About Me

        My name is Josh Adkison, and I am from a tiny town called Hurley, MS, which is thirty miles west of Mobile.  I am a Secondary Education English major here at South.  I chose education because I have always had a passion for English and Literature, and I also would like to coach one day.  I came to South Alabama right after high school because it was close enough to home that I didn't have to pay for campus living.  When I left high school I had never really had to study before, and I carried those habits to college; this didn't end well.  I was then forced to relocate to a glorious institution called Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College.  After a year there I was ready to embark on a second tour of duty at South Alabama, and it has gone better this time around.  When I first came back I was a nursing major, but I quickly discovered that would not be my ideal future.  That left me with education, which I then realized is what I had wanted all along.  It just took a ridiculously long time to figure that out.
       I have several hobbies that fill my days.  I play a good bit of basketball, which is also what I would like to coach one day.  I also like reading, playing video games, cooking, and watching sports.  It is a pretty crazy lifestyle, but I manage.

Time Management

       Randy Pausch's speech on time management actually has some very good pointers and tips.  I have always had a serious problem with time management and.  Obviously I am a world-class procrastinator because of the fact that this post is running exceedingly close to the deadline; however, I am attempting to improve my time management skills everyday.  The one aspect I will try to incorporate from Pausch's speech is the frog analogy.  Most of the time when I have a list of tasks to complete I start with the easiest, which causes me to put off the most difficult, and in life generally the most difficult tasks are also the most important.