Deadlines drive us all a little crazy in the best of circumstances. This year, after over 12 months of remote learning, a righteous rollercoaster of weather patterns, and the imminent promise of release from lockdown, deadline season is hitting a little different – a little harder.
Staying sane throughout exam or deadline season in 2021 requires more than a university-prescribed daily walk, even if it’s in a very “vibey” location, and it might even take more than the intensive retail therapy of Lockdown One.
We asked London students what was keeping them on the saner side of sleep-deprived-essay-zombie, and their answers are as eclectic as they are amusing.
Here are 25 of the weirdest things people told us they were up to:
1. Learning to cross stitch
Seems rogue, but the results are undeniably adorable and this skill will be a poignant reminder during “hot girl summer” that grandma-life wasn’t so bad after all. Knitting, another popular variant of the same energy, is sure to achieve the same effect.
The power that this has, incredible
