Mid-terms can be a major wake up call. It’s a perfect opportunity to re-evaluate your time management in relation to studying and/or making your life more efficient in order to have plenty of time to study. With that in mind, I present 5 things that are sucking up more time than you would probably realize.

iTunes Radio

I already know what you’re thinking. Some people believe they study better with music on and iTunes Radio is the newest fad with the new iOS7 released by Apple. Let’s be honest with ourselves, nobody retains as much information when listening to music in the background. You cannot be singing JT’s part of Holy Grail while memorizing your tax laws. JT may go great with everything but not with studying. Sometimes in the past I would use music as an incentive to get myself to sit down and study but that does not fly this year. So, if you can, I recommend turning off the radio, Spotify, iTunes, whatever, and focus in a quiet area when you study.

Snapchat

This app is probably my favorite pass time. If I could put professional snapchatter on my resume, I would. I am getting really good at creating works of art using the draw tool on Snapchat. And we all know that takes not just natural talent on my part but a whole lot of time and dedication. Not only does it take time for you to Snapchat people, but come on, people are gonna send us some back because we are all popular and probably send really awesome ones that people just have to respond to. With that being said, it is time to face the facts. Snapchat is one of the absolute biggest time wasters currently. I usually have conversations with my friends over snapchat versus texting these days. So shut off that phone and get to work!

Online TV

If you don’t watch Game of Thrones, you’re wrong. Just kidding. But I bet you do watch some kind of online television show because you were too busy to catch it on cable. Or maybe you are like me and you would rather spend money on Chipotle than on cable so you use your laptop to get your tv fix. Either way, beware of the addiction of online tv!!

Roommates

I spend a lot of time joking around with my roommates and talking about nonsense. It is really fun and I love my roommates, but I know deep down inside that I waste a lot of my time by chatting it up the night before my paper is due. I think you should always make time for your roommates, but also know when to tell them that you are busy. They will respect your time and will probably realize that they have stuff that needs to get done as well.

Facebook/Twitter

This is a tricky one. I know that Facebook and Twitter have become intertwined with classes because of Facebook groups, Google Docs, and Twitter polls. However, if you can somehow write down how much time you spend a week on Facebook and cut that in half, then you are in good shape. It is amazing how it has become a reflex to automatically go to Facebook first when you open your laptop. So block Facebook for a few hours so you can study. There are a lot of sites that have apps to do this. Twitter is addicting because you think you just want to read a couple tweets. I mean it takes two seconds to write a quick tweet so why do I even bother to put this on here, right? Wrong!! Twitter has way too many interesting stories, pictures, and jokes. Two seconds turns into thirty minutes. Remember, you do not have to delete your social media accounts. Just try to decrease your time per day on each site!

 Which type of procrastinator are you? (I am at least 4 of those!)