Using food delivery as motivation to finish readings.
USING FOOD DELIVERY AS MOTIVATION TO FINISH READINGS.
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We’ve all been there, whether it was late night in the library or early morning in your dorm, navigating a sea of textbooks. The Ivy grind is a unique beast, a marathon of meticulously color-coded notes, intense discussions, and let’s be honest, those moments of quiet desperation crying in the stacks. It’s a shared rite of passage, a badge of honor forged in relentless academic pursuit.
And what fueled us through those seemingly endless hours? Beyond cold coffee and sheer willpower, it was often the strategic deployment of study snacks and survival food. Remember those hastily assembled concoctions or the comfort of a greasy pizza after a particularly brutal problem set? For many, food delivery became less about convenience and more about pure, unadulterated motivation.
“Just finish this chapter, and that ramen is mine.” “One more hour on this paper, and the sushi arrives.” The ping of the delivery notification became a powerful deadline, a delicious carrot dangled after hours of intellectual heavy lifting. It wasn't just sustenance; it was a psychological tool, a small, tangible reward for pushing past exhaustion. It turned the last few pages of dense reading into a sprint towards a culinary finish line. Even now, as graduates, that ingrained discipline, often accompanied by the quiet thrill of an incoming delivery, is a familiar echo of those demanding, yet formative, years.