For my 14 Day project i will be observing and interviewing one of my friends that i have chosen to go more in depth into the lives of my friend sal and i will interview and ask him how his day was and why he might of procrastinated to get things done, it can range from lagging it to take the garage out or doing homework.
INTERVIEW
Salvador Campos ( 2nd Year in College)
DAY 1- Woke up at 5AM and went to take a quick shower even though he took one the day before. By the time she was all ready it was 6 and she made herself a some bacon and eggs. By the time she was done she realized that she had to leave so she made herself a sand which from the bacon and eggs she made and took it with her to eat.Went to school and had no problems procrastinating about things at school because the day before she got everything done on time yesterday. He went home and had the same routine by taking a good 3 hour nap. Then woke up did his homework, finished everything he had to do on time. by the time it was 10 and decided to watch his show criminal minds, after show ended went to take shower and fell asleep.
DAY 2- Last night he forgot to put the alarm on his phone. So in the morning he woke up 15 minutes late and the friend that usually gives him a ride to school had to go up to his window and knock on it like if she was a stalker and call his name until he responded back. He had to get ready in less than 5 minutes in order to make it on time to class. He arrived to school on the nick of time.After he forgot that he had a minor speech in his speech class so he had to make everything up at the spot. Luckily he got an A on it and learned that procrastination is bad and he will not try to do it anymore. Throughout the day he was procrastination free and he finally got home and went straight to bed because he worked so hard not to procrastinate throughout the day so he felt like a nap was well deserved. The two hour nap ended up being a 5 hour nap. he woke up and saw the clock and it said 10 pm. he realized that his show criminal minds started at 10 so instead of doing homework he watched the new episode of criminal minds. by the time the show ended it was 11 and he felt lazy and didn't feel like doing homework even though he had a math test the next day. He ended falling asleep once again,
DAY 3- Woke up and forgot he had homework that day, he was going to do homework in the car but then decided not to because the car was shaking too much, unable to do the homework correctly or being able to concentrate. But it aside and decided to do it at school, she got to school and he was hungry he decided to do his homework after he ate. Unfortantley he realized that it was time to go to class already and had no time to do the homework that had to be done. Later on that day in his 2nd class, teacher told him to answer question in the book as classwork. He lagged it and decided to talk to her friends that were around her. Time flew by and the bell rang and she was unable to finish her classwork. He lagged going to school bus after school because she went to talk to some of her friends, she ended up having to run to the school bus in order to not miss it. He got home and but aside her school work, made herself something to eat and sat in the couch and caught up to some of the shows she watches. After He was done watching his shows he went to his room closed his door and started his homework. After an hour he was half finished and he decided to take a small break. That small break ended up to take longer than expected, he saw the clock and it was 9PM, he saw outside his window and saw it was pitch black, the darkness made him lazy and sleepy he decided to take a shower and go to sleep.
DAY 4- Next morning woke up on time got ready seemed like it was gonna be a good morning. But it came out too be a funny morning because he woke up at 5 changed and went to his mom and dads room to rest for a bit til his friend came to pick him up because it was to early and he was tired. The reason that he woke up early was because his mom wakes up at 4 to get ready for work and he has to help out his siblings and make them there food before the babysitter comes to take care of them. Anyways he fell asleep and his friend kept calling him and he didnt pick up because his phone was in his phone then he realized the time and it was 7:20 and he usually leaves at 7 so he quickly got ready and left. The rest of the day went well with nothing big or bad actually happening he went to all his classes and did all his work as he usually does. He had no dance class but he still had to practice for his dance show the following week. He went to dance practice, hes the leader of his group so he was the one teaching and showing the dance moves, after he decided to go out and eat he forgot he had a math test and then later remembered that night he didn't even try to study because he was already failing the class so he just ignored it and was gonna take the test without going over the formulas and without making the cheat cheat that the he could of used. He then watched his show, CSI until he fell asleep.
