Six Extremely Productive Ways To Keep Busy During That Spare Time Between Classes
"Because, as we all know, every timetabling system is run entirely by one elderly man named Hector who also suffers from narcolepsy."
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As all uni students know, the timetabling system for lectures and tutorials is run entirely by one elderly man named Hector who also suffers from narcolepsy. Don’t get me wrong, Hector is a wonderful man and it’s admirable he is still upright and working at the age of 97, but errors do happen and at times there seems to be zero logic employed.
So it’s the start of term and your roster has enormous gaps between classes — what are you meant to do, study? (Ha!) You could scroll mindlessly through social media and wonder why you’re watching the wedding video of a friend’s colleague’s stepsister, but I recommend using these suggestions below to have some fun with that time instead.
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Compose A Song About University
Whether you secretly possess beatboxing skills or can play the trumpet like a fancy jazz prince, it’s time to release your creativity. A personalised tune about your campus may help lecturers forget your essay was written on a banana peel, and if you submit it to your uni’s wellbeing team, they will think you have been driven slightly mad by the stress of study and give you an exemption for the term. You can dream, right?
(Photo: The Mighty Boosh/BBC)
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Work Out Your Budget For The Week Ahead
Welcome to adulthood, where boring but practical activities are now part of your life — use some spare time to create a budget. Everyone has the big three essentials to factor in: rent, bills, pizza. Use an app to remind you when expenses are due so that constant phone notifications make you look super popular instead of sad and broke.
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Practice Survival Skills
If tragedy struck, could you survive in the wild on your own? Of course not, silly; last week you were locked out of your flat and immediately burst into tears and caught pneumonia. So brush up on your Bear Grylls routine between classes: forage for berries, create a leafy nest to sleep in, cover yourself in butter to keep warm.
(Photo: Man vs Wild/Discovery Channel)
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Exercise
There’s nothing worse than just missing the bus by a few minutes only to realise the next scheduled departure is an hour away. Kill time by attempting 100 star jumps at the bus stop. If you feel self-conscious exercising in public, try to make it subtle by casually lunging up and down the street or asking the elderly lady at the bus stop to spot you while you bench-press a nearby rubbish bin. You won’t look weird, I promise.
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Play Solo I Spy
Put a fun twist on this classic childhood game we all know and love by playing it completely solo. What can you spy around campus… chocolate wrappers? People making out? A random ibis? If you are struggling academically, this is a wonderful self-esteem booster because you win the game every time!
(Photo: David Stanley/Flickr CC)
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Study
Yeah, look — it had to be said. Those banana peel assignments aren’t going to write themselves.
Feature image: Legally Blonde/MGM.
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