Reflections on an Interesting Quarter

Overall this quarter I had fun in class but the homework was not so fun. I finally found out what my teachers are looking for in the body paragraphs. I hadn't understood this before because the papers were so ling that I just had to do them and be done. I couldn't sit and think about every single thing I was saying for any length of time because I never had enough time but when we wrote the picture and movie analysis papers, particularly the picture. I had time to think about them because I knew that I only had one paragraph to write. Because of this I was relaxed and I was able to think clearer.

The one thing that I still need to work on is three part thesis statements. I understand what I am supposed do but when I actually sit down to write one I get completely confused. This is mostly because I am stressed about the amount of stuff i have to write and look up. It would be nice if I could find a way to make long papers like the short ones but I will always know in the back of my mind that I still have a long paper to write not just one paragraph so I will still be stressed. I have to admit though that this is not my only problem. My other problem is procrastination. For example right now. I am supposed to be getting sources for my upcoming paper but instead I am spending extra long on my blog assignment meaning that I will get to bed later and become more sleep deprived and then become even less productive. What a horrible cycle to be stuck in. You procrastinate and so you get less sleep meaning everything takes you longer plus you still procrastinate so you go to bed progressively later and therefore you do everything even slower.