Personal Narrative: My Writing Procedures

So far this year, I felt pretty satisfied with my progress this semester. I feel like I am slowly adapting to the new way papers and assignments are handled. All my college work depends solely on me now. No one is going to baby me anymore and whether I succeed or fail depends on how much effort I put into something. For the first time in my life I wrote a paper. Not just a five paragraph essay but actual pages, which is extremely challenging. It’s also been my first time studying for five hours straight so I can pass an actual test. I didn’t know I possessed this level of dedication, it’s probably because it isn’t free.
Back in high school I would learn the material in class and wing it the next day. The amount of reading material is very

intense, in the past three weeks combining my two classes I probably read about four hundred pages so far. I did take dual enrollment for two years back in high school and I read a couple hundred pages but it’s nothing compared to what I’ve done this month. Although it’s a lot I am not overwhelmed by it quiet yet. It is difficult when you fall behind, I can see why a lot of people would become stressed out. But when I think about it, I have it easy right now- I can’t imagine what a full time schedule is going to be like.
Action steps that I can take to improve my performance is staying on top of all my assignments. I already missed a few assignments and started some extremely late. I’m used to the teacher telling us when homework is due know for next semester I need to buy a calendar board and have a visual aid of all the work that needs to be done. The most important thing that I can do achieve success is to fight off procrastination Start on my homework early instead. Every day I should work on an assignment just a little.
Also I only seriously studied for a test once since I got here, it was my first philosophy exam. I studied and got an A, granted it was an open notes test. However, if I continued to study earnestly, my testing grades will definitely improve. I can also try taking more notes in class. At first I couldn’t figure out what information was important and what was not. After taking the midterm now I know what I should be looking for.
My goal is to get straight A’s for this semester. I’m not too dedicated to that, an A and B will be just as fine. At the beginning of the semester I didn’t have any major goals, I just knew I wanted to do well. Now I finally came to the point where I can be detailed about what I want to accomplish. I want to achieve maximum points for my assignments from now on, and get an A on both of my final exams. I can say I am on track because I haven’t missed an assignment since last week. I studied for my philosophy exam and I felt like I did well on the test. I am also prepared for all the upcoming assignments because I reviewed them beforehand.
Overall I am very happy with the way I am adapting to all these new changes. Sure once and awhile I have a setback like forgetting to do homework. Or wanting to go out and hang with friends instead of studying. But for a month of rapid change I think I’m doing an amazing job with keeping us with the pace of things. I found out that the library is an amazing place to study instead of working in my room because I get distracted so often. Or working in study groups can be beneficial when you’re surrounded by people who actually know what they are doing. I also am very interested in going to UCF resources like the writing center or tutoring to help me with any other additional issues that I have.