Personal Statement: Why I Chose To Get Out Of Bed

What is it that makes you get out of bed every day at five in the morning?

Ever since I have begun life at college, I have found going to bed on a decent time each night a very troublesome task. I wake up feeling very tired the next morning, and I always seem in a rush to get my day started. Because of staying up so late and then not waking up on time, I am sometimes late to work or class. In addition, I find myself very tired and stressed throughout the day. This in effect makes me often irritable toward other people. I am tired of living my life in a constant flurry every morning. Thus, the behavioral change that I would like to alter is my sleeping schedule. Being tired after a night of sleep just leads to anxiety and causes even

Stress on the body can lead to deeper and bigger problems such as depression. Depression in students is a very serious problem and coming on the rise. A group of economists at the Brookings Institute on schoolstarttime.org concluded that, “Students at later starting schools get more sleep, perform better academically, have significantly fewer automobile accidents, report greater motivation and less depression, experience fewer physical health difficulties, are less likely to be tardy or truant, demonstrate better performance in attention level, impulsivity, and rate of performance.” This shows how stress from more homework, less time to do it, and less sleep can lead to many bigger problems and even more problems in the future. The findings from the results of this experiment show that this can be monitored and fixed by making school start at a later time, causing less stress, more sleep, and better lives for the adolescent students in the United States of America.

As a high school student, I live a very busy life. The amount of assignments I have to do require me to stay healthy as well as manage my time wisely. Once, I went to Grand River Hospital because I sprained my ankle during a basketball game. I arrived at the hospital at 10am and waited three hours for a doctor. This experience with the inefficiency of the Healthcare System helped me to understand the severity of the issue, which made me determined to support the idea of reform. Specifically, it was because of the precious time I sacrificed for the service. Instead of spending three hours waiting in the hospital, I could use them to do homework, read books and practice violin. The fact that I couldn’t use this time to accomplish these tasks meant the necessaries for me to finish them using time planned for other commitments. As a result, I would become more stressful due to the increase of difficulties to complete the tasks in a shortened time

There is a purpose to my early morning routine. I am working with my learned preconventional stage theory, where “people seek simply to achieve personal gain or avoid punishment” (Chambliss & Eglitis, 2016, p. 85). Waiting for the world to self-destruct I can see through the window it has not. It is a dewy morning, and the dogs have gotten a drink and went back to bed. I do wonder if I came back to school because it was the right time, unemployment through the accident, or a feeling of missing out on what could be (Hardiman, 2014, p. 33). Some feeling of intelligence has allowed me to enroll when previously I believed school was only for people smarter than me. Regardless of the reason I feel indebted to the cosmos for the

Self control, a major quality that pervades our life, and a vital requirement for living deliberately. This omnipresent and important topic was what most of my changes for this project were based on, as it was what I lacked most. I decided to restructure my day in a way that was healthier and happier. Gone were the mornings of groggy regret, replaced with a boost from energy from 20 - 30 minutes of exercise to start my day. No longer would I stay up until midnight and beyond doing homework and other, less productive activities. Not only did I decide to set a hard cap for when to go to bed, 11:00, but I also began forcing myself to do my homework first, and procrastinate later. Quite frankly, while the idea of having fun for an extra 2 hours seems fun at first, it was, with minor exaggeration, tearing my life

On days that I don’t work I tend to be a little more relaxed, but I spend my free time either meal prepping or reading articles for work. Now, I know that I cannot be the only applicant who is maintaining good grades, along with having a busy schedule, but I be certain that the amount of passion and drive that I put forth in every facet of my life can’t be matched by any other applicant. I find the importance of everything that I do in my life, whether it’s studying for a big exam or taking a little bit of time to read a small article, everything has an impact on your life regardless if it is big or small. I’ve realized if you only focus on what you perceive as the larger things simply because they provide a more substantial reward, that you will miss out and not be able to succeed as much versus, when you give everything the same amount of effort. It is because of this mentality that I put for the same effort in everything that I do. My final exam scores are a great example of

