Writing never
has been my forte. I’ve never been able to write much, or make it appealing to
an audience. It’s just not something I particularly enjoy. I suppose that
thinking that way is my downfall. If I do not believe in myself, then how will
anyone else believe in me? This journal assignment has really pushed me to
think a lot more about what I should write about. I have struggled to come up
with ideas, as I’m sure you’ll see. I contemplate what I should say; if what I
am saying is even making sense. I talk more to myself, arguing that it’s not
coming together, or that it’s stupid.
I feel that making entries every day was a
serious task to accomplish. It felt as if there was so much writing to do that
it was very frightening for me. Obviously, I was not able to accomplish this
task, but now wish I had pushed myself further to do so. I should have sat down
with a pen and paper and wrote down things that I did throughout the day so I
would remember what to write about. That would have been a great place for me
to start now that I think about it. It’s too bad that I don’t think about these
handy tips until it is too late. That’s just another fault of my own.
If you were to
ask me what my favorite part about the journal entries has been, I would say
it’s that we had the opportunity to talk about topics of our own choosing. The
problem is I have a lot of things to talk about, but just do not know how to
get it out. I know that this assignment was supposed to help me practice fixing
that issue. I do plan to continue with this assignment far after it is done. I
will take advantage of the tools I have been given and further my writing
skills as many ways that I can. I plan to use my blog to continue with journal
entries during and after the school year. Hopefully doing this will help me further
gain fluency. All in all, I have seen significant change in my writing. Not
just from this assignment, but from all of them together.
