As this class comes to an end, I look back across the time we shared together and I can’t help but feel saddened by this conclusion. This class has made me realize many things about myself, one of the biggest being the fact that my biggest hindrance in not only class but life is myself. I’m not sure whether it stems from a lack of confidence in my own writing or too much confidence, so much so that I feel that my work needs no editing but I have continuously proven to myself that I am a professional self saboteur. Sadly, although I have been unable to specifically target exactly what is causing me to act this way I can say with absolute certainty that this class has helped my writing immensely.
Although I wasn’t always happy with the final products of work that I submitted for this class in retrospect I can see a world’s difference between my writing from September and my writing currently. One problem that I wasn’t able to tackle this semester was my usual foe, time management. This has always been a frustration of mine because I know that I am a smart young man but, I just can’t seem to be able to properly manage myself; no matter how much time or preparation I put into creating a schedule for myself and getting ahead of my work the tide of life always feels like it’s overwhelming me. This semester I came to the resolution that the only way I will get better is to properly prioritize my life. Although this is a very simple idea it’s surprising how many people honestly don’t implement this within their life regularly (me including). Taking self-responsibility even during the last month and a half of the semester has made me realize how easy life at college can be if it stop worrying about FOMO and learn how to properly draw lines between different parts of my life.
English Majors Practising Criticism