Thursday, March 20, 2008

When I Write

First and formost I have really bad ADD especially when comes to sitting down and writing any sort of paper. It is very difficult for me to focus on the prompt and I have to really try and stay focused on what I am writing. What I usually do is go to the library with a pen and notebook only. I copy the prompt on the first page of my notebook and begin to write. Usually it takes me around an hour or two to find where I want to go with my paper. Normally my papers do not need resources and it is all previous knowledge. For this last assignment I had to go to a computer to get my information and that caused me to have many delays. I really need to focus on the assignment at hand and not going to other random sights and that is a problem of mine when I use a computer. Ideally I should have printed off all of the information I needed and then took that away from anything that could distract me and just sit down and write. However that is not what I did and my work usually reflects my attention that I have when I am doing it. In the future I need to go somewhere that doesn't distract me and ideally that would be a room that is barren besides a desk and the bare essentials. I need to use cubicles in the library because I get distracted by other people doing little things and it is very counter productive.

When I Write