My Writing Habits

Dear Diary,

So, I wrote another Personal Evaluation for my AP Lit class...it's about, well, my writing habits (the title already gave away the secret! : P). Without further adieu....my paper, ladies and gents.

Love (always),

me <3

Food and Music

      My ideal set-up for paper writing is probably the opposite of what is thought to be an ideal set-up. On my desk, a glass and a can of Pepsi sit next to my flat-screen monitor to the left along with a pile of CD cases. A plate of pita chips and hummus are to the right of my monitor. As for me, you ask? I am sitting here with my metallic blue Skullcandy earbuds, which completely block out the tapping of the keys on my keyboard, and listening to one of my Youtube playlists.

            When I write a paper, you will always see food on my desk, and I mean always. It is weird, actually, because it helps keep me on track. It does not give me the excuse “…but Mom, I’m hungry” to get up from my computer. The downside to this is that the food itself can become distracting. So, eating food when I am writing a paper? It is probably not the greatest habit, but there are probably worse to have.

            Listening to music is the other main habit that I have while writing a paper. Music is not as distracting to me as you would think it to be. I actually think the music helps me concentrate; silence lets my mind wander. I keep it low enough so that it just becomes background noise and I keep my playlists on shuffle so that I do not have to keep pulling Youtube up to change the song. Listening to music while I am writing a paper? Well, it is probably not the best habit to have, but I think that as long as I am continuing to write, it is alright. Mind you, I would not pull out my iPod in the middle of the AP exam (you cannot bring them anyway), but it helps me concentrate when writing class assignments.

            Eating food and listening to music probably are not the most typical habits that come to mind when writing habits are thought about. However, they are two activities that help me keep on track while writing a paper. Although not the greatest habits, I am glad I have not formed worse habits than the ones I have.