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That's Not OCD, You're Just a Slacker

That's Not OCD, You're Just a Slacker
Of all the random pictures floating about the internet that I’ve run into in the past few weeks, this is the one that really got me: Here’s the text: A 23-year old medical student makes lists of all the tasks that he must accomplish each day. Even I, Mr. The medical student in this essay question doesn’t have obsessive-compulsive disorder, it’s just that in the age of slackerdom and ADD, diligence and focus looks like OCD. If you’d like to read more about how effort trumps talent, take a look at Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers, K. As for making lists and preferring to take your own notes, I think they’re the best way to stay organized and to learn. Finally, the medical student in the question is at least sociable enough to have a girlfriend. So bravo, unknown psych student with a blue pen. This article also appears in The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century.

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