Week Four Writing Assignment

Before reading, I thought that the chapter four 'Stamina' taught us that how important physical strength was. However, I found that self control is more important.

In my case, I sometimes cut off my sleeping time so as to meet deadlines of report or homework, and the day before tests. Sometimes the situation become very bad, because I have a lot of things I must do in the limited time. For example, during the period of the final examination, I must study hard, but I have to do my club activity, and I must do my part time jobs. In this time, I can sleep less time than usual, but I think this can be solved by planning earlier. However, since there are a lot of homework not only before tests but also almost every day, I am worried about them every time. This become not so serious problem when it is just mine, but when I need to write a report with group members, it may cause trouble. 

Then, I need the ability of self management and self control. They don't mean just time management or planning, but they need to control my feeling. So, as the chapter four said, I think talk to friends is important. When I am busy, both body and mind are tired, and friends is the best medicine to them. When I lived in dormitory, I got a lot of power from friends, especially in the times I was so busy and disappointed. I remembered that the balance to be work hard and to be relax is important from chapter four.