Assignment 8 - Will Graves

Will Graves

Fears: rejection, spiders, failure

Annoyances: arrogance

Accomplishments: n/a

Confusions: politics

Sorrows: stress

Dreams: going to college and getting a job I like

Idiosyncrasies: foods can’t touch each other

Risks: taking the road less travelled

Beloved Passions:  toys (then), friends and family (now)

Problems: procrastination, lack of creativity

I imagine a high school student’s life like a triangle. On one point you have good grades, on another is a social life, and the last one is sleep; and you only get to pick 2. One of my biggest character flaws used to be procrastination and always putting things off until the last minute, like this blog post for example. I used to struggle a lot more with getting things done on time, whether it is small homework assignments or studying for AP tests. I think mainly it was because of my lack of motivation or fear of failure. Assignments I didn’t want to do or ones that I might have found challenging were ones I put off. I’ve been working at getting better at this as I realized it was affecting my work. Typically doing things at the last minute means I rushed on them and the product wasn’t as good as it could have been. The idea of college being so close motivated me to work at this problem, being more proactive has helped me become a better person and student.