A To-Do List of Procrastination Memes to Help You Lock In to Doing Nothing

Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor

Nov 3, 2026 8:30 AM EST

Why do the thing when you could do other things? In a life that is a never-ending to-do list, procrastination does not get enough love. In fact, it gets hated on all the time. But why not prioritize the things that make you happier? We say, if your brain says "scroll through memes," then let yourself have it! You can always do the thing later.

Is this a bad mentality? Some would say so. In fact, I'm pretty sure my 7th-grade teacher would sit me in time-out and make me write a two-page paper on self-discipline if I tried to convince her procrastination is better. But guess what, Mrs. Ayala? I have mastered the "wait until the very last second to get something done" technique, and now it's a regular part of my everyday schedule. Everyone is getting paid to distract, and guess who the ones who are the best at it are? Procrastinators. So let's get to it!

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Is it still considered procrastinating if you have it as part of your schedule? I think of it as organized chaos. Like, I know that procrastination is going to be a part of my everyday schedule. There is no use in fighting it. It will win. However, if I befriend that part of my brain and simply give it the space it needs to do its thang, then we're cool, right? Like, now I can get my to-do list done AND have time for procrastination. Or is this now a whole different thing? Am I still a procrastinator? I think, deep down, no matter what, I will always be team procrastination. That's when some of my most creative ideas started to come to fruition! Unless, of course, I was procrastinating being creative… Then that was the time I just needed to turn my brain off for a few minutes, and that's okay! Society expects us to just have our brains running at 100% all day, and that just ain't for me, bestie. I'm a night owl, always have been! I work much better at night. So during the day, I'm mostly just trying to survive. So I have to get that dopamine when I can, and that tends to happen when I get to do what I want, which usually ends up being something in the procrastination realm. Like LOLing at memes and filling my besties DMs up with hilarious content!
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Some days I may let procrastination take the wheel for a little too long. That's my bad, but you can't win them all. I'm just doing the best I can. Aren't we all? I sure hope you are. Actually, no, I know you are! Even if you are here, scrolling when you should be doing something else, I'm still proud of you. You'll lock in when you need to! Right now you're locked in to getting that quick lil dopamine hit, and that's okay. You probably really need it. So take your time; you got this. You deserve this!
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When the procrastination includes laughter, it's all worth it. So what do you say? Shall we continue to have a little scroll? For just a little bit longer…
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