As I have come to the end of writing all of my freewriting blogs for about a month, I have discovered some good and bad things about my writing skills. Either way, I have still grown as a writer, and out of the month of freewriting every single day has really helped me when it comes to knowing what things to say. Now I know how to put words together and not have to worry about how they sound because I can always edit them later if they really need it.
When I first began my freewriting blogs, it was always hard for me to find something to even start writing about. I would sit for at least ten minutes each time just trying to find a topic to start putting on paper. Now that I have written every day for the past month, it is a little bit easier for me to find what to say. Sometimes I still have a little bit of trouble finding a topic, but once I find something, I know exactly what I am going to say, and I never have the moments where I just sit and forget what to say in the same sentence. My sentences fit together nicely for the most part, and the only time that I have to pause is because I feel like I typed something wrong.
Since the blogs are not really a formal type of writing, punctuation has been something that I have somewhat forgotten about. In the beginning, I would put commas in all the right places, along with apostrophes. When I got closer and closer to the end of freewriting assignment, it is like I stopped caring about all of the punctuation, and did not care as much about what everything sounded like. I figured that I would be the only one reading my blogs anyway, so as long as I could understand everything, that was all that mattered to me. When I do actual assignments, I still use punctuation, however. I guess it was just strictly for the blogs that I had decided to quit.
Comparing how I used to write to how I write now, I would say that I am tons better now. Ever since I have started freewriting, all of my words just fall out on to the paper, and I hardly ever have problems with coming up with something to say. Even when I have conversations with people, I can say what I want better than before. Freewriting has really impacted my life in a way that I never thought something could, and it was definitely one of the best assignments that I have ever had.
Sunday, March 2, 2014
Saturday, March 1, 2014
freewriting 3-1-14
The biggest problem that I always have whenever it is time for me to freewrite is finding something to even write about. I am an extremely indecisive person so it makes my life actually pretty hard sometimes. The reason I can't make decisions is because I don't want to make anybody mad. Even though everyone tells me that they will never get angry from a decision I make, I can't help but always end up making them decide for me.
Choosing something to eat is probably my biggest challenge. Ever time that my boyfriend and I are hungry and want to actually go out to eat, he always asks me what I am hungry for. I almost always reply back with "I don't know, what do you want to eat". When he tells me "I asked you first.." then I just give him multiple choices and let him pick from those.
I understand that it is more frustrating to not get a specific answer, but I can't help that I can't make decisions. I am getting a little better at choosing what to do, but for the most part, I am still having a pretty hard time when people ask me what I want to do for the day or where I want to go.
Sometimes I feel like I need to have some sort of class that teaches people how to make decisions. The fact that I can't make decisions unfortunately makes it hard to have fun with people. Things will usually turn into an argument because I never decide something to do.
Choosing something to eat is probably my biggest challenge. Ever time that my boyfriend and I are hungry and want to actually go out to eat, he always asks me what I am hungry for. I almost always reply back with "I don't know, what do you want to eat". When he tells me "I asked you first.." then I just give him multiple choices and let him pick from those.
I understand that it is more frustrating to not get a specific answer, but I can't help that I can't make decisions. I am getting a little better at choosing what to do, but for the most part, I am still having a pretty hard time when people ask me what I want to do for the day or where I want to go.
Sometimes I feel like I need to have some sort of class that teaches people how to make decisions. The fact that I can't make decisions unfortunately makes it hard to have fun with people. Things will usually turn into an argument because I never decide something to do.
freewriting 2-28-14
Tattoos are one of those things that I feel like almost everyone will have by around 2050. I just think that more and more people are becoming understanding of tattoos and that they don't make someone a bad person just for having them.
I actually read an article the other day that said they will eventually be coming out with video tattoos. I personally think that it is a really dumb idea and that everyone would get tired of watching the same video over and over again that is tattooed on their arm or leg or wherever. Then again, most people don't get tired of their tattoos of pictures or words.
I can't understand why people hate other people with tattoos. It is just a judging problem that todays world has. How I see it, is that people need to just do what they want and go through life the way that they want to. If someone else's opinion matters so much to where you can't even do what you want in life, those people need to be erased from your life.
