Four Separate Paragraphs Assignments
Summer-time provides people the opportunity to pursue sports or other activities they would otherwise overlook. Similar to last year, I decided to spend the majority of my free time riding a skateboard and increasing my set of tricks through daily practice. While many people think the sport of skating wastes time, it teaches many important lessons. One of which is persistence. From the past few months of skating, I learned setting smaller goals helps reach a final end. However, to arrive at this finish one must push themselves through the summer heat, rolled ankles, and the fear of jumping down obstacles on a rolling piece of wood. Skateboarding teaches how to make continuous progress no matter how small, overcome the physical pain, and to never give up. …show more content…
People seem to continually look for anything to improve their focus. While things like coffee and eating healthy provide more energy, these changes do not solve the problem of attention. Organization of one’s home or work space can lead to a more productive atmosphere. As obvious as this fact is, many people tend to ignore orderliness and pay for it later with wasted time, as they search for things they need. Similar to orderliness, clearing clutter from view will also improve productivity. Psychologist David Rock states in one of his articles, “Employees spent an average of 11 minutes on a project before being distracted. After an interruption it takes them 25 minutes to return to the original task, if they do at all.” With the human brain always searching for something more interesting than what it is doing at the moment, starting with a clean work space will drastically decrease