Essay writing stinks.
Current Mood:
Tired
After hours and days of writing my essay, I’ve done one thing over and over again. Get distracted. This is why I need to be locked in a white room with nothing but my notes for the essay, a pad of paper, pen/pencil, table and a chair. I admit I dont usually get distracted this easily. Normally with all the noise and a tv in front, I can write a paper hours non-stop. Now with all the mess in my room, a desktop in front of me, I can just as easily go to facebook, check emails, go to msn and surf before I can even concentrate on whatever it is I am doing. :sowhat: Clearly this sucks. Next month once exams starts rolling in, I cannot be here. I can no longer concentrate at home because there’s my sister constantly yelling and a desktop pc that will tempt me to go to the sites that I usually go to.
I am clearly doomed… :ashamed: Speaking of which I don’t think my essay will end up being 10 pages as required by the prof. I always do this. I end up writing 2 pages short of what’s required. Last time I wrote an essay I ended up writing 6 pages instead of 8. That was after coming up with so-called clever ways to make it longer. Change the font, change the size, change the margin.. Still it was not enough. It’s happening again. I wish I had a class where there was no requirement on how long an essay has to be. That would make my life a tad easier… Therefore I don’t have to worry that it’s too damn short. :irked:
I am the same way. I get so distracted when I’m doing my homework. Something that should only take me an hour and a half takes me like 3 days to write. It sucks.
Oh that happened to me a lot. When I would have to study, do homework or essays, I get easily distracted too! I have to do something besides that. I often listened to the radio while doing it. :heart:
I know what you are talking about. I usually feel the same. I just can’t concentrate on what I have to do when there is my computer next to me or many things lying around. =/ That’s horrible, because I really have to learn. I hope you’ll get done with your essay!!!
LOL @ The essay tricks. I remember I used to do those sometimes. I could never really write essays unless I was under extreme pressure. The best thing to do is to break your ideas up into parts and brainstorm about each part then jot down your ideas. I know that sounds so elementary, but believe me, it works!
I have to listen to music while doing homework or I get really sleepy. But my problem is that I tend to lay down on the bed while doing it. But anyways, it still gets done
It’s really hard to make the minimum number of pages, mainly cause that requires more analysis and by the time we are done and realize we need more pages, we have no more ideas. Good luck with everything.
I always procrastinate until the last moment too and I’m always getting distracted. I do hope you’re able to get it done.
I know what you mean. I used to be able to sit in my room witht he radio blasting and write a great essay. But today with the internet at the tip of my fingers every second (my laptop, desktop, and my cellphone) I am easliy distracted.
i have the habit of getting distracted really easy also.usually the t.v. or the phone is what gets me lol.good luck with your classes.