Microtheme Revision

original paper

It seems there is always another task to complete every time I need to do something else. Attempts at time management seem futile because I can never get everything done. I imagine others suffer through this predicament as well. Why is time management so difficult?

  One possible reason time management is difficult is because we may want a break or relax. Our lives may become very hectic from everything we need to get done and doing nothing may seem easier than doing something. Also, organizing a to-do list or checking the list off may seem overwhelming or undesirable to us so we may just avoid the task altogether. Another cause of poor time management may be due to distractions such as phones, television, or people. It may be difficult to manage responsibilities on top of desires and may lead to wasted time. Moreover, not understanding how to prioritize may be a possible cause of failed management and not completing what needs to be done. 

  If we could begin to understand the causes leading to unsuccessful time management, we might be able to navigate around lost time from distractions or relaxing. We might realize how our skills may not be as great as they could be and could potentially improve them. Also, recognizing there is a problem with managing time may lead us to understand how to prioritize in order to get all desired tasks completed.

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  Rewriting this person's paper made me realize exactly what I must do to my own in order write an accurate microtheme. It was a lot easier to take someone else's ideas and turn it into my own words without having to think too hard of the focus at hand. 

  Since I was able to take the ideas and form them into the experience, causes, and full public awareness, I have more confidence going into my rough draft and not as apprehensive. Revising someone else's paper other than my own makes it easier to find what is wrong and how to fix it. Using this mindset it will not be as difficult to correct mine as I will act like my paper is not mine. By doing that I will be able to focus on the specific problem and not get carried away by the general ideas.

Microtheme Challenge

  "Write a one page paper,"she said."It will be easy," I thought.

  Microtheme. A one page paper narrowing down the focus so much it is possible to forget what was the subject. For some reason I am having a very difficult time starting the process as well as revising. My first (and only right now) draft was a failure to some extent; it is evident in the draft that I had no idea what I was doing, at least with the beginning and ending. This project has deemed itself incredibly challenging, I hate copying other's formats and always strive to be original but that may not be the greatest idea for me right now.

  One aspect I have going for me in my writing is I know what the possible consequences are for constantly staring at a phone. I had many examples that I may have to compress or only say what is really important. Making sure every sentence has a purpose, not fluff, is difficult but when there's only one page to write an experience of a problem, causes/consequences, and what would happen if we became aware of that problem, there's no room for fluff.

  I can see how this assignment can be very helpful in the long term and train our minds to stop seeing general problems, or the big picture, and focus on individual, specific topics. Right now though, I absolutely hate writing it.

  The challenge with completing the paper and doing well is limiting my words, getting to the point, and ending the paper correctly. This may seem easy, read the instructions, read other microtheme papers, and finally write yours to perfection, but like always, it is easier said than done. Also, not including knowledge claims will be nearly impossible, I thought only writing speculative claims would not be a problem, but once again, I was wrong.

  With those challenges in mind I will take it step by step and only work on one task at a time rather than try and fix everything all at once. If I did try and change everything simultaneously I think I may explode from being overwhelmed and frustrated. Looking at other's microthemes may help but can possibly hinder my creativity, at the same time though, I have no idea what I'm really doing. 

  In the end though, I'll complete the assignment and it will be well done, I just need to relax and let the words flow from pen to paper and revise often. Going through that process will be the only thing that keeps my from losing my hair.