"I don't know why I'm failing!"

Yes. You do.

At the beginning of the semester, you say some to this extent: "I’m going to get a 4.0, I’m going to stay off Netflix, and I’m going to stop taking midday naps. This year is going to be great." By the time you reach the middle of the semester, your mom calls asking about school. You say, “Hey Mom. Yes, I’m doing fine. My grades? Oh, all my grades are good." Then, you proceed to hang up the phone and tell yourself, "Yep. I’m definitely failing, but I don’t know why. It’s got to be the teachers, the books, and maybe this class is just too hard." You can tell yourself that, but we all know that all you’ve been doing is watching Netflix and takings naps.

Problem #1: Netflix overindulgence

“Come on, Piper. There is no reason you should keep letting Alex back in your life. She’s no good!” You yell to yourself while happily watching "Orange Is The New Black" as if you don't have mound of homework. Then, 45 minutes in, you realize that you have a book report due on chapter 10, but what’s the harm if you watch one more episode? You think, “I’ll just watch this one episode then get to work." But, one becomes two, two becomes three, and so on. Before you know it, you’re done with the whole season and have yet to accomplish any of the work you were supposed to do.

Now, it’s already midnight, and you’re thinking about all the time you’ve wasted - how it was just 5:00 and you felt like you had all the time in the world. At 12:15, you’ve yet to start any work because you’ve spent 15 minutes contemplating the decisions you’ve made.

"Maybe if I would’ve done my work first... maybe if I would’ve really just watched the one episode... maybe if I would just call my mom to cut Netflix off completely."

Now, it’s 12:30 and you’re just thinking it’s way too late to start my work now. You tell yourself, "I can always do it first thing in the morning. So let’s just start season two of 'Orange is the New Black.' I’m sure Piper won't mind."

Problem #2: Good ol' naps

There are two kinds of naps: the “in between class nap” and the “I’m done with classes, but need a nap before I start working” naps. Just in case you’re not familiar, I’ll give you two examples.

Here's the first kind of nap: You have an 8:00, but your next class doesn’t start till 11:00. You put in your mind that you'll just go back to your room and make sure you’ve completed all your assignments for your next class.

Once you get to your room, however, you say, "What’s that, bed? You’re lonely? No problem. I’ll fix that." You take a nap for two hours, then it’s time to go to your 11:00. Let’s hope you didn’t have any assignments to turn in, because you definitely didn’t check. But, that nap was indeed great.

Here's the second kind of nap: You tell yourself, "It’s been such a long day that I need a nap before I start my homework. If it's 3:00 now, I’ll get up around 4:30. Look at me trying to plan my nap. Let’s see if this actually works." In the voice of the "Spongebob" narrator, 4 hour later, you’ve accomplished nothing. Wondering how you’ve slept so long, you get hungry find something to eat, find something to watch on Netflix, and then take another nap, because you can always do your homework tomorrow.

So, yes, you know why you’re failing.