I am the epitome of procrastination.

The title just says it all. It's the awful truth. I am the most unproductive person ever. Procrastination is a nasty habit of mine that I can't seem to kick, especially if I have to write a paper or anything that involves writing. But somehow I still manage to get it done (even if it is during the early hours of the morning).

I'm just going to go ahead and admit that writing is not a strength for me. I ALWAYS leave homework that involves any kind of writing for last because I know that it will take me forever. It usually takes me a long time because I get distracted so easily. Here's a rundown of how my writing process goes:

1. The first thing I do after I sit down at my desk is put my hair up into a bun or a pony tail. I will not be able to work if i have to get my hair out of my face all of the time.
2. Next, I change into comfortable clothes. It is impossible for me to sit down and try to write in jeans and a short sleeved shirt. It just will not work because jeans are uncomfortable to sit down in for long periods of time and my house gets cold easily. I need to be in sweatpants and a sweatshirt or long sleeved shirt.
3. Depending on the season, I have a hot or cold drink by my side. During fall and spring, I usually have orange juice, water, or a can of pop (true Minnesotan right here). In the winter, I have hot chocolate, tea, or warm water.
4. My last step of preparation is to lay out all of the materials I'll need to write, like the assignment sheet or information on what I'm writing about.
5. Finally, I start to write. 
6. Eventually, I get distracted by anything and everything. This includes, but is not excluded to: food, Tumblr, Facebook, Youtube, and painting my nails.
7. Then I get back to writing.
8. After I finish my first draft, I print it out and edit it. If I try to edit it on the computer, I not only get distracted but I fall asleep. It sounds really bad, but there's just so much white on the screen that my eyes can't take it! And I start to doze off. After I finish editing, I go back to the draft on my computer and change what needs to be changed.
9. Once I've fixed everything, I look over one last time, then print it out.

In reality, my writing process rarely (never) looks like this. Sometimes, I would get to step 4, skip to step 6, go back to step 5, try to continue through, repeat steps 7 and 8 several times, and then I would frequently go back to step 6. By the time I would finish the paper, I realize that it took me a lot longer than it should have to complete it because I got distracted too many times. 

My writing process REALLY did not look like this when I was writing the first draft of my rhetorical analysis. Some of the writing took place on a plane in seat 32A with my laptop in front of me, papers piled in my lap and under my computer, and the elbow of a strange guy jabbing into my side. Of course, I didn't get much done (which may or may not have been because I started to play Rail Maze) so I left most of the writing for when I got home so I could go through my writing process. And alas! My rhetorical analysis was born.