I will get an assignment and think ok I have some time and I will procrastinate until a day or two before it’s due. I always manages to forget something at the last minute. Not printing out papers that could help me with the assignment. See my husband works 11-7 so I’m in charge of stopping fights physical and verbal, homework, baths and dinner. Usually I’m at the computer and feeding the baby or cooking. Sometime I even have to feed my youngest daughter because she tends to play with her food to avoid going to sleep after. After dinner I get the two little ones in the tub, lotion down and PJs up and off to bed. No we don’t read a book because my kids thinks they know everything they want to turn the pages and try to read and fight over who’s going to turn the pages. I say goodnight to the girls and get back to work. The baby is my teal he’s always two steps behind me. He don’t want to miss nothing I guess. I sit at the computer cracks my knuckles (not really but in my head I do) start looking at all the work I have to do and see the time is later than I thought. I get going and now my son is tired and ready for bed but not without me. So I put him in my lap and try to rock him. The light from the computer and the noise from me typing on the keyboard distracts him, now he thinks it’s a toy and wants to play too. He’s adding unwanted letters and deleting needed ones. Every effort to stop him is leading to him crying because all he really want is for us to go get in the bed and sleep (yes we co-sleep don’t judge me). At this very moment I start to think how much easier life would be if I went to school before having children. At this point I’m willing let him have his way so I put the laptop away and rock him to sleep. When he falls asleep I can’t lay him down right away so I have to type with him on my chest. As I’m doing this I’m telling myself, Rosetta next time just start sooner.
I believe I can become a better writer I just need to work on my time management skills. Becoming a better writer is achievable with these 6 steps:
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Samantha Hawkins
1/31/2017 09:23:42 pm
I love your steps, especially where you wrote, "Leave enough time for someone else to check your work." I agree with this because when you have other people read over your work, they can see little mistakes that you can easily miss and you can end up getting a better grade.
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Rosetta Irving
2/1/2017 02:33:57 pm
Thank you, yes four eyes are deffinately better than two.
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Sabatino
2/1/2017 06:14:23 am
I enjoyed reading this post. I laughed a few different times…especially when you talked about cracking your knuckles "in your head." This entry shows a writer who has many of life's responsibilities pulling her in many different directions. I hope you can construct a process that helps you to be productive as a writer and thinker. I look forward to reading more of your work.
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Rosetta irving
2/1/2017 02:31:50 pm
I'm glad I made you laugh a lil. I'm really enjoying this approch to writing. Looking forward to becoming a better writer.
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JEAN BADOU
2/2/2017 12:41:00 am
I like this sentence which is your second step for becoming a better writer. "Do a little each day so I’m not overwhelmed in the end." I think most student, sometimes tend to do their homework or writing assignment at the last minute which is not a good way and this my case.
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Rosetta Irving
2/13/2017 11:16:38 am
Yes mines as well, I'm really making it my priority to get school work done ahead of time.
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Maeve
2/2/2017 04:38:08 am
These are great steps to becoming a better writer! I really liked how you listed them flat out and you're right always "better safe then sorry"
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Rosetta Irving
2/13/2017 11:17:54 am
Yes always!!!
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