Lazy Academic. Need Help ASAP

momof2daughters
Mon, 31 Oct 2016 15:05:35 +0000

You don’t sound lazy. You sound incredibly intelligent and curious and that’s a fantastic thing! Try to hold on to that curiosity but reign it in when needed. Google can be the curious person’s friend, but it can also be our enemy when it takes over because it’s so easy to think “I’ll just quickly search this” and an hour later we’re still searching but we’re on our 10th topic and nowhere near where we started our “quick search”. You might do this: Keep a notepad near you or make a note in your phone. As curiosity questions pop in to your mind, write them down. Give yourself a self-imposed schedule that works in this free time of curiosity searching that seems to feed your soul (everybody has to have time during the day to do the things that make them feel alive and fuel them). You might give yourself an hour after school to do this, then after you’ve spent 2 hours doing homework, you get a 15-minute break to do it some more, then another hour of homework (or whatever schedule works best for you). As others have said, you are very smart to address this issue now (before it’s a huge issue in college) and it’s wise to talk to your parents or a guidance counselor about it because there could be issues such as ADD or depression at work here to. I have no doubt you will be successful because you are extremely mature to be reaching out like this. And last thing, it’s wonderful to reach out even if it’s to an online community, but remaining connected to other human beings in a face-to-face way is CRUCIAL to being successful and keeping you mentally healthy. Best of luck to you!