I think push has been one of the categories I have taken seriously. I feel that I have been meeting the goals that I set out for myself. By using push in my schedule i think that I am trying new things that I would not have normally tried before. Most of my pushes have been things I have always wanted to do but never got the drive to do it and I think I am succeeding because I am actually achieving these.
A big success has been getting out of my friend group. I have met a lot of new people that can become good friends. Also I have been starting art projects before and finishing them fully where before i would put it off to the side. I have had some challenges though. My attempt to eat healthy has gone down the drain because I get home so
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I will try to expand on the relationships I have created and might get good friends out of it. Also there have been a lot of moments where I could have talked with people and have not so I need to take advantage of these opportunities that are given to me. The final thing I will add is to put more focus on getting homework done because even though I have been trying harder to get it done earlier I still procrastinate.
I think the concept that resonated with me the most is multitasking. I always thought that you could multitask but the reading showed me that if I want to complete multiple tasks efficiently I need to do them one by one. I also liked how it pointed people out for saying there good at multitasking eventhoug hit is not possible to do so. I too feel that at some points I can multitask and get multiple things done at the same time done.
Now I know that multitasking is a myth I will try to complete each task one by one. This will allow my focus to stay on one topic causing the end product to be way better quality than if I did everything at the same time. I also need to work on not looking at my phone while driving. This is hard because every time you hear that ding you want to immediately want to look down. I also will use techniques to help get single task done more efficiently because some task can be done at the same
One of my personal experiences that I had was when my family decided to move from New Jersey to Florida. I never planned on moving with them but my mother basically forced me into moving with them. It wasn’t really all that moving stuff because the new house was actually pretty nice, it was just I had all my friends there and I was doing well in school. Nothing I said convinced my mother so after a week of packing we was off to Florida. The first week being there was a horrible week. Nothing was going right for me, I missed the school bus for a whole week, dropped my milk on my new shoes, and tripped over nothing in lunch. It was just trying to move back but parents always have this life lesson speech about trying to make new friends and try to get used to being here until we move again. It’s been about a month since we moved to Florida and I met about zero friends but I got used to living here since I’ve found something that interested me as an after school hobby and that was fishing. There’s barley any lakes or ponds in New Jersey so fishing wasn’t really something you do as a time waster. I usually fished right after I got home but on that day it was rainy and it wasn’t really a good time to fish so I just decided to practice my free shots until it started raining hard. I think I was outside for about 20minutes and suddenly a couple kids from my new school asked if they can shoot
My most meaningful accomplishment in the last few years is the work that I did as Social Chair of my sorority. When I was offered the position, I knew there would be stress from becoming the sole representative of my sorority to the rest of Greek life and other organizations. However, I greatly underestimated the stress of being the bridge between my organization and others. I pushed myself to see my position through and felt a huge sense of accomplishment after I was done and able to see the work that I was able to do. I would measure my success by comparing the work of other social chairs to what I was able to accomplish. Not only did I look at past social chairs within my organization, but I also sought out other social chairs for other
My most meaningful accomplishment is finding my inner leader and learning to believe in myself. For many years I was extremely shy and I let this deter me from enjoying activities outside my comfort zone. Growing up I never really believed enough in myself to find my leadership abilities. It was not until early in my college career that I began to truly see my potential. My freshman year of college I began to open myself up to the possibilities around me by joining clubs on campus and making connections with those around me. The one organization that truly changed my outlook forever was Phi Beta Chi National Sorority. Within my sisterhood I began to open up and see myself as the leader I knew I could be. Once I had this new found outlook I
The accomplishment that I think that sparked the most realization in me is the Atlas program I was accepted into last year. Atlas means Adirondack Teen Leadership and Services. With Atlas it made me learn team building skills and how to work with people I didn´t know. Atlas also made me realize how much I like helping people. When we did our community service project at the nursing home I loved it so much because we were helping by earning money to buy christmas gifts for all the residents, we wrapped the present and baked cookies for all the staff. It was so much fun just to help the nursing home because most people just ignore the people. Atlas pushed me out of my comfort zone it made me learn more leadership skills and not to be as shy as
Now trust me, that’s not very efficient. In the case of multitasking your brain is like a computer. I know, the same thing that very well causes you to be unproductive does the samething to itself. WHen you begin to run to many programs on your computer it actually slows down and may even crash causing any of the work you may have done to go down the drain. Similarly, by multitasking, you actually make it harder for yourself to stay on task as a part of the brain called the striatum has to burn more oxygenated glucose, causing you to lose focus and be more tired than before. Explain more thoroughly with
Another success for me is, getting good grades. Last year I got all threes and fours and like 2 twos. This was one of my goals last year and I achieved it by working really hard in class. I tried my hardest to focus in class, pay attention to all directions and complete all of my homework on time. I ended up at the end of the year getting honor roll which I was excited about when I got honor roll because that day I just realized that I had completed my goal.
