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This is the sound of my brain right now as it reaches maximum information consumption. I'm in the home stretch of school - finally. Today was the last exercise physiology lab, possibly the most time consuming lab reports I have ever done... they constantly pushed me to my limit (mostly of focus) and I felt very frustrated by the end, especially knowing another one would need to be started in the next three hours. I literally felt like I was doing some kind of lab marathon... ironically most of the information was about metabolism related to sports performance (thus the reference to "maximum information consumption" earlier). I've decided to compare how my brain feels to exercise physiology. So I pushed really hard in the last few days to complete big lab assignment. I was pushed to work above thinking threshold 2 where rate of mental work (fatigue) is equal to rate of recovery. This caused me to accumulate fatigue (probably explaining why I am writing this blog and drinking a huge hot chocolate right now) since recovery rate was less than mental work. This is okay once in awhile because it's like training for speed or doing interval training - push really hard and improve rate of mental work to time available. However, the greater mental work capacity you have, the higher the workload before you reach thinking threshold 2. Work capacity is influenced by your coping abilities (stress reduction strategies, time management, etc.). A mental marathon requires this base to put forth the best work in the shortest amount of time. But coping strategies can only be practiced if 70% of training is below thinking threshold 2 or even below thinking threshold 1 (where recovery time exceeds mental work - aka relaxation). If a person was to be chronically exposed to interval training they would burn out. Their capacity to endure the mental marathon would be reduced. This my friends, is why you shouldn't procrastinate.