Unit 5 The Writing Process

My personal writing process is very informal and casual.  My favorite technique is the free writing or the brainstorming, where I write down everything that comes to my mind in no particular order.  When I do this it is easier for me to get all of my ideas down as fast as I can without blocking myself by the "Judge."  After reading that chapter on the artist and the judge it made a lot of sense to me about when I have writers block and why.  So if I try to write in a very structured style such as a formal outline in the early stages of writing I definitely self doubt myself and criticize myself to the point that nothing is good enough and my thoughts turn blank.  One of my academic challenges thus far has definitely been time management.  If I can procrastinate I normally will, it is not the easiest for me to set up strong schedules and stick to them, I have a terrible memory and tend to forget classes and assignments, and once a habit forms it's difficult for me to change it.  For example right now I take Wednesday and sometimes Thursday off from doing school work, Friday and Saturday I get the initial discussion post turned in and maybe some other assignments, if something is going on I'll take the weekend off from doing school work as well (It's been a long time since I've had weekends off), then Monday and Tuesday I'll get the last of the school work done and turned in.  This schedule however leads to a lot of time not spent on school work and a lot of time spent doing school work the day before and the day of that the school work is due, which most times leads to unnecessary stress.  So far school up to this point in time has been very rewarding.  I have always loved to read and learn and am very passionate about nutrition and health
so it is nice to finally been in college after 4/5 years of waiting for the opportunity.  So far I have earned great grades and am on the dean's honor roll list, and my goal is to make the honors list every term.  My friends and family are all very proud and extremely supportive because they know I can do it and I'm on the path for my goals in life.  Okay well I would write more but my husband and I are in the middle of the last day of living in the CA Desert and we still have much to do before we leave tomorrow morning for WA.