Get Organized: A tribute to Aristotle

My task of organization was my room. I organized my desk, bookcase and closet. Before beginning this task, I observed the amount of disorganization. I get quite frustrated when I find things out of place; not because i can’t find them but because it insults me. Additionally, i look at the large task and plan out how long it will take and how long I have to spend on each task (otherwise I get sidetracked). During the project, I slowly start to feel accomplished to be making progress. I like how I find things that I don’t usually look at reminding me of many great memories. After completing the task, I feel relieved. It is always stressful for me to be disorganized and the thought of taking time out just to organize is typically quite difficult.

I wouldn’t quite say I this project brought a significant change in how my mind feels but it does make me feel much more relaxed and able to enjoy life much more. Furthermore, I don’t learn from most simple organization tasks. I could claim that it helped me learn about how I think or how mind organizes objects but in reality I don’t think its quite an accurate depiction of me mentally at all. My thought process is much more systematic than I am organized because I have much more time think than I do to organize or clean.

Metacognition

As I begin a project or an essay it always helps my thought process to relate a topic to what I find interesting and that relates to my interests. When I try to write or think about things that I cannot relate to, my thoughts become bland and boring. The more I am intrigued the more interesting my essay or project will be. I like how my interests drive my thinking on essays and papers. It creates a much more exciting environment for me intellectually. When I am working on a project or essay with a topic I enjoy I can work for long amounts of time on the subject without getting tired or losing focus (which usually happens with boring homework assignments).  I think I could improve my thinking by expanding my interests by trying new things and becoming better educated. This year in English, I learned to respect poetry and somewhat enjoy parts of it now. My thinking has changed allowing me to relate to the meaning of the poem.

Additionally, I find that when I think I start with a general idea and then as I start to work I begin to create a more and more specific idea. I like to analyze as I write with little planning in the beginning because it limits my creativity and thought process. I think concisely and have never been crazy about flowery language. I feel reading Orlando and studying poetry taught me to use better sounding language and sometimes to be more concise, it requires more descriptive language.