Productive procrastination: the productive version of procrastination
<p>Yeah you read that right 😂 </p><p>There's a productive version of procrastination. You didn't know abi? It's okayy. I'll tell you</p><p>Productive procrastination is when you do everything that needs to be done, except the thing that needs to be done the most. Dyg?</p><p>I'll use myself as a case study.</p><p>I procrastinate a lot. Like, I'll do this tomorrow but end up doing it in a week time type of procrastination. </p><p>Just that my “I'll do it later” doesn't mean spending the entire day doing absolutely nothing. </p><p>No.</p><p>Somehow, the moment I decide to do something important, I remember something else that is also apparently very important.</p><p><br/></p><p>I'll tell myself, “I'll do my online course this afternoon.” Afternoon comes and then I remember I have to learn how to style my hair for church tomorrow.</p><p>I'm supposed to do my French lesson on Duolingo? That's when I remember I saw a notification that a friend texted me on TikTok.</p><p>I want to complete an application for something? I remember my purple and black gown has not been ironed for class. </p><p>I want to write and post an insight on TwoCents? (This! I'm not even kidding 🤧), my brain decides that very moment to notify me that I have posts to engage with on Twitter.</p><p>Now, I'm not justifying my “bad” habit of procrastination. I'm just saying, maybe in the middle of all that procrastination, I'm still doing something with my time. </p><p>Maybe you shouldn't beat yourself too much for procrastinating or– maybe you should 😐</p><p>What should be my conclusion now o</p><p>Okayyy</p><p>Is this your own version of procrastination? Or you just procrastinate without doing anything productive? Abi you don't even procrastinate at all? <strong>OG please show me way 🤲🏻😂 </strong></p>
At the end of the month, we give out prizes in 3 categories: Best Content, Top Engagers and
Most Engaged Content.
Best Content
Top Engagers
Most Engaged Content
Best Content
We give out cash prizes to between 7 and 20 community members with the best insights in the past month.
The winners are picked by an in-house selection process.
The winners are NOT picked from the leaderboards/rankings, we choose winners based on the quality, originality
and insightfulness of their content.
Here are a few other things to know for the Best Content track
1
Quality over Quantity — You stand a higher chance of winning by publishing a few really good insights across the entire month,
rather than a lot of low-quality, spammy posts.
2
Share original, authentic, and engaging content that clearly reflects your voice, thoughts, and opinions.
3
Avoid using AI to generate content—use it instead to correct grammar, improve flow, enhance structure, and boost clarity.
4
Explore audio content—high-quality audio insights can significantly boost your chances of standing out.
5
Use eye-catching cover images—if your content doesn't attract attention, it's less likely to be read or engaged with.
6
Share your content in your social circles to build engagement around it.
Top Engagers
For the Top Engagers Track, we award the top 3 people who engage the most with other user's content via
comments.
The winners are picked using the "Top Monthly Engagers" tab on the rankings page.
Most Engaged Content
The Most Engaged Content recognizes users whose content received the most engagement during the month.
We pick the top 3.
The winners are picked using the "Top Monthly Contributors" tab on the rankings page.
Contributor Rankings
The Rankings/Leaderboard shows the Top 20 contributors and engagers on TwoCents a monthly and all-time basis
— as well as the most active colleges (users attending/that attended those colleges)
The all-time contributors ranking is based on the Contributor Score, which is a measure of all the engagement and exposure a contributor's content receives.
The monthly contributors ranking tracks performance of a user's insights for the current month. The monthly and all-time scores are calcuated DIFFERENTLY.
This page also shows the top engagers on an all-time & monthly basis.
Below is a list of badges on TwoCents and their designations.