The simple way is best. by Jon

The simple way is best. by Jon - December 2017 Scholarship Essay

My secret method isn’t much of a secret at all, anyone can enact it. All anyone has to do is relax and spend time with friends to loosen up. Deadlines have always caused me great anxiety, so much that I would procrastinate and delay! delay! delay! until just before the deadline to start working on the project. So, I developed a system to help with that anxiety; I’d relax by listening to music and sleeping or by going and spending time with a friend.
Going to sleep can be the difference between a bad day and a good day, it's already common knowledge that a good night’s sleep is important to achieving a productive day and that its best to have eight or more hours of sleep a day. I like to listen to soft and gentle music as it not only tells my body to relax but to get ready to take a nap, I love music; I could listen to the same song for hours on end if I wanted to so its best to go to YouTube and pick a playlist and sleep would come naturally within a few moments, I’d probably would never know when exactly it came. After waking up, the anxiety of the approaching deadline for the project would be kept at bay and I’d feel refreshed and more productive.
A good night’s rest also helps me become more sociable and have more relax more with my friends, which help with the anxiety I feel. In fact, I usually feel more focused just after spending a good time with my friends, I’m more motivated and I feel more confident since my friends help uplift my drive and I don’t want to lose to my friends so I try even harder to succeed. Friends help you know your limits precisely because when you’re around friends you loosen up and reveal more of yourself than usual. When I’m with my friends they support me and help me achieve a goal simply because I don’t want to be left behind by them.
Anyone has friends and anyone can listen to any song these days, that s the beauty of my method, it’s an open not-so-secret method that anyone can use to boost their motivation to not only finish projects but to excel in doing so. All you have to do is relax and focus on the project and everything will resolve itself, simple but incredibly effective.