How Can I Overcome Procrastination and Improve My Work Ethic?

[Gale]

Ook... so I'm pretty much the biggest slacker in the world. No lie. Whatever stories you think you have, i can beat em. I'm pretty sure that I've never done all my assigned homework in one night before. If by some miracle i do any homework, its usually just for one subject, occasionaly two... i never do all my subjects. ever.

Now... I'm kinda worried about a few things... college and all that future career stuff and all my terrible habits and awful work ethic... but in the immediate future... i need to buy a car. If I'm on honors, cheaper insurance... SO i really want to be on honor roll. Now... for a smart gal like myself... most assume piece of cake. I'm easily in the top 2 percent intelligence-wise of my class. grade wise... eh... not nearly so well. let's say... I'm not unused to getting D's... and passing by the skin of my teeth... oh too common. And I'm rather afraid that I'm all too used to that. I honestly, sincerely can no longer bring myself to do homework.

I am really really struggling to convince myself to buckle down and work. I have no idea what to do really... but i keep trying to convince myself that i need to do it... and so far... I'm quite unsuccessful... Today, i will make my hardest attempt in known history to do all my homework thoroughly and well for every subject. I have a lot of work to do... But I'm really going to try. i swear it! anyways, I've been talking to teachers and friends, and I'm just really pleading and begging for any and all encouragement i can get. I need constant attention... i need to really feel pushed. I need everyone to pretend I'm a little elementary schooler that needs constant supervision and motivation. Soooo... since i frequent here all too often when i should be studying... I'm hoping that when i make those visits that i can read this thread and hopefully convince myself to return to my studies... Another thing... is that sometimes when you start out, its easy to remember you motivation.. but say a month from now... or a week... or tomorrow... i may be like why the hell did i decide to do this? and i'll be like oh yeah... and i can read this... and see how everyone agreed with me... and yeah. I'm hoping it'll work... a little at least.

alright, and i guess even if no one cares about me and my issues... i now have documented evidence that on december 1st, 2003, at 3 o'clock, i declared, in a healthy, conscious, sane state of mind, that i Gale truly desire good grades and better work habits, and therefore am going to make my best effort at doing homework! woo.. i wish me good luck... and so it begins...

 

[Zantra]

Do you think you could strip and hook on the side? If not, you might want to study or else you could end up there. Ever been to the ghetto? And no I don't mean that area of town where they don't even have a starbucks . I'm talking about the real ghetto. Pay a visit to Queens. Become familiar with it. It may be your new home in the future. Education is a must in the real world- I know it sounds parenty, but you won't be working anywhere but Mickey D's with a high school education. I'm not just trying to scare you- these are just the facts m'am. You control your future- no one else. So in 20 years you won't be able to blame your parents, your friends, your teachers, or anyone but yourself for your life.

Find something that interests you and stick with it no matter what. This is a start.

 

[Monique]

I think it is very important to understand that it is not a failure of yourself. I mean, everyone slacks, I have been slacking for the past week and the workload for December is now astronomical..

Seeing it as a failure of yourself will only make you feel worse and slack more, since, what is the point of reading those few pages when you are already behind so much.

The best way to deal with it, besides the very insightfull tips from Ambitwistor, is to take it fresh. Forget the work you COULD have done, rather focuss on the work you will still be ABLE to do.


There is this motivational speaker on PBS, and she has a very important message when it comes to money (especially after the market collapsed over the last years). You should look at what you HAVE and not at what you HAD. If you understand the importance in relation to money, it is very clear to see it applied to other things as well.

 

[dduardo]

Gale, it is ok to slack off in school as long as your doing something worthwhile in the meantime. (Hackeysack isn't a worthwhile alternative )

Albert Einstien, Thomas Edison, Bill Gates and Dean Kamen ( invented the portable dialysis machine and segway) , either cared less about school and/or dropped out to pursue their dreams and aspirations.

Ther are four types of people in this world as I see it:

1. Bum
2. Worker
3. Thinker
4. Worker and Thinker

Life isn't about just working hard. Its about working in a smart and efficient manor to achieve your personal goals.

 

[Descartes]

Hermann Minkowski called Einstein a "lazy dog", so I'd say you're in good company. As dduardo also pointed out, some of the more notable people of our time, scientists or otherwise, were not exactly stellar students.

