Ball!
Start with a piece of rectangular paper, like this one. Put on protective gloves, to prevent paper cuts. Safety first, kids!
Fold the paper as shown here. Do it angrily, or you won't get the perfect "I just crumpled this" effect.
Squeeze the ball of paper in your hand until it's perfectly round. This also releases stress.
You have a perfect ball of crumpled paper! This technique, unlike many origami techniques, can be used with rectangular pieces of paper too, such as homework, bad tests, and stupid song lyrics.

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