Project 2 Reflection: Procrastination

 
    For my English 101 project 2, I only have one word: Procrastination. The guidelines for project 2 were pretty simple; make an annotated map of the ASU campus with a synopsis of 800 words and choose 4 locations on the map and write 300 word on them totaling 2000 words and include a work cited page, and visuals of the location. I choose to do my annotated map on how ASU provides the best for its incoming freshmen. My choice of subject, I thought, was really good, it gave me a lot of options on the four locations which made it pretty easy. Unfortunately I suffer from procrastinationitus (not a certified disease yet). Procrastinating was my ultimate downfall in this paper. It all started with the rough draft. Professor L gave us more than enough time to work on the project and submit the rough draft but the procrastination reared its ugly head and I found my self working on the rough draft right until i submitted it at 11:59. Another problem I had with the paper was getting all the ideas in my head on paper and making my ideas clear. This caused problems with my thesis. I kept getting confused on how i was suppose to incorporate it into the work and how to get an argument on wether it was good/bad had me confused too.  But after the peer reviews of the rough draft, the feedback helped me a little. Something I feel like I did well on would have to be choosing locations and arguing my thesis on them. This allowed me to just state my voice and how I feel. Also another element of this project I feel like I succeeded at would have to be creating a blog that anyone from around the world can look at and understand and know what i am talking about. All in all, I learned from this project that I really need to stop procrastinating. What I  will take from this project that will help me in the future will be to not procrastinate and will help me on other projects that may include a blog. For example, I want to become a high school history teacher, so for one of my lessons, I could create a history blog for my students and create an annotated map of pre WWII europe and write little posts on locations. This will be a lesson plan that I will actually use in my job after i graduate. This project was relatively easier than the first project because it allowed us to be more creative and fun.