Are you falling behind in your classes since the move online? Feel like you’re not handling self-isolation well, letting down your professors, your co-workers, or maybe even your family? I recommend watching Formula One pit stop fail compilations on YouTube.Â
Your final paper may be two weeks late, but at least you didn’t leave the fuel line attached to a multimillion dollar car in 1987, flambeing yourself and many of your coworkers in front of thousands of people. Dishes piling up as you’ve become listless like a tiger in a zoo, aching for a pumpkin filled with raw hamburger to fling around your enclosure? At least you didn’t cost Daniel Ricciardo the win in Monaco in 2016 by not having his tires ready, resulting in a 10-second pit stop. Attending virtual meetings in unwashed pyjamas? Well, you haven’t caused any car accidents.Â
I’m not usually one for schadenfreude, but there’s something majestic about how F1 pit stops are either carried out with superhuman precision and efficiency, or look like they’re being carried out by a team of glitchy Skyrim NPCs. Watching them definitely won’t help you fulfill your obligations, but they will definitely make your procrastinating more enjoyable.Â
