As the spring semester comes to an end, I look back at all my past writings and see how I have grown. So many distractions from daily life and I found ways to get essays and blogs done. I would get other tasks done first before I sat down to write anything. Finding a quiet room in my house is almost impossible so when kids were doing their homework or in bed for the night was my time to type. I tried various methods that would get the creative juices flowing and there wasn't just one method. It depended on the day and what else I had going on and had to do. One of my strategies was to always have a pad of paper and a pen near by so anytime throughout the day if I got a creative surge I could jot it down. This really worked. Not well organized, but when I could sit down, I had a few papers with ideas to help me. At midterm I was improving and just needed to put some more effort into my work. I was motivated and proud of my This I Wonder essay and kept revising to make it better. I tried to keep up with the assignments afterward but life got in the way again. I missed a few days and the motivation was lost. It wasn't hard to build it up again, but I felt like I let myself down for not staying focused when I needed to be. I felt like I accomplished my goal of becoming stronger and more open with my writing. I also feel like I have more to learn.