Extending what the wise Ambitwistor said, out of the two forms of motivation (extrinsic and intrinsic), the extrinsically motivated people seem to be more manic about their progress. They need more instantaneous gratification I'd say, and they continually need it in order to facilitate personal progress. Contrast this with more intrinsically motivated people, and the progress may appear to be slower by the observer, but the result can often be more profound. Consider Newton, a man who went through years of self-depravity in order to concentrate; the result was of course The Principia. Einstein was also said to concentrate on a single problem for years. This isn't in the mindset of someone who expects more instant gratification for their efforts through grades.

I'll stop now, because I question the lucidity of the above :)

 

[rick1138]

The reason you are slacking is because you don't care about the subjects you are studying - you are someone who needs to puursue dreams, then you will find true discipline.

 

[dduardo]

Originally posted by Ambitwistor
But she is pursuing her dream, of buying a car; unfortunately those pesky school subjects she doesn't care about are getting in the way.

There are other mehods of paying for a car, such as drugs, gambling and prositution.

Or you could just steal a car.

 

[Gale]

haha well thanks all... encouraging... i think...

I think though that I've gotten beyond normal slacking a bit though. And am probably headed where zantra said... and sadly, that didn't used to bother me... so that all added to my slackingness... actually I'm still not sure if it bothers me... i really don't know what my future holds and the ghetto mightn't be so terrible... depends on what you value in life...

but either way... i don't even just slack in the subjects i don't like... i slack no matter what. I love physics and calculus, but i still rarely do work outside of class... i love french and piano too... also classes... and again... never do the work for them either.

I used to study a lot outside of class. I read books all the time, always tried learning new things... and I've even stopped doing that... I'm at like a standstill in life... and I'm literally doing absolutely nothing. And I'm not happy about that. I like being semi-productive... i like learning... but i think I've lost that passion maybe... due to my extreme slacking... I'm not sure. I want it back though. learning and knowledge and all that was like what i lived for... and its gone now. I guess I'm hoping that by using a shallow goal like my car to get myself uesd to working again, that perhaps i can respark my desire for knowledge up again.

rrrrg... I'm so frustrating...

 

[Gale]

Originally posted by dduardo
There are other mehods of paying for a car, such as drugs, gambling and prositution.

Or you could just steal a car.

haha... hmm... don't tempt me... i have no moral qualms with any of those methods... only reason i don't do that stuff is because i question my sanity and how grounded to reality i am... I'm scared that that stuff doesn't bother me, I'm not normal... soooo... i just don't do that stuff, just in case, one day, i wake up and decide to be sane...

Unfortunately, my dumb unrealness i think is also the cause of problems in the work department... if i were more normal i think i could convinve myself that a few hours of homework wasn't so terrible...

 

[Hurkyl]

There are some other oddball ways of motivating yourself that may or may not work. E.G. forbid yourself from eating anything but peanut butter sandwiches until your work is done. (It helps if you get your parents in on it)

 

[Gale]

Originally posted by Hurkyl
There are some other oddball ways of motivating yourself that may or may not work. E.G. forbid yourself from eating anything but peanut butter sandwiches until your work is done. (It helps if you get your parents in on it)

you know... i think that's the best advice yet... that might actually work. I'm so used to all the conventional punishment type stuff, that something like that might work...

and yeah, i put my parents on me, and all my teachers, my friends and just about anyone i could recruit for the cause. I'm hoping that i'll crack under the constant pressure... but I'm unsure about that... peanut butter sandwhiches though... you may be on to something...

 

[selfAdjoint]

Now that all the quasi-parents have got their huffs and pufs out of the way.

Gale your testimony shows that you're moving in the right direction. A real slacker won't have inner qualms about it. You're smart and a lot of stuff comes easy to you, and what isn't easy is BOOOOring. So you will find ways to motivate yourself - car insurance is a good one!

A lot of buckling down isn't gritting your teeth, it's just forming good habits. What distracts you from homework? Can you get away from it so you can't see/hear/feel/smell/taste it? When I want to keep myself from snacking, I put the food in a lower cabinet. So if I am tempted I have to stoop and reach, and in the stooping and reaching I have plenty of time to wonder if I'm doing the right thing. It doesn't always work, but it helps.

 

[Zantra]

So how fast WOULD the Earth have to spin before we flew off?

