I know I am starting off topic, but does anyone else’s Microsoft word automatically start off with the font “Calibri”. Mine does and I have no idea why, one would think since it is in MLA format it would automatically do “Times New Roman”, but no not mine. Now time to start the real point of all this.
I have learned a great deal from the RPs that we have throughout this semester. At first when I would read them I would be bored and would put them off until the day it was due or the day before it was due. I started enjoying some of the articles that we read and I would end up doing the assignments the way that was suggested to us so we did not feel overwhelmed.
Through the readings and having to answer the questions, I know my writing has gotten stronger and that I am better at supporting my answer with facts from the article.
I have not learned anything that I did not know already about myself. I know that I procrastinate too long. I even do this with going to bed, which is why I am still up, with writing papers, I even procrastinate with waking up. I will set my alarm for a normal time then I will hit snooze about six times, and on my clock that is 54 minutes that I could have just set my alarm to in the first place. But then I would have probably hit snooze again anyways out of habit.
I learned that I am definitely a creature of habit, I did all my assignments in the same order. The one I was most comfortable with first and then they rest I put off until I could not put it off any longer.
This class has taught me to set myself goals because when I make goals for myself to have work done at a certain time I usually have it done by then. The goal that I am giving myself is tomorrow when my alarm goes off I will only hit my snooze three maybe four times. It is a slow process, I just cannot all the sudden be a morning person especially at six in the morning. It really is wrong, by the way, for Antelope Valley College to start a class before eight in the morning, what were they thinking?! More like what was I thinking for taking a class that early?
I know that I ramble a lot, but I noticed because of this class the more I ramble the more likely I am to stumble upon something good in my writing, but then again sometimes when I read over it, I find myself asking “what the hell were you thinking, Cherstin?”
This class taught me that I should stick to my science classes because I know the information like the back of my hand, but it also taught me that I know how to rise to the challenge and for me at some points this class was a challenge.
Ah, procrastination. I like your example of the alarm clock. That’s something that my boyfriend does, except he does it on purpose. His alarm goes off at 3:30AM, but he doesn’t need to be up until 4:00, so for half an hour between 3:30 and 4:00 there is a really annoying ringtone going off. I never understood this. I would just set my alarm at 4:00 and get up because it’s an extra 30 minutes of uninterrupted sleep.
ReplyDeleteMy mom explained to me that he probably does this to ready himself. Like baby steps to getting out of bed. Maybe that’s what you’re doing as well. It seems like it in the way that you explain how you do your work. You do the easy stuff first and keep the less enjoyable stuff for last. You do your work in baby steps until you just have to leap. Not that there is anything wrong with that, but if it stresses you out I do wish you luck in doing things in a more organized way. :) Good luck with your goals and congrats on making it through this semester alive!