DAY 5- He woke up the next morning with the TV one with an infomercial on that made him laugh and get up with a lot of energy he had no issues today since he had only 1 class today and wasn't really in the mood of going to class since he was failing and had no chance it raising the grade up. Even though with that in mind he got up and went to class, after class he had to wait for his friend to take him home since he has no car and no ride to get home besides taking the bus which he wasn't gonna take since he had no rush to get home. While he was waiting he killed time by playing bejeweled trying to beat a score his friend had but he couldn't beat it. So then after he realized he had to go to where he was gonna meet his friend at being a little late but no biggie. After went home and realized that didn't know where all his energy went and left to do his chores to do later. He went and lay down in his bed and watched the television then decided to push himself towards doing his chores. After finishing his chores he spent the whole day downloading music and watching Youtube videos online. Then took a shower and went to sleep.
DAY 6- Woke up Saturday morning it was cold but a sunny day. I watch early shows with my brother all warm in my bed, it hit 11 and i got hungry for some breakfast so i went out with my brother to get food to go. We came back and sat in bed and watched Predator 1 and 2. Once the movies were over we decided to play some Wii after that i had to get ready to go to practice i took my time and once i was done i was out the door at 4. I picked up my friend first and went to the park by DeAnza to practice our dance routine. While practicing we where more in the joking around mood than the practice mood, yet after a long time we managed to get half the routine done. After i drove my friend to there house's i went to pick up my other friend and went out. I completely pushing the fact that had to edit the song for Mondays dance preview. I got home around 9ish tired and sleepy so instead of taking my time i quickly cute parts of the song mashed a mix and went to bed without previewing the song yet i was pretty sure the song was okay for the preview.
DAY 7- Woke up feeling like new person has been born full of energy, thought it was going to be good day but ended up being the worst day ever. He remembered that he had a 1000 word essay due the next day and he started to becoming all paranoid and didn't know what he was gonna do either due the essay or go out with friends. Luckily she choose the right decision and started doing the essay. The decision of procrastinating and forgetting about he essay and leaving it until the last minute brought him a lot of stress. He wasn't the greatest in writing so it took him a few hours. He started to daze of doing other things on the computer like getting on Facebook since that was one of her big hobbies was to browse through Facebook and check news feed and notifications she had. From the time he started which was 1 in the afternoon it was already getting dark around 4, then he realized that it was time to get his work done because it was getting late already, so she focused and finally finished til 9 in the night, while taking some breaks in between. He was exhausted from doing the long 1000 word essay for her English class that he decided to shower and immediately fall asleep.
Day 8- Woke up late not wanting to go to school since it was a Monday, quickly he got ready and went outside where his friend was gonna pick him up to go to school. Since he carpools with a friend he needs to get ready on time before they come because he doesn't want her waiting for him. Quickly went out and the trip to school went to good with no traffic since Monday's there's usually never traffic. Went to his first class and realized he forgot there was a minor speech, it was a show and tell speech, so he had to make up a 1 min. speech within an hour. He was really nervous and scared but he ended up doing well in it and talked about the 3 things he always carries with him. After he was surprised that he forgot about the minor speech, that he ended up making a deal to himself not to ever forget about it. Went to all his classes, Dance class being a surprised because the teacher made them work extra hard for the upcoming show they have. After class he practice even more with some of his friends he has in class to get an understanding of some steps that he was confused about. Went home did some homework and made sure that he did all the homework he was suppose to do. After he finished his necessary homework to be done he took a shower and went to bed and turned on the television and started watching the show called HOUSE, then went to sleep.
DAY 9- The night before i he had forgotten to put on his alarm so she ended up waking up 20 minutes later than what he was suppose to wake up. He had remembered instantly that He forgot to finish her homework, so he motivated himself to finish his homework while on his friends car. On the car he decided to actually focus and finish her work. I gotta say it takes a lot of work to stay focused in the car and finish up the homework he had left to do. After he went to school everything went well besides being late to class because he decided to lag getting his lunch earlier because decided to go talk to his friends and was to lazy to wait in line. He later got home and decided to take a nap because he felt very tired. Then woke up at 6PM. After he got in the computer to start her essay that was due Friday. He did half of it doing the Introduction and 2 body paragraphs which was really good for him, felt good about it that he decided to reward herself with making food and watching a movie. After he had to help his mom out by going to Costco and got back and put all the things away that were bought. He realized that it was 930 and he decided to take a shower and go to sleep after watching a show on the television called criminal minds.
