Staying on Task

I am indeed finding that getting distracted while do a research paper by getting info for another research paper really is the best way to go if you are like me.  I am certainly going to apply this method every chance I get. :)

Distraction

I have two papers due this week, and I still have yet to start one of them.  Honestly, I don't even know how I managed to get as much down on paper as I have today.  I gave up on the idea of "being a writer" when I realized I would never get anything finished because of my anal retentive ways convincing me that what I liked while writing it, became shit by the time I read it over a few days later.  I think I've also forgotten quite a bit of my once fairly impressive vocabulary.  My ability to retain information has been failing me as of late.
Ugh. Back to the grind.

A First For Everything

I am sitting here at the library writing my English paper when it dawns on me, this is actually the first college paper I have ever written.  Even in high school I only did 3 papers at the most, and they were all 2 page book reviews. All of the writing I have done in the past ten or so years has really just been rambling, unedited babble.    Now that I am aware of the critical eye my writing will have on it, I must admit, I am a little nervous.  I've already had some great feedback at home. Though this means that now I find myself being overly critical of every comma I even consider placing.
I realize it has been a long time since I was in an official learning environment, but I still have high expectations of myself.  I am trying hard not to be too disappointed with myself for  thus far failing to achieve the standard I set for myself.