The Yelleti Times

     During the first semester of AP English, I learned quite a bit about my writing style and myself. First, I discovered that I find a lot of thrill in procrastinating. I hate procrastinating in things non-school-related, but for some reason, I procrastinated so much last semester for schoolwork. I have not had as many 11:58 pm submissions in all of my high school years as I did in the first semester of my senior year. The sense of urgency of starting and finishing a project during the last few hours (sometimes minutes) before a deadline brings me an adrenaline rush like no other. However, that can have highly adverse effects and start to impact various areas of my life, so this semester, I will stop myself from getting addicted to procrastinating the majority of the assignments I have (I say this while procrastinating other homework that is due earlier but yes, I will try haha).      As for some positive things taken from the first semester, I found a wr...

     It's Sunday morning. You slept in after a long week and are no longer sleep-deprived. You envision yourself completing all of your homework, chores, and errands. But, you decide to pull out your phone and scroll through endless content online that trains your short-term memory and kills your long-term memory. You aren't enjoying the act particularly - you're actually really bored. However, you don't want to start doing your work, although you know there will be consequences. So, to relieve yourself of this boredom, you keep scrolling for a chance you will find something online that will allow you to spiral down in it as it encapsulates your mind. You put your phone down when you get a headache, then back at your phone only to realize it is already past noon! You groggily get up, brush your teeth, and go to the kitchen to make lunch since it's too late for breakfast. It's Sunday, right?! You should be enjoying the day, performing each action in a pleasant an...