As of right now, I don't have any tattoos. I really am wanting to get a few of them though. The only thing that I am even scared about is the fact that it might not turn out the exact way that I want it to.
I actually read an article the other day that said they will eventually be coming out with video tattoos. I personally think that it is a really dumb idea and that everyone would get tired of watching the same video over and over again that is tattooed on their arm or leg or wherever. Then again, most people don't get tired of their tattoos of pictures or words.
I can't understand why people hate other people with tattoos. It is just a judging problem that todays world has. How I see it, is that people need to just do what they want and go through life the way that they want to. If someone else's opinion matters so much to where you can't even do what you want in life, those people need to be erased from your life.
As of right now, I don't have any tattoos. I really am wanting to get a few of them though. The only thing that I am even scared about is the fact that it might not turn out the exact way that I want it to.
Thursday, February 27, 2014
freewriting 2-27-14
As of today, it is exactly one month until I turn twenty. I am really excited, but at the same time, I am kind of sad too. The fact that I will no longer be a teenager makes me a little unhappy because most people say that being a teenager is the best years of everyone's life and to live life to the fullest and just have a ton of fun while I still can. I can honestly say that I have made it this far in life without drinking any alcohol, smoking cigarettes or anything else. Everything that is considered bad for your health, I have not done.
It isn't the fact that I am a lame person or anything like that. The reason I don't do those things is literally because I am just fine without them and I can't see the point in harming my body, even one time, just to have a "good time". Everyone that I have ever seen drink, always ends up regretting how much they drank because of all the puke that ends up on the floor, and on their face. Hangovers don't seem like the funnest thing in the world either, and they definitely don't make drinking seem worth it.
Smoking can't even have a benefit. It is just bad for you all the way around and there is apparently no fun in it anyway. I guess it is supposed to calm people down when they are stressed out. The only thing I can say to that is, get a stress ball, don't start smoking! I like my lungs just the way they are. For all I know, they're getting black from all the second hand smoke that I am around.
I know that it is best to live life and have fun while I still can, but I can have fun without drinking or smoking. Most people don't think it is possible, but most people also fall into peer pressure at a young age and get started in early on all that bad stuff. Thankfully, even if I were to somehow change my mind about doing all of those things, I don't have an addictive personality, so I think I would be one of the lucky ones that would not get addicted. I would just rather not do it and be safe than sorry.
It isn't the fact that I am a lame person or anything like that. The reason I don't do those things is literally because I am just fine without them and I can't see the point in harming my body, even one time, just to have a "good time". Everyone that I have ever seen drink, always ends up regretting how much they drank because of all the puke that ends up on the floor, and on their face. Hangovers don't seem like the funnest thing in the world either, and they definitely don't make drinking seem worth it.
Smoking can't even have a benefit. It is just bad for you all the way around and there is apparently no fun in it anyway. I guess it is supposed to calm people down when they are stressed out. The only thing I can say to that is, get a stress ball, don't start smoking! I like my lungs just the way they are. For all I know, they're getting black from all the second hand smoke that I am around.
I know that it is best to live life and have fun while I still can, but I can have fun without drinking or smoking. Most people don't think it is possible, but most people also fall into peer pressure at a young age and get started in early on all that bad stuff. Thankfully, even if I were to somehow change my mind about doing all of those things, I don't have an addictive personality, so I think I would be one of the lucky ones that would not get addicted. I would just rather not do it and be safe than sorry.
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
freewriting 2-26-14
For one of our assignments we are supposed to pick 5 of our favorite words and also define them in a way that we think that they should be defined. So far I only know of two words that I am going to use and they are love and squish. Now some people can understand why I would choose the word love, but squish on the other hand is a bit odd.
I don't see how anyone could hate the word squish. I mean, it is a super fun word to even say. The fact that it literally means what is spelled out makes it even better. When I hear the squish sound I just laugh because it is just a unique noise.
Love, on the other hand, I feel like is going to be a word that most of my classmates will use in this assignment. I think that more girls will use it than guys just for the simple fact that it is more considered of a girly word, rather than a masculine word.
