Narrative Essay: Breaking A Teen Boy

Breaking a Teen Boy Sobbing in my car for about an hour straight is not necessarily the best way to spend an evening, yet that is how I spent at least two of my nights in the second semester of my freshman year: sobbing. I had over scheduled myself, and spread myself out to the point of breaking. Just as an imperialistic empire, whose resources can not keep up with its expansion, I could not physically keep up with the amount of activities which I was in, even though I individually loved and enjoyed each of them. Over scheduling can lead not only to increased stress and decreased sleep, but it can also cause temporary emotional damage. Over-scheduling is a very common and overlooked issue. Time management is a very large part of adulthood,

For instance, a good friend of mine struggles to sleep every night “because,” she says, “my brain just won’t shut off.” While occasionally losing sleep over stress or other things isn’t particularly horrible, prolonged sleep deprivation can cause some more serious mental issues such as depression, and can further lead to a vicious cycle of increased stress and less sleep. Sleep is important to every human brain, however it is especially pertinent for the developing and learning mind. Time during sleep is spent storing learned knowledge from the day into long-term memory, and also used to clear harmful toxins from the fluid around the brain - fluids which cause diseases such as Alzheimer’s. (National Institutes of Health) Not only is this sleep deprivation caused by an active mind, but it can also happen due to lack of time in a day. Overbooking yourself in any way, whether it be with homework, a job, or a sport, can force you to stay up late to accomplish all of the many tasks at hand. Not only can completely filling your day, to the point of bursting, have a negative effect on your mind and body, but it can also affect your