Once, in the land of Sam, there was a person. His name was Sam and he always did any work that he had on time. This person named Sam then traveled to a land, known as the land of Vistas, which was located in the mountains, to study. When he arrived there, he learned many wonderful new things, such as calculus and physics, but he also gained a new, dark, evil trait. This was the trait known as "PROCRASTINATION"! This trait caused Sam to be lazier than usual and lack the motivation to do any work. Soon after he realized he had acquired this trait, he attempted to get rid of it, but the influence from the land of Vistas had stuck to him, he could no longer find the motivation to do many things early.
Then, Sam stumbled upon another land known as Minecraft! This was a very creative land where Sam could spend time building things such as houses and mines, but he soon realized that this would help his trait of procrastination even more by distracting him from the actual work he needed to do. Again, Sam tried to escape the grasp of the world of Minecraft, but it held fast and Sam was trapped. No matter what he did, his mind managed to wander back to the world and he would be there soon after the thought.
Soon, Sam found it rather challenging to force himself to work. His advisers, also known as his parents, attempted to force him to do work as well, but he was still unable to do much work. He even tried to eschew the things distracting him, such as the interwebs and Minecraft, but he was still unable to escape for long. After doing a bit of work, he would attempt to reward himself by going on the internet for a short period of time, or entering the world of Minecraft, but he could never stop himself from browsing or creating.
He soon realized that he had wasted so much time that the year of studying was quickly approaching its end. There would be AP tests, SAT tests, and even final exams coming up soon and he would have to overcome them all. Yet, when he attempted to study, his mind would wander and wouldn't allow him to concentrate. He knew he had to get back in the game, leave this Procrastination trait behind, and prepare for his tests, but he just couldn't get rid of the trait. Soon, he learned to cope with the trait, though. He managed to study and do work while also goofing off, but it caused him to stay up longer and his health actually began to deteriorate. Sam realized that he would have to change something soon, or he would have quite a bit of trouble in the near future dealing with health.
Sam, in this rather lengthy story/text/thing is actually me. I have had trouble doing work on time and finding the motivation to do things early ever since I entered governor's school last year. In fact, I feel so strongly that this procrastination trait is from governor's school that I actually bet my own younger sister $50 that I would do all of my summer work for all of my classes early for the coming year. She gladly took on the bet and said that the only money flow would be from me to her if I lost, no money the other way. I didn't really mind too much, because I felt confident that I would succeed. I guess I'll just have to see how this summer goes.
-Sam Rho
Man, I feel like you're gonna have it tough next year D: STAY DILIGENT. YOU HAVE TO BECOME DOCTOR OR ENGINEER. Lawyer is okay too, I guess.
ReplyDeleteRemind me to give you those books for ap eng.