Masculine and feminine words are something that I never grasped in Spanish class in high school. I think it is partially because I didn't really understand what we were talking about seeing how I was learning a whole new language. In English, everything seems a lot easier to understand, so I don't really see why some people say that it is the hardest language to learn. I bet that Chinese is probably the hardest language to learn.
I don't see how anyone could hate the word squish. I mean, it is a super fun word to even say. The fact that it literally means what is spelled out makes it even better. When I hear the squish sound I just laugh because it is just a unique noise.
Love, on the other hand, I feel like is going to be a word that most of my classmates will use in this assignment. I think that more girls will use it than guys just for the simple fact that it is more considered of a girly word, rather than a masculine word.
Masculine and feminine words are something that I never grasped in Spanish class in high school. I think it is partially because I didn't really understand what we were talking about seeing how I was learning a whole new language. In English, everything seems a lot easier to understand, so I don't really see why some people say that it is the hardest language to learn. I bet that Chinese is probably the hardest language to learn.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
freewriting 2-25-14
I recently decided that I wanted to start getting ready for summer. Working out was my top priority, but a lot of the time when I work out, I give up really fast because I want immediate results. So far I have been working out for about a month, and I am seeing a little bit of a difference. A few days ago I decided that I wanted to start tanning as well, that way when summer comes, I don't burn every single time I am out in the sun, plus, when I am tan, my self-esteem gets a pretty big boost.
Tanning helps with getting rid of acne, whether it be just by healing it, or just making it less noticeable from having a darker complexion. One of my favorite things about tanning is that it makes my skin tone actually even, and because of that, I don't feel the need to wear as much makeup. Since I don't wear as much makeup when I am tan, my skin gets even better because I don't have to deal with makeup clogging all of my pores and ruining my skin even more than it already was.
The only downfall of tanning is that it can cause cancer. The way I look at it though, is that basically everything has been said to cause cancer these days. In my health class from a few semesters ago, we were taught that a person would have to eat around a thousand pieces of bacon a day for months before it would actually kill them. Where as in magazines and everything else, they strictly say "bacon causes heart disease". Obviously it does, but not in tiny amounts.
Since I am a pretty pale person in the first place, I know that I am not going to tan every single day of the week. I would like to, don't get me wrong, but I don't want to look abnormally dark. When I get a decent amount of tan going on, I am going to quit and just wait for the summer sun to roll around.
freewriting 2-24-14
One of the hardest things for me to do is to stay motivated when I decide to start something new in my life. Working out should be something that we do daily, but as for me, I always seem to find excuses and think that I don't need to work out. Every now and then, I'll get little spurts of energy to where I want to start to work out. I'll stick with my workouts for about a month and then once I feel good enough, I just quit doing everything that I have done. I need to start actually sticking with my workouts instead of quitting when I feel like I feel and look good enough, that way I can continue to be healthy.
Some people are the same exact way as me with not staying motivated, and I wish that all of us could just find something that would help us out. Unfortunately, everyone is different, and only some things work with some people. I feel like if I start setting an alarm on my phone that is just for working out, I think that I might actually stick with it. Then again, I might just hit the snooze button twelve times until I eventually just decide to do something else with my day instead of work out.
My favorite thing to work out, like most people I would guess, is my stomach. I don't know what it is about loving the feeling of my stomach burning and hurting a few days after a workout, but I just love it. Maybe that's why I can stick to working out for a little while at a time. I just wish that I could find something that will allow me to work out practically every single day for the rest of my life, or at least until I lose the ability to be able to work out.
Some people are the same exact way as me with not staying motivated, and I wish that all of us could just find something that would help us out. Unfortunately, everyone is different, and only some things work with some people. I feel like if I start setting an alarm on my phone that is just for working out, I think that I might actually stick with it. Then again, I might just hit the snooze button twelve times until I eventually just decide to do something else with my day instead of work out.
My favorite thing to work out, like most people I would guess, is my stomach. I don't know what it is about loving the feeling of my stomach burning and hurting a few days after a workout, but I just love it. Maybe that's why I can stick to working out for a little while at a time. I just wish that I could find something that will allow me to work out practically every single day for the rest of my life, or at least until I lose the ability to be able to work out.
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