DAY 10 -Woke up tired and not ready to go back to school but had to be done. So i got ready and went off to school. I went into my speech class and realized that my presentation day was the following day and i had nothing done but i few slides of the power point. So after speech i decided not to go to my next class because one, it was pointless and two, i can use the time to think of "ideas" for my presentation. Instead however i started to draw and before i knew it i had wasted an hour and it was time to go to psychology, after class i went to the car i went to the car and waited for dance class to start. Once it started i did my "thing" and after dance class went home and relaxed, then before i knew it was time for me to get ready and leave to my friends house to help out in his "Taco" presentation and to be the "judge" of his "fine" cooking. I was for 4 hours and it was 15 before 9pm when i left home. When i got home i realized i had to work on my speech outline for my speech presentation. In addition to finishing my power point. So i went to my computer and started to rush on it. I was super tired and didn't have the will to work on it but it had to be done. I completed the assignment a little before 1am and without hesitation went straight to bed.
DAY 11- Woke up on time got ready for school got y school stuff and dance gear for practice and went to school. When i got tho school I went to all my classes and did the work that had to be done. Once my last class ended i was to tired to go to practice and thought it was okay to hold off practice for the dance final until the next meet since in my head i felt my group and I had enough time to finish the routine for the dance final. So i decided to cancel practice and instead went to the mall with my friend to look for an outfit for my hip hop demo that was on the next day. We went from store to store until i found something i could afford and would wear other days as well. After shopping we went to eat at fresh choice and talk about random things. We were at the mall for more than 3 hours until we went home. Once i got home i put my stuff away and decided to lay down on ma bed and watch some TV but before i knew it i went fast asleep. For two and half hours i was asleep and when i woke up it s was pass 730pm. I knew I had to practice for my dance routine since the demo was the next day but i was too cold to leave my bed, so instead i watched some TV and read some psychology between commercial breaks. Then went to the computer to fix the song for my dance final and did some socializing and once i was done with the editing, played some bejeweled. Once it hit 11 pm i went back to bed and started watching Criminal Minds. As i was watching the show i realized that i had not practice the routine and the show was tomorrow! Yet it was late, i was tired, and nothing could be done then. So after the show turned off the lights and TV and went to sleep.
DAY 12- Friday woke up not caring what the day was gonna bring because he had only one class and it was the class he most hated, Math. He never learned the material well, and ended up failing it as he is right now. He doesn't even understand why he even goes when he knows there's no way in failing. He's scared of getting dropped so he keeps going. After his math class he had nothing plan for Friday so he decides to just stay home and do some homework that he has that way he can enjoy his upcoming weekend, he ends up doing half his homework which is good since it was a Friday night. He ends up watching his favorite cartoon show, The Simpson's. After by the time the end of the show its 12 and ends up playing bejeweled on his itouch for the rest of the time til he feels its right to fall asleep.
DAY 13- Saturday morning he slept in since he deserved to sleep in, woke up at 11 in the morning. Got up and went to the kitchen and made himself something to eat. He was excited for Saturday because he had plans to go out to the movies and watch his favorite upcoming movie, the recent harry potter movie. After he purchased 3 of his friends ticket online telling his other two friends to buy there tickets online. Then after getting ready he realized that he felt lazy to get ready even though his friend told him he was coming over, he got home and he was barley getting out of the shower, he hurried up and got ready. Then went out. After got back home at 12 because he decided to go to ihop right after the movies even though he had plan to do homework after getting back and pulling a all niter since he woke up late. He then felt exhausted and went to sleep.
Day 14- Its Sunday and he was unable to do any of his homework because he was watching Sunday Football games, and he went out with me Saturday night to go watch harry potter, so that left him with almost no time to do homework and him being a big lazy butt he didnt do any of him his homework and left it all to be done after the sunday night football game, he saw the time and how tired he was of sitting in the couch all day that he decided to just take a shower and go to sleep.