And Gale, I'll be the first to admit I was the king of all slackers once upon a time. I mean really, you have no idea. But you know, if I can save you some of the grief I had to go through because of it, I would. What I ended up doing was digging myself a hole, and I ended up not only having to put forth the effort that I should have put forth in the first place, but having to do it twice over to dig myself out of the hole I dug. So I just made things twice as hard for myself. What I'm saying is that unless you hit the lottery, there is no easy way out. Just have to bite the big one dere;)

 

[Gale]

Ambitwistor, you really did describe me pretty well there... i was really apathetic a little while back, and i thought i had cured it... i guess i only fixed one aspect of it. Yes, failing... succeeding... no emotional nothing. You're right about that.

...oh and yes i'll do that problem. I really have no idea how to, but pleanty of people to ask for help with it. I guess i'll just have to learn something...

and yeah adjoint... i know what your saying about forming habits. And that's exactly whati need to do. But i have no idea how to make them unless i just keep being forced to work everyday after school by everyone i know. I've tried figuring ways to do it myself... like you snacks on the lower shelf thing... but i always outsmart myself, and blow me off, and disregard everything i try because of my twisted logic. SO, I'm hoping i can't completely disregard a million people. And hopefully, eventually, it's just become habit to do my work. i dunno...

DAY 1- i did my calc and my history, didn't have any french, should have practiced my piano... didn't, but it wasn't required, and should have studied physics, didn't, but i may stay after school tomorrow with my teacher, even if not, the test is weds, so i still have another night to study. well i guess so far so good? i should have studied my physics... but too late now.

 

[wasteofo2]

Originally posted by Gale17
I'm easily in the top 2 percent intelligence-wise of my class. grade wise... eh... not nearly so well. let's say... I'm not unused to getting D's... and passing by the skin of my teeth... oh too common. And I'm rather afraid that I'm all too used to that. I honestly, sincerely can no longer bring myself to do homework.

Way to be egotistical and arrogant. If you do that poorly in school and can't even bring yourself to do an hour or two of homework a night in order to secure yourself options in your future, then you're not intelligent. You may have potential to be intelligent, but until you reach that potential it's no more true to call you intelligent than it would be to call ferari with no keys in the transmission sitting in a parking lot "fast".

 

[wasteofo2]

Originally posted by Ambitwistor
Um, whether someone does their homework doesn't determine whether they're intelligent or not.

For that matter, even if we took the worst case and assume Gale flunks out of high school altogether, that's hardly the end of the world. One of the nice things about the U.S. educational system is that it's very flexible; you can pretty much recover from any kind of disaster later, if and when you choose to. I've seen it happen. (Which is not to imply that not graduating from high school is a disaster, either; for some people, it's the right decision. But enough doomsday talk; I'm sure Gale wants to go to college and will end up doing so soon enough.)

While we're at it, Einstein didn't exactly have a good track record with doing his schoolwork, either...

Not doing your homework in and of itself doesn't make you not smart, however when you are so lazy that you're just barely able to pass your courses and you can see that it's going to affect you negatively in your future but still don't do anything about it, that qualifies you as not smart.

One who doesn't know they're contributing to their own downfall is ignorant, one who knows it and doesn't do anything to change it is a fool.

 

[wasteofo2]

Originally posted by Ambitwistor
Several points:

1. It is fairly evident from what Gale has said that her slacking issues have deeper roots than merely being lazy.
2. Gale obviously is trying to do something about it.
3. Even if she wasn't, so what? It's her decision. My younger brother had a, shall we say, rather turbulent time in high school for various reasons, and ended up dropping out school. In retrospect, it was the best thing for him: he took some time off, got himself straightened out, earned a GED, and went on to do fine in college.
4. Wisdom, maturity, discipline, and intelligence are all different things.
5. Who asked you, anyway?

1. and?

2. Someone in a ferari sitting around deciding whether or not to put the keys in, comlaining about what a hassle it would be to turn the keys and press the pedal, while also telling everyone what an awesome driver they are is going to faster than someone sleeping in a ferari across the street.

3. Yup, it is her decision, but I felt it was stuck up to maintain that you're so much better than everyone else despite the fact that you recognize that you have very little chances at a good future and aren't doing anything to help yourself.

4. Yep, and I explained why her current course of action wasn't an intelligent one.

5. Last time I checked I was allowed to respond to threads as I see fit, perhaps a better question would be: Who asked you to defend Gale? Why not let her do it herself?

