"Over-committed" is a word which frequently comes up when talking about today's students. Perhaps this would be a helpful tool in getting students to think about their schedules.
An amusing letter about maintaining focus in the "always-on" mobile network environment. I fear, though, that if first-years actually saw this, it would read as something between "eat your broccoli" and "get off my lawn." (In fact, I fear it reads that way to staff and faculty too.)
Good conversation about the ways in which we can use the study of memory and motivation to help us and our students follow through on our intentions to work and study well.