{"id":24114,"date":"2015-04-17T14:49:11","date_gmt":"2015-04-17T18:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/?p=24114"},"modified":"2015-04-17T14:49:11","modified_gmt":"2015-04-17T18:49:11","slug":"the-finals-week-guide-to-productive-tv-watching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/2015\/04\/17\/the-finals-week-guide-to-productive-tv-watching\/","title":{"rendered":"The Finals Week Guide to Productive\u00a0TV-Watching\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"Ondiek\u2019s <a title=\"When Your Exam Season Becomes a TV Show\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/2015\/04\/09\/when-your-exam-season-becomes-a-tv-show\/\">amazing post<\/a> last week about how our lives start to resemble sit-coms really resonated with me, because as I\u2019ve mentioned in past posts, I am a TV enthusiast.\r\n\r\nMy problem though, is that the binge watching tends to take over my life during finals because it is my brain\u2019s number one method of procrastination. So, I\u2019ve taken the liberty of putting together some my go-to tricks for TV-watching in a safe, productive and not-at-all harmful to your education kind of way.\r\n\r\nIf you\u2019re one of the stronger few who are able to resist TV all together while studying, then kudos to you my friends! But if you\u2019re like me and you\u2019re weak, then enjoy some structured TV time. YOU DESERVE IT, U OF T.\r\n\r\n<strong>1. Don\u2019t start any new shows. \u2013<\/strong> The age of online TV streaming from Netflix, Hulu, Shomi etc, means that I will have all ten seasons of Grey\u2019s Anatomy at my disposal, waiting to be watched. My worst set of finals was the semester that I decided to start watching it while studying. Yes, <em>I know <\/em>all the reviews of Orange is the New Black are amazing, and <em>I know <\/em>that my friend has been recommending House of Cards for like a year now, but IT\u2019S A TRAP.\r\n\r\n<i>No matter how great the teaser, be strong my friends:\u00a0<\/i>\r\n\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_NA3SqdE7kw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n\r\n<strong>2. Use it as a pick-me-up or reward \u2013<\/strong> For my last essay I used an episode of the Mindy Project (one of my favorite shows) as a reward for finishing each page of writing. The episodes are only 20 minutes long, so it doesn\u2019t cut into my productivity, and Mindy is so funny that I go back to my essay writing in a better mood.\r\n\r\nDon't let your breaks be great. Let them be GRRRREAT.\r\n\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bHRo-KGjrIA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n\r\n<strong>3. Re-watch episodes you\u2019ve seen before. \u2013<\/strong> This is a where I feel the most guilty about my TV watching. Sometimes I\u2019m so bored that I just feel like watching while studying. Or I like to have background noise. To slowly curb this terrible habit, I got into re-watching episodes or scenes that I\u2019ve seen before. This way, I don\u2019t feel the need to give all my attention to the episode, and I can actually get work done. But I don\u2019t recommend this for anything other than note-taking\/ transcribing, because otherwise you might start thinking about Troy\u2019s fan-boy meltdown on Community, instead of the five principles of Medicare, and that is mildly problematic (I\u2019ve been there).\r\n\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MhOG3XwX9Yw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n\r\nSo there you have it. Happy watching, and happy finals everyone! If you have any tips on how to curb this TV procrastination even more, then let me know down in the comments!","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nOndiek\u2019s amazing post last week about how our lives start to resemble sit-coms really resonated with me, because as I\u2019ve mentioned in past posts, I am a TV enthusiast. 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