Procrastination

Introduction According to the research conducted by Kroese et al. (2016), some mental and physical health consequences, such as concentration problems, memory problems, cardiovascular diseases and obesity, can be caused by insufficient amount of sleep over extended period of time. Since August, 2014, I have been getting an insufficient amount of sleep. Because I am occupying multiple time-consuming roles, for example, being a stay-at-home parent, a wife, and a college student, and having a…

Coming into college as a freshman is a roller coaster ride. You will never know what life is going to throw at you. I came from a small school so it was a big step for me to move into a house let alone with all volleyball girls. College gives you freedom from classes but don’t take it for granted. I need to find different ways to learn in different classes and to stay awake. Here are some thing that I wish I was told is that you should plan out your schedule, don’t procrastinate, and get…

What is academic success? Huh, well to put it simply academic success is getting through college and being rewarded with a degree. But, to me academic success is a little bit different. I don’t just want to barely scrape whatever points I can to pass all my classes with a C- or whatever the minimum credits I need to get a degree. Well, my financial aid would be voided if I did so….yeah. But all jokes aside, I do want to gain the skills and be able to apply them as best I can as I know that I…

in particular is the Dystopia Essay. This was the hardest paper to write this year. Finding a connection from a futuristic dystopian novel to our current society is easy, finding a connection with articles and online sources is a lot harder. Procrastination was another factor of this failure, as my waiting around left me rushed to finished with an essay that was completely disorganized and left me with a weak thesis and weaker supporting evidence. The challenge of finding a thesis I was happy…

percent chance it is not going to cooperate anyways. To motivate myself, I attempt to bargain. “If I start my essay, I can go get some food.” And “One sentence is one minute of internet time!” Typically this does not end well and leads to more procrastination which sends me spiraling into procrastinated-essay depression. I begin to covet dark spaces while I sit in sadness, wondering about the purpose of writing my essay because no one really cares about it and chances are, my teacher thinks it…

characters that become victims of their own shortcomings include, Hamlet, Ophelia, and Laertes. Firstly, Hamlet is a tragic hero, who is caught in the turmoil of his personal vendetta against his uncle Claudius. He brings death upon himself due to his procrastination, remorselessness and misogyny. Secondly, Ophelia’s an innocent character who is controlled by her father, Polonius, making her fragile and naïve, resulting in her grievous end. Lastly, Laertes…

had got higher grades on I took my time to look over and proof read. When I rushed through my essays I would make senseless mistakes like not give my essay a title or my ideas in my paper would seem confusing even to myself. An example of my procrastination showing in my paper would be my New Criticism paper as mentioned before I forgot to put a title because I didn’t look over it after I rushed to write it. I also noticed I did poorly on my quizzes when I didn’t take the time to make sure I…

1.The Marshmallow test is a study that takes younger children and places a marshmallow in front of them and they are told that they can either eat the marshmallow or wait for a specified amount of time and receive another marshmallow if they haven't eaten the marshmallow. Some children are likely to eat it immediately after the door is closed. Some distract themselves and never end up eating it. The study ended up showing that the children who didn't eat the marshmallow are more likely to be…

His procrastination caused him to arrive too late. Not only has Creon lost his son, but soon after (due to stress and disappointment) his wife also commits suicide. This is shown when the Creon cries out “I’ve just held my own son in my arms, and now I see right…

is linked to movement, memory, attention, inhibition of prolactin production, learning, sleep, mood, pleasurable reward, behavior, pain processing and cognition in the body. Symptoms of dopamine deficiencies are lack of motivation, fatigue, procrastination, inability to feel pleasure, low libido, sleep problems, mood swings, hopelessness, memory loss and the inability to concentrate. There are several foods you can eat to increase dopamine naturally, they are all animal products, almonds,…