Being an old woman with abs of steel is a feat that not many can claim as theirs, yet there are some who can say they are ripped. Seasoned professional bodybuilder, Ernestine Shepherd, is one of those few. Day in and day out Shepherd trains, and over the years she has slowly worked her way to become the world’s oldest female bodybuilder. Today, she is 81 and still exercises, though she no longer participates in competitions. But in the beginning, as DeNeen Brown illustrates in her essay, “6 Pack Abs at Age 74” Shepherd was not always as famous or dedicated to her cause as she is now. Her transformation began at age 57, when Shepherd and her sister, Mildred, (as she is referred to in the text), age 56, started to work out. After becoming stronger, …show more content…
For Shepherd, this self mastery entails passing up a lot of things she would otherwise have. Ernestine Shepherd is able to “turn down that that slice of chocolate cake in the cafeteria” and firmly insist as she has, that she has no interest in it (Brown 335). She chooses what is best for her, knowing that eating unhealthily will not bring the physical strength she seeks. This is applicable in everyday life. One does not need to become a bodybuilder to experience the health benefits Shepherd has found for herself. It is about self-mastery, not self-indulgence. No one is perfect, though, Shepherd herself was not originally as disciplined. As DeNeen Brown explains, Ernestine Shepherd spent much of grade school living for compliments and “sitting still to look pretty” (Brown 336). She had no interest in changing her lifestyle because she had been told that she was beautiful and needed no alteration. As a result, Shepherd spent the first half of her life with no plan, and no end goal in mind. Those who lives this way will feel the consequences. I have felt them. For me, it is in academics that I am told I excel. Therefore, I procrastinate. In my mind, I am good at it, so a last-minute effort will still help me succeed. Consequently, I feel much undesired pressure in my work that could have been avoided had I gotten to work sooner. In contrast, as seen in the efforts of Shepherd, when one is determined and dedicated enough, the discipline will come naturally. The desire is backed by action and so a plan is instinctively put into place. This plan allows the dream to find direction and therefore have a better chance of coming true with
I have always been very obsessed with body image. When I was young, baseball was my sport. Soon after, I joined the swim team. During these years I’ve never looked the way that pleased me. When the age of fourteen came around, I decided to join the gym with a personal trainer. At this time, being overweight and unhappy. Never did I think the gym would mean so much to me in the future. Just before the age of sixteen, bodybuilding made a drastic impression on me. The art of building a well symmetrical body. Everything about this sport fascinated me because it gave a chance to create a new me.
VIRGINIE: Yea you're right. Procrastination is an unhealthy habit, and it makes us unable to meet deadlines and reach our goals. In fact everyone has procrastinate at least once, which lead them to be
In the world today, stigmas have been formed that greatly affect many large populations of people. Depending on someone's race, religion, or gender there is most likely a stigma for them. It is human nature for people to judge others even though it is not true. In To Kill a Mockingbird, the characters Atticus, Scout and Boo Radley all face one of their own stigmas and have to deal with it each and every day. Throughout the text Atticus, Scout and Boo are negatively affected by these stereotypes based on social standards assigned from the town.
I like to think there are four levels of procrastination. The first is false security, the “I still have plenty of time, I can finish this later.” The second is laziness, the thoughts like,“I should probably get this started. Nah.” Next comes denial and excuses such as, “I would start this, but I’m doing something else right now.” and, “I’m just taking a little break.” Then finally the crisis stage, the stage during which you stay up all night long in order to finish the homework assignment you had all day to do. Because of this, the hardest part of my daily routine was the time when I knew I needed to start my homework, but I truly wanted to keep watching shows on Netflix. This wouldn't be as difficult if it weren't
I myself have been guilty of procrastinating on a daily basis. Seniors still want to make solid grades depite their lack of motivation to get them. As a result of putting off studying, students often cheat to maintain decent grades. Furthermore, some of them wait until the night before the test to cram in study time. Because of the desire for money and freedom, many upperclassmen spend their time working instead of completing homework assignments. A year of procrastination and negating responsibilities can turn into bad habits that follow some students for years to
Besides this omission by Kalat, he still provided an accurate and detailed account of the research article written by Ariely and Wertenbroch. This article is essential in understanding procrastination and answered throughly the three questions it posed. 1.) Are people willing to impose deadlines, with substantial consequences if they are not met, on themselves: yes. 2.) Are these self-imposed deadlines actually helpful in improving overall performance:
Procrastination is a tendency to postpone, put off, delay, reschedule, take a rain check on, put on ice, hold off, or to defer what is necessary to reach a particular goal.(Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition. Philip Lief Group 2009.) While attending College some students find it hard to juggle work, family, and friends. Leading most students down a dangerous path to procrastination; that negative impact affect students from their physical health, mental health, and social health.
All humans tend to procrastinate on any kind of work that requires significant effort. It is human nature and sometimes even the most organized person cannot avoid it. Putting things off until near the deadline is very much a good thing according to John M. Shanahan who once said, “Deadlines are the mother of all invention.” Shanahan is one-hundred percent correct in saying this. Deadlines for work eliminate the problem of procrastination and help the human brain become active and creative.
Attention Getter: A famous author by the name of Wayne Dyer once said, “Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is incredibly heavy.”(1) In todays society it seems as if procrastination has become a normal and acceptable thing to do. It is often joked about amongst schoolmates and co-workers around the world. Nothing seems to get done until it absolutely needs to get done, then everyone runs around getting things done quickly and often times inaccurately. The trouble with this mentality however is that some things will never get done because something will come up tomorrow or the next day and what you are putting off now gets pushed even further back. Today I will persuade you to stop this habit from continuing. I will be explaining the problems we face when dealing with procrastination as well as how to deal with it and actions you can take to prevent it in the future.
Procrastination is not always a very bad thing though; there are some points in your life that it could prove to be a plus. If done enough you will be use to doing things last minute, which could possibly help you in your career with handling pressure when you boss tells you do something within a set amount of time. Also extended amounts of doing this bad habit could help you learn to take pressure better, as example when you have a huge paper due by the next morning and you need to keep your self calm or else it will show when your writing the paper. Even though these sound like positive measures to procrastinating they are really not worth the
Procrastination is a common tendency that we all give in to and all of us have at least a little experience with.
Procrastinating is a minor reinforcer and provides immediate reinforcement. It has negative short-term consequences e.g. stress, regret, academic failure and fatigue. The benefits attained from are
There is a certain irony with procrastination, things we put off doing accumulate to the point of in manageability and feelings of anxiety increase which, is why we procrastinate anyway.
According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, to procrastinate is “to put off intentionally the doing of something that should be done.” Another way of putting it is “to wait until the last minute.” Procrastination is a very bad habit. Even though
Many of us can recognize that leaving things to the very last minute is not very wise and can cause an abundance of unnecessary stress. Procrastination is self-sabotage whether it’s to pay a credit card bill, fill up gas in your car, or complete your homework. Procrastination ranges from the most miniscule task to the most significant ones so the question is why do people procrastinate? For myself I rationalize this behavior by saying I work best under pressure but through my recent discoveries I found this isn’t true at all, it was just an excuse. The heavy pressure we feel when an important deadline is approaching physically forces us to complete our work but that doesn’t always mean that our work is good. Starting a project weeks before it is due guarantees that we had time to think and process your ideas therefore our work is our work is generally well-prepared. Starting an assignment the night before it’s due forces us to rush through it just to get it done it does not ensure that our best abilities are being put to use and usually ensures that our best abilities are being put to use and usually ensures that it’s satisfactory at its best from a psychological standpoint procrastinators can adapt