 

[Vosh]

Originally posted by wasteofo2
Not doing your homework in and of itself doesn't make you not smart, however when you are so lazy that you're just barely able to pass your courses and you can see that it's going to affect you negatively in your future but still don't do anything about it, that qualifies you as not smart.

One who doesn't know they're contributing to their own downfall is ignorant, one who knows it and doesn't do anything to change it is a fool.

That something doesn't have to be getting straight A's. Just ask Albert Einstein! Look up what just about every Nobel Prize winner had to say about school. Not particularly flattering. School is not only a drag, it is not about growth and learning. School is a jobs creation project. Trying to be an imaginative inquisitive intellect in school will feel odd and anti-life because school is just that. The person who feels school is wonderful is a person devoid of an imagination.

 

[wasteofo2]

Originally posted by Vosh
That something doesn't have to be getting straight A's. Just ask Albert Einstein! Look up what just about every Nobel Prize winner had to say about school. Not particularly flattering. School is not only a drag, it is not about growth and learning. School is a jobs creation project. Trying to be an imaginative inquisitive intellect in school will feel odd and anti-life because school is just that. The person who feels school is wonderful is a person devoid of an imagination.

...

Did you even read what I said?

I never said school and grades were the only measure of intelligence.
I never said that if you do poorly in school you're not intelligent.
I never said school was a place to build your creativity.
I said that if you're doing poorly in school and you know that it will affect you negatively, yet don't do anything to help yourself, then you're not intelligent.

 

[wasteofo2]

Originally posted by Ambitwistor
Not only is that manifestly untrue, it also hinges on your own assumptions about what will affect Gale negatively. It is additionally worth noting that the entire point of this thread was for Gale to find ways to help herself.

Ok, Gale said herself that getting poor grades was going to affect her negatively.

I read almost all the first post, thought I saw where it was going and kind of glazed over. I did not read the last part about her actually wanting to help herself, only the part about her wanting cheap insurance. I concede that my attacks on gale are now moot.

However I still maintain that it's stupid if you don't do anything to change the path you're going on if you can see that it's negative and want to avoid it.

 

[Galatea]

Disregarding the argument above me, my only advice is this:

Get off the internet.

This is no place for slackers who are trying to improve themselves. Take it from someone who knows.

 

[Zantra]

Originally posted by Galatea
Disregarding the argument above me, my only advice is this:

Get off the internet.

This is no place for slackers who are trying to improve themselves. Take it from someone who knows.

Ya man! There's only so many slacker spots, and I'm not giving mine up without a fight!

 

[Zantra]

Originally posted by Ambitwistor
Hey! The Internet is very valuable for self-improvement. There are news sites, so you aren't ignorant of current events. Plus wonderful sites like Physics Forums. And webcomics. And, um.. Hamster Dance ... And, er ...

Never mind.

And don't forget www.badgerbadgerbadger.com

 

[Gale]

Originally posted by Zantra
And don't forget www.badgerbadgerbadger.com

haha... no zantra who could forget that?!?

Well Ambitwistor, i really really apreciate everything your saying. Very encouraging to say the least. And i appreciate your defense at any rate, though of course, no need to get worked up on my account.

I almost can agree with wasteofo2. First off, yes i'd agree that I'm probably a bit egotistical and arrogant... not to mention slightly cocky, conceited, vain, narcissistic... the list goes on. I'm pretty awesome, and I'm proud of that. But yes, i have pleanty of failts too which i also recognize. Also, yeah, not doing at least an hour or so of homework a night, for any reasons, isn't terribly smart by any means. I probably lack quite a bit in the common sense department and adding to that, I'm hardly in touch with reality... so the little sense i have, half the time isn't even realistic... So yes, i probably could have been much smarter if i had just done my homework all along. Also, yes if you wanted, you could say I've only great potential to be intelligent, seeing as i have yet to apply myself. But if you used things like tests or anything to determine intelligence, and my entire class took them, i can probably garuntee i'd be at the top. Take that for what its worth, all you have to base that on is my word, but i had hoped that'd be sufficient enough.

But, i spose i needn't defend myself either. wasteofo2 has already declared his "attacks" mute. But i apreciate it anyways. Its good to see what factors do separate me from just being a lazy, cocky sluff, and what i really am, and how poorly the former is looked upon.

