If you're a football fan I don't need to tell you about life during the World Cup.

Taking days off work, missing school, ignoring your significant other (cause Messi is your significant other at this point in time).

I mean the World Cup only comes once every 4 years, and the best players and teams from around the world are there to play the greatest game ever invented!!!

But at the same time don't break up with your girl/lose your job/fail a class cause you rather watch Drogba dribble than take her out to a movie/finish a report/go to class. So here are a few tips to help you enjoy the World Cup and keep your life in tact:

1. Recognize the fact that you will become an entity involved primarily with football.

2. Time management- Find the time slots to catch up with the other things that goes on in your life. Pay the bills during half time, make a list of "must see" games and "can skip" games, cause lets be honest, even the most avid soccer fan doesn't care about Algeria- Slovenia.

3.Multi-Tasking- give your girl a back robe while you're watching England goes home in an early stage again, watch a game on your laptop during a work meeting and pretend like you're doing something that is work related (reinforce this notion by throwing a "I completely agree" and we need think outside the box" statements.