round the corner. You really need to study. & you know that- you know it so well that you got to seriously study- dead seriously. Otherwise you'll be screwed.

But then, you end up doing a million things 'under the name of studying'. & they are all so attractive. & innovative. & far more appealing than the boring 'padhai'.

So here is a list of some of the most common things that we tend to end up spending our time upon-

1. WhatsApping- We all are so addicted to this instant messaging service that we cannot stay away from it for more than an hour- max! We start up conversations with people from our ‘Favorite' list- people whom we usually don't even reply to. & if we do not find anybody to chat with, we keep checking out peoples DP's & statuses. So much interesting!

2. Checking Facebook- I have observed people tend to be more active on Facebook during the exam-preparation period. You open up your fb page, check the feeds, share total random shit... every 5 minutes. Like every single five minutes. Facebook suddenly gets so much worthwhile during exams. I can bet that facebook count increases at least 70 times more during exams.

3. Instagram- Most addictive thing! Ever! Even if you have nothing to do over it, you can just keep refreshing the feeds, check who follows who; stalk people, find out random celebrity pages & what not. Totally addictive, man! Totally!

4. Staring at the wall- This seems so damn interesting. I mean just sitting there, looking at the wall- just looking at the beautiful, even, empty wall. Empty as our heads probably. But yeah, you won't get bored of looking out at the wall for a long long time!

5. Staring at your book- Mentally preparing yourself to actually read. Or worse, reading (scanning) the book’s pages over & over, with nothing actually registering in our brains. I guess we fall into some kind of ‘stare-&-get-lost-in-its-beauty’ thing. The number of hours we stare at our books & walls must be more than even 1/5th the number of stares we give to all our crushes put together!

6. Making Time Tables- Oh God, how many times do we end up making time tables, scheduling the studies soo very efficiently- & instructing ourselves to strictly follow it - & failing to do so & then there goes some more time in drafting another neat efficient time table. And assuring ourselves that we will stick to it. *LOL*

7. Calculating our probability of faring well in the exam- C'mon, you all need to agree here that when the term begins, you always are over come with the feeling of securing a rank in the college. & as days pass by, so does your rank pass- to the bottom & farther. & when the exam is on, all you keep wondering is how will you pass or worse, will you even pass.

8. Thinking about Life - I absolutely have no idea why this happens, but at least I tend to think about life & its “mysteries” & the "problems the society is facing" & issues with our "education system" a lot more fiercely near exams. If only I could be more thoughtful about my studies than such "philosophies of life" & other random useless shit. I must say- deep thinkers we all turn into!

9. Questioning our career choice- I can guarantee that every average & below average student has at least once in every exam (or once in all exams put together) wondered if his "career choice" was really right. & then he starts considering & thinking of how life would have been had he done something else. Yeah, thoughtfulness coupled with questioning your career. Exactly what we need during exams.

10. Net Surfing- Oops how did I forget this above. We tend to spend so much time surfing the internet for everything & nothing. The amount of time we spend on google & the quality of shit we you tube, rises to its peak during exam. As if, google would give us some secret knowledge for clearing our exams.

11. Making the "After-Exam-Fun" Plans- The best part. The only part during exams & preps is this- when you lose yourself in the dreamy world of making your after exam plans. Plans as to what will do you, where will you go, what will you not do, how you will wake up late & blah blah. I guess more time is spent in thinking about the free time than investing the present time in the pre-freedom.

These are few of the common things which every student tends to indulge in during his preparations for exams. Except, of course, the studious people (whom we so "fondly" refer to as "scholly log").

But all of you others, welcome to the league. We stand up to the word "student" truly.

We rock!