However I still maintain that it's stupid if you don't do anything to change the path you're going on if you can see that it's negative and want to avoid it.

well you can rest assured that i am trying to change my path... that's rather the purpose of this thread. I guess that sure, i could have changed a long time ago, but a long time ago, it wasn't a problem.

either way, yeah, internet bad. I've decided to limit my usage of that. I've also decided to stay after school with teachers when possible. Not for help, but just cause i feel like i have to work when they're around. One friend of mine has offered to study with me, and he promises to try and stay serious. I think that'll really be helpful. But i still feel like I'm maybe in over my head a bit.

 

[Hurkyl]

DAY 1- i did my calc and my history, didn't have any french, should have practiced my piano... didn't, but it wasn't required, and should have studied physics, didn't, but i may stay after school tomorrow with my teacher, even if not, the test is weds, so i still have another night to study. well i guess so far so good? i should have studied my physics... but too late now.

Here are some things to think about:

Playing piano is fun, isn't it? Maybe you weren't in the mood to actually practice the things you're supposed to practice, but playing fun stuff is still a form of practice, right?

Essaye-tu écrire ceci en Français? C'est bonne pratique.

On your way to school today, did you see if you could recite (in your head) that lesson in physics you were having trouble with?


It's often a great help to try and study in unusual ways, or to apply the knowledge in unusual situations. Obviously this should not be a substitute for the ordinary thing, but it's definitely helpful, and I would posit that doing this is certainly better than pure studying in the ordinary way.

I know Ambitwistor said something similar, but I think it needed emphasized some more.

Of course, this doesn't help with turning in homework. Is your problem just the homework, or are you failing lots of tests too?

 

[Zantra]

Ya she COULD write it out in french, but only a handful of us would understand

 

[Gale]

Originally posted by Hurkyl

It's often a great help to try and study in unusual ways, or to apply the knowledge in unusual situations. Obviously this should not be a substitute for the ordinary thing, but it's definitely helpful, and I would posit that doing this is certainly better than pure studying in the ordinary way.

I know Ambitwistor said something similar, but I think it needed emphasized some more.

Of course, this doesn't help with turning in homework. Is your problem just the homework, or are you failing lots of tests too?

Yeah, I'm really liking your unconventional thinking hurkyl. All the conventional stuff has long stopped working for me. You've great great ideas.

And my test scores are why I'm still passing. Its pretty typical of me to ace almost all my tests in every clas. Only class that's not true in is calc/ phys. Which isn't so bad. Thats just the only class that's challenging, so i hafta work a little. But so yeah, its just the homework.

 

[jimmy p]

Hey Hey! ITS ME!

Awww poor Gale, don't worry you arent alone in your slacking. I am in the top 2 for intelligence in my physics class (however there are only two people taking A2 physics! ) and i haven't done homework in 2 years, well not properly, I am a master blagger lol. I know that this is my last chance to get to university so i have motivated myself a little more and am doing at least 40 minutes of revision a night.

Anyway if i don't get into uni I am going to follow my dream and learn the guitar and become a rock star (this isn't a joke).

Thats an easy way out anyway i suggest that you just, i dunno, pysche yourself up every day to get into the mood of working, take time to think about what you learned in school as that will more likely put you in a working mood too. That has worked for me so far this year anyway.

 

[_henry]

SLACK OFF! PRAISE BOB!
www.subgenius.com

 

[Hurkyl]

yeah, I'm really liking your unconventional thinking hurkyl. All the conventional stuff has long stopped working for me. You've great great ideas.

It almost seems like I've gone through all this, doesn't it?

 

[photon]

So how's the progress going? How many peanut butter sandwiches have you eaten?

 

[dduardo]

Originally posted by photon
So how's the progress going? How many peanut butter sandwiches have you eaten?

I think she is really dedicated now. She hasn't been on physicsforums for 3 days. Either that, or she didn't know she was allergic to peanut butter and died from consuming too many sandwiches.

 

[photon]

Or maybe she was playing a Zork text adventure and got freaked out. (dduardo)

 

[Gale]

hahahah, cute guys. Dduardo, do you always notice when I'm missing?? hahah, that's ok... its sweet.