CONCLUSION
After over looking the blog of my 14 day experiment i realized that its kinda sad the how much repetition there is once a person is in school because i realized that depending of the schedule a person has for school indicates the way there day will be. Mostly for students having morning class and getting of class before 3 go home and go to sleep because i had no evidence in my blog but from a person like the way Salvador is you wouldn't imagine him going home and taking a nap. But its different for everyone depending if you have a job or not because having a job takes up a lot more of your time than some one realizes it seems that all your doing is school and work and not really socializing and going out with friends because once you have free time you usually spend those hours either resting or "procrastinating"or doing homework which is sad, no wonder students like summer vacation because it brings out the real side of them more of socializing and hanging out with friends, but before i get off topic i will go back to "procrastination" and what my experiment really is about. So first thing i noticed was that procasinating didn't always have to do with people being "lazy" and not wanting to do the things that had to be done but it was more about not being able to have energy or motivation to do certain things, also having things like games or tv shows will drain your energy and focus more towards that because it seemed more pleasurable at the moment. People need to realize that hard work is necessary to be able to succeed in life and that being lazy and skipping or leaving homework til later will not work out, as soon as they realize that they will figure out how much stress relieved you will be an how much more time you will have to yourself because in most cases people usually spend more time procrastinating on the assignment than actually doing the work which kills a lot of use full time. So in my 14 day project i was interviewing a friend of mine and finding out different kinds of reasons why people procrastinate besides being lazy, i didn't many different ways why people procrastinate other than being things leading to being lazy about them but some that i found where that forgetting was part of procrastination people need to have an agenda and reminders about certain things because some things people just put aside and forget about. I was hoping to find out about different peoples experience with procrastination but it would have been easily over the word limit if i added more interviewees to my 14 day project so i just stuck with one. Even though it was cool to find out that i'm not alone and everyone procrastinates once in there lifetime or they even procrastinate everyday. All in all scientist need to find out ways to keep people focus and not procrastinate in everyday life issues they need to invent a drug that can eliminate procrastination it would be great because then people wont be complaining about how they have a 1000 word essay to do in a day or about anything else dealing with doing it last minute. Some questions that raised for me is what might be other reason procrastinate i was taking myself in consideration and reason why i procrastinate where somewhat similar than my interviewee and i would have loved to go more in depth with the experiment but there isn't enough time to research and find more reasons.
CONCLUSION
After over looking the blog of my 14 day experiment i realized that its kinda sad the how much repetition there is once a person is in school because i realized that depending of the schedule a person has for school indicates the way there day will be. Mostly for students having morning class and getting of class before 3 go home and go to sleep because i had no evidence in my blog but from a person like the way Salvador is you wouldn't imagine him going home and taking a nap. But its different for everyone depending if you have a job or not because having a job takes up a lot more of your time than some one realizes it seems that all your doing is school and work and not really socializing and going out with friends because once you have free time you usually spend those hours either resting or "procrastinating"or doing homework which is sad, no wonder students like summer vacation because it brings out the real side of them more of socializing and hanging out with friends, but before i get off topic i will go back to "procrastination" and what my experiment really is about. So first thing i noticed was that procasinating didn't always have to do with people being "lazy" and not wanting to do the things that had to be done but it was more about not being able to have energy or motivation to do certain things, also having things like games or tv shows will drain your energy and focus more towards that because it seemed more pleasurable at the moment. People need to realize that hard work is necessary to be able to succeed in life and that being lazy and skipping or leaving homework til later will not work out, as soon as they realize that they will figure out how much stress relieved you will be an how much more time you will have to yourself because in most cases people usually spend more time procrastinating on the assignment than actually doing the work which kills a lot of use full time. So in my 14 day project i was interviewing a friend of mine and finding out different kinds of reasons why people procrastinate besides being lazy, i didn't many different ways why people procrastinate other than being things leading to being lazy about them but some that i found where that forgetting was part of procrastination people need to have an agenda and reminders about certain things because some things people just put aside and forget about. I was hoping to find out about different peoples experience with procrastination but it would have been easily over the word limit if i added more interviewees to my 14 day project so i just stuck with one. Even though it was cool to find out that i'm not alone and everyone procrastinates once in there lifetime or they even procrastinate everyday. All in all scientist need to find out ways to keep people focus and not procrastinate in everyday life issues they need to invent a drug that can eliminate procrastination it would be great because then people wont be complaining about how they have a 1000 word essay to do in a day or about anything else dealing with doing it last minute. Some questions that raised for me is what might be other reason procrastinate i was taking myself in consideration and reason why i procrastinate where somewhat similar than my interviewee and i would have loved to go more in depth with the experiment but there isn't enough time to research and find more reasons.
