Jorge Cham of PhD Comics (stands for Piled Higher and Deeper, a cheeky acronym for the graduate student comic strip) nailed the essence of the vicious cycle of staying up late. It's ironic because I'm staying up late to do this post ... Link
Previously on Neatorama: Newton's Law of Graduation
I feel like someone had been spying on me.
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This sums up my entire life as a Uni student. I should tattoo this to my arm to remind myself the dangers of procrastination and staying up late.
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I cried when I read this, all of the holy books that I have spent a lifetime reading never brought me the insight and knowledge of this poorly drawn comic........
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Hmm. I usually don't have such a continuous backlog of assignments that I get to the third step of the downward spiral. Stay up late or pull an all-night as necessary, and then done for the time being. I work better in the early morning hours anyhow (or so I tell myself).
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I used to work be a victim of the cycle when I worked at night.
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i must also confess to this... sigh
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That is kind of eerie.
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I wouldn't call this the vicious cycle of 'staying up late'. I'd call it the vicious cycle of 'not doing anything productive.'
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