Anyways, yeah, I'm actually doing very well. i have one more late assignment to pass in before I'm caught up. The last two papers i got back in history were A's. I've also been doing very well in my calc and phyics class, as that turns out, doing some work at home really does help on test... and now I've gotten into the top 5 grades in class. French was always good, but now instead of a low B I'm looking at possible A by the end of the quarter. So, as of today, there's a pretty good possiblity i'll make honors and get that cheaper insurance i wanted. Course that's just short term there, but i really think I've finally gotten my act together a bit. Started looking at options after school and all that, and finally, i feel like some better options exist. As soon as i get this school thing down... I'm going to tackle my bedroom. Maybe i can figure out how to keep that clean. If i can do that, than like, woah... i'd be like the awesomeest person alive.

I didn't even have to do the peanut butter thing yet. I'm actually just enjoying my good grades. Its kinda weird, never minded the bad ones, but the good ones... they're pretty nice.

What is Zork text adventure?

 

[jimmy p]

...maybe peanut butter sandwiches could be a reward now *mmmmmm, peanut butter*

 

[jimmy p]

ah text games were classic, however i did enjoy the point and click fun of games like Monkey Island, they were classics!

 

[photon]

What is Zork text adventure?

I said that with dduardo's name after it because he said he got freaked out by one in another thread.

 

[jimmy p]

Originally posted by photon
I said that with dduardo's name after it because he said he got freaked out by one in another thread.

...how? what? why? HOW? HOW? HOW?

 

[photon]

Huh? I don't get it!

 

[jimmy p]

are you talking about a text adventure? why would he get freaked out by a text adventure? it's only pre-programmed words

 

[jimmy p]

...ok...

 

[photon]

I'll defend dduardo this time: he said it was a graphic version of Zork.
Now , back to the subject of slacking, my favorite.

 

[photon]

So everything is going well then?

 

[Gale]

you know... i was doing so well... and i dunno...

suddenly I'm just depressed and utterly unmotivated.

 

[photon]

Somehow I guessed that by how this thread got suddenly quiet. I know what you mean about the not being motivated. If it helps I read a quote that went something like, "When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hold on."
I think you've come down with what I have, that odd sort of sickness that makes you feel like running away from it all. Ever feel that way? Like everyone else in the world doesn't know this kind of a secret that says everyone else is stupid? Ever hear that little voice in the back of your head that tells you you're fooling yourself? Listen to that little voice more often and you may find yourself further ahead than expected. Keep doing the peanut butter sandwich thing because you know you just can't quit after making everybody here care.

 

[Hurkyl]

But it felt good when you were doing everything, right?

 

[Gale]

Yeah, it felt great. I had excellent grades and everyone was really pleased. Everyone was asking for updates every hour. And it was great. But, i dunno, everyone was so pleased that they figured i was all set, and i wasn't. Like, i got a little support from so many people that it was a ton of support. But then everyone sort of withdrew figuring that i was doing it pretty much on my own... since their support was so minimal anyways... and so when everyone did that i was left with nothing. I mean, i know i shouldn't need everyone else pushing me, but it sure made things way easier. So, I've gotten behind.. a lot. i can't motivate myself enough on my own... before i didn't want to dissapoint people, and i wanted everyone happy with me... and sure my insurance, and my grades, but i guess just people was what really got me... so, I'm going to try to remotivate myself on my own... at least a little. And then i guess if i get desperate again i can have everyone help me.

 

[photon]

Trying to tackle this on your own sounds like a good idea. But if you need any motivation that problem is easily solved. We'll contact your other friends that live near you and get them to toilet paper your house 3 times a week until you're a straight "A" student.
Seriously, if you need anything, your PF friends are here.

 

[Hurkyl]

But for good measure...

*push*

 

[Zantra]

6 pages? Gale, unless you are in complete danger of failing, don't be overly worried about it. (you might be, I'm too lazy to go back and check). Bottom line is that you have to set a goal for yourself and work to reach that goal. You need to learn to motivate yourself, because in the real world, no one is going to motivate you or take the time to give you that much attention. At least when it comes to your own personal achievements. Learn to be self sufficient.

My cousin was much like you, and so I have experiences with these things. We tried and tried to motivate him. And he was very smart too.. but extremely lazy. He's now in jail, and disowned by the family. He was looking for the easy way out, and decided breaking the law was quicker than actual work. He thought he was too smart to get caught. he was wrong.


Ahh well.. ultimately you're going to do whatever you decide- good luck!