I had a realization the other day that made me laugh out loud in the library (and got me some weird looks, oops 
). I was stressing over a 4-page philosophy paper that was due in two days. I had zero time and zero motivation. I was about to go buy my usual coping mechanism – a $7 fancy latte and a pastry. Then I stopped and did the math.
That coffee run was going to cost me about $10. I looked online, and a cheap essay writing service was charging $12 per page for a standard deadline. For a 4-page paper, that's $48. It seemed like a lot until I thought about it differently. That's like... seven fancy coffees.
And instead of seven temporary caffeine jolts, I get a fully written paper that I can learn from and submit. When I reframed it as "do I want seven coffees or a passing grade?" the choice became SO obvious. I ordered the paper, spent the weekend actually relaxing for once, and got a solid B. Best trade-off ever. Sometimes you just have to put things in perspective!
Who else has done this kind of mental math?
). I was stressing over a 4-page philosophy paper that was due in two days. I had zero time and zero motivation. I was about to go buy my usual coping mechanism – a $7 fancy latte and a pastry. Then I stopped and did the math. That coffee run was going to cost me about $10. I looked online, and a cheap essay writing service was charging $12 per page for a standard deadline. For a 4-page paper, that's $48. It seemed like a lot until I thought about it differently. That's like... seven fancy coffees.
And instead of seven temporary caffeine jolts, I get a fully written paper that I can learn from and submit. When I reframed it as "do I want seven coffees or a passing grade?" the choice became SO obvious. I ordered the paper, spent the weekend actually relaxing for once, and got a solid B. Best trade-off ever. Sometimes you just have to put things in perspective!
Who else has done this kind of mental math?