Personal Narrative: Building The Pyramids

I am a sample size of 20 in every 100 Americans who go through the monster I experience, and am trying to overcome everyday (Psychology Today). 20% seems to be a low number considering it has been around since the Egyptian time period (Konnikova). Literally this monster has been around since the beginning of time, and even they had a struggle when building the pyramids. This monster I call is a race against the clock, a ticking time bomb that adds extra pressure that is not necessary. As we speak I am typing this paper at the last minute racing to get it in to turnitin.com by midnight. I have no clue why I do what I do, but it gives me the extra swagger to feel ahead of the pack. When I type papers, and homework at the last minute I feel like Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible on whether to cut the red or green wire. Maybe some people were just born to work under pressure. …show more content…
In early elementary school and in middle school I was the good noodle, gold star, grade A student. Do not get me wrong I still am, just not on the same level. I always used to do my homework right when I got home to give me extra time to do what I would like to do. On the flip side now I do what I want to do, and put off my homework to usually doing it at school knowing I can get it done there. The problem attributed to this might be our peers, and who we hang out with. Granted I know my friends procrastinate as well, and there was no better example to that then chemistry last year. Our lab group would not really get anything accomplished, and it wouldn’t show in my grades, because I basically taught them how to do everything, but it was stressful. It was like comparing apples to bananas when it came to figuring out how to solve problems in that