For this scholarship, I have been a logical representation in a handful of ways. From a very young age, I decided to stay away from parties, and illegal substances. Those two things have destroyed people´s lives. With seeing how it demolished people´s lives, I decided that I would stray from those things. I have been a good representation because I have shown leadership in a few ways. I have assisted fellow classmates in group projects, and I help younger pupils keep on track, and stay focused when getting ready for a band performance. I also sanctioned community involvement. I have volunteered to help run blood drives, and I have participated in Project Christmas. While there, you place different types of food into bags,

This past year, I also learned a lot about leading and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Fall semester proved very difficult for me; with a daily schedule packed full from sunrise to sunset, and hours upon hours of homework in the evening, I struggled to find a consistent sleep schedule or eating schedule. However, after the Moreau material covering sleeping patterns, I decided to incorporate naps into my daily routine, and as a result, I felt significantly more energized and happier, even, the remainder of the fall semester. This semester, I have improved significantly by exercising regularly, getting at least seven hours of sleep per night, and eating two full meal a day. Compared to first semester, I have also done far better with handling stress. One way I have done this is by changing my perspective on stress, utilizing it rather than letting it become debilitating and damaging to my mental health as the article “How to Be Better at Stress” describes. I hope to continue maintaining a

It’s 12:30 AM and the house is silent except for the sound of the heating unit coming on and going off. Insomnia sets in and what’s left to do? My internal gauge prompted me to think of how I could be spending these awakening moments since sleep was not in my near future. At a time such as this, yes 12:30 AM, I am able to ease out of bed into another part of the house for online learning. In fact, the way the Bethel Success Program has been designed will allow me the flexibility to navigate through course work when the time fits in my schedule. As this journey continues, I find that regardless of whether I am on the road traveling, in the midday taking lunch, or in the early morning hours; I am able to complete my assignments. The access

I'm going to tell you about the time I threw up in public. It was just last year, I was going the movie theatre to watch I think it was a horror movie I don't quite remember but me and my friend headed to the screen outside where it gives you the tickets. As we were getting the tickets i started having a really bad stomach ache that was pounding and I couldn't believe how much pain I was in. It was throbbing and felt like I was going to die. We were done paying for the movie on the screen so we were about to go inside to get the movie snacks, just as we were about to enter the doors I had the feeling of wanting to throw up. I ran to the garbage can where there was people standing around having a smoke and threw up. That wasn't even the bad

I trudge into my house after school lugging a seemingly fifty pound bag of books on my back and an enormous coffee cup crammed under my arm. I walk into an uproar. The dog is chewing on the remote, the baby is crying, and the kids have glitter glue. In the midst of trying to walk through the door and get a head start on homework, I am informed that I am the designated babysitter while my mom rushes my sister to youth group. My mom pulls out of the driveway. I find myself juggling babysitting, a plethora of calculus homework, and a lab report over gravimetric analysis that is due tomorrow. Through the chaos of bouncing around from babysitting to studying, I manage to defeat my work in its entirety before eleven.

I want to wake up every day with the courage to bring the true meaning of life to my life and the lives of others. I will always keep God with me at all times, for he is the strength of my heart; he is the creator and with him all things are possible. I will make it my mission to not lose sight of the things that are most important and dearest to me. I want to spend my life passionately advocating for literacy. I will be bold, ambitious, balanced, hardworking, and will bring my true self to every situation. I want to be as fit and healthy as possible so that I could live life to the fullest and have the energy to live my dreams and achieve all my goals. Creating a brand for myself would establish a prescribed image or impression in the mind

Waking up at five in the morning in preparation for college classes at San Antonio College has been one of the most challenging efforts I have made in my life. To wake up so early in the morning, I sacrificed one of the most precious gifts of life: sleep. For the past two years, I have demonstrated that I have the ability to handle work, school, and college classes simultaneously. Despite having the ability to handle all that on my plate,

The fifth effect can reduce stress, to which has a high health issue for full-time students who have to juggle full-time academic activities and working part-time. Income difference, paying off debt, picking up fewer hours, time management is all stressful consequences that can be turned into a positive outcome, if the suggested policy were implemented. According to Stanford University sleep study, the average sleep requirement for students is well over eight hours, and the majority of students would fall within the range of this value plus or minus one hour. If this amount is not obtained, a sleep debt is created, thus stress level begins to increase (William. Dement, 1997).