Reflection One of my writing goals for this semester was to be more confident in my writing, and I think I have achieved that goal. I’m not only more confident with my final papers, but I am also more comfortable with writing in general. This class also made me more comfortable sharing my work and my thoughts and ideas with others. It used to take me a long time to come up with ideas, but getting more practice has definitely helped. The quick writes in class have also helped me let go of the overthinking I usually experience when I write. Being given a time limit forces me to just write what I’m thinking and feeling instead of what I think I should …show more content…
Instead of thinking about doing things that I feel like I have to do, I think more about how it will affect my happiness, and how I can make myself happier. This class also helped me with my decision to leave the University of Maine at Farmington at the end of the semester, because I know that staying here would not make me happy. The major I truly want to be in is not offered here, and going to a community college while living at home would make me much happier. I struggled with this decision because I was afraid, and I thought that it’s not what I should be doing. Going from a four-year college to a community college is not common and is frowned upon by some people. But since I have been thinking more about my present and future happiness, I’m confident this is the right decision for me. I think I am a happier person after this class. My happiness was never something I really thought about, but blindly reached for by doing the things others expected of me. I no longer think that I should be miserable for a few years so I can have a better chance of being happier in the future. There is no use in essentially wasting part of my life by being miserable when I can never get them back. Life is unpredictable and I want to be able to be happy with what I’ve done no matter how short or long it comes to