In Alina Tugend’s article “Multitasking Can Make You Lose…Um…Focus,” the author discusses the dangers of attempting to multitask. Life in the twenty-first century tends to be fast paced which is one of the reasons why there is so much multitasking. Because we want everything fast, we try to get as many things accomplished in the shortest amount of time. According to “The Cost of Interrupted Work: More Speed and Stress,” a study that from April of 2007, while multitasking one is not able to produce as much. University of California professor Gloria Marks noticed that multitasking resulted in higher stress levels, workload, frustration, and pressure; such factors may bring about results that are less than acceptable.
While both authors agree that multitasking is unhealthy and rather impossible to do efficiently, they have different opinions on how one might go about remedying the situation. “Monotasking, also referred to as single-tasking or unitasking, isn’t just about getting things done”(Pfetten A3). It is also “something that needs to be [learned and] practiced”(Pfetten
What is multitasking and how does it affect our everyday lives? Multitasking is defined as rapidity switching from one task to another or completing several tasks concurrently instead of focusing primarily on one task and one task only. Even though, multitasking can make a task more enjoyable it can also make our performance less efficient. I have come to find that though my personal experiences that multitasking is a normal act we perform in our everyday lives, and focusing on a single task is almost impossible. A few prime examples of everyday multitasking are listening to the radio while completing homework assignments or answering the telephone at work while typing daily logs. It is far more likely for an individual to be performed more than one task at a given time, even if multitasking is having a negative effect on our cognitive thinking and causing undesirable stress.
The article “How to Do One Thing at a Time” acknowledges an article in the science journal Neurolmage. The science journal revealed that “when we attempt demanding tasks simultaneously, we end up doing neither as well as we should because our brains have cognitive limits.” Difficult tasks require your full attention. It’s impossible to multitask on those tasks because we are distracted by another task. Often times, people forget about what they’re working on. As stated earlier, people who focused on each task individually scored significantly higher on memory tests. When I’m working on an assignment, I
On 09/15/2016, I, Chad Agnew, was working as a patrol officer for the Wichita State University Police Department, in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas. At approxiametely 1412 hours I was in a meeting with Cpt. Herl in his office when I heard Officer Faison ask for another officer to his location on the radio. I got up and left Cpt. Herl's office and started running out to a patrol vehicle. I ran to vehicle 11 and got in the driver side. Officer Albert got in the front passenger side. I drove us to the physical plant where I saw Officer Faison talking to an elderly male outside of a vehicle. I exited the patrol vehicle and activated the dashcam. The male that Faison was speaking with was later identified as John Smarsh. He was very antimated and upset that he was involved in an accident. I noticed Sgt. Moyer and Officer Tener were backing up Officer Faison and it seemed to upset Smarsh more that so
Work on one thing at a time. Remember, although your goal is to be as productive as possible while using your time wisely, you are only one person. Choosing one task to complete at a time will help you complete it more efficiently. It also leaves less room for error and confusion, which are often common occurrences when you try to complete too many things at one time.
Intro of subject/issue: Through people may think may think “well i can do my homework, check my phone, and listen to some dance music all at the same time”, but the ease of turning on a screen, pressing play on the screen while looking at notifications, also while reading and writing doesn 't compare to driving a car while checking the phone. According to neuroscientist Etienne Koechlin extensive practice of a single task to where there is no room for improvement makes multitasking a lot easier for large task such as putting on makeup while driving (moms).
4). It is very difficult to do “two complex tasks” at once (Paul 5). For instance, doing email and listening to the phone. These tasks diverts the mind due to which people do not focus properly on them and results in lower efficiency. Multitaskers omit much information and it takes time to refocus on both of them. Therefore, “Efficiency can drop by as much as 40%” (Atchly par. 2). Peter Bregman mentions that in the reality, “the more you multitask, the worse you are at it” (519). It means that multitasking decrease the ability to think and focus after switch task. Multitasking not only affects the quality of the work…, … it can affect the brain’s gray matter , which is associated with memory, decision making and more” (Vito par. 8). Hence, multiple tasks results in the poor productivity.
My greatest accomplishment thus far, has been getting high grades in college. Accomplishing this required: patience, dedication, tenacity, stamina, and confidence. It took patience because there were long hours that were dedicated to homework and studying. It took dedication because I had to continually tell myself that it would be worth it, even when it was difficult. It took tenacity because I knew that I couldn't accept anything less than my best. It took stamina because there were a lot of late nights and just a lot of time in general to complete everything that was required of me. Lastly, it took confidence because if I didn't believe that I could, it would have made it a million times harder.