I got to meet my new classes today and they seem like they are pretty cool, or at least they rolled with what we were doing pretty well. The beginning of a new trimester is always kind of anxiety-provoking because first impressions matter a lot and I generally worry about starting well, especially since I didn’t do as well with that last trimester.

I didn’t sleep very well last night though, which left me exhausted tonight. I got in bed and almost forgot to write–on a day when I was researching the benefits of daily writing! Tomorrow my comp classes are starting their daily writing and I wanted to have some data to back up my assertions about the importance of daily writing.

I already have first-hand knowledge of the benefits; I’ve experienced them as I’ve been keeping this blog. Writing helps me sort out my thoughts, come to terms with my feelings, organize my ideas, play with ideas in a relatively non-threatening way, and get my thoughts out of my head so my mind can relax. I love the research about how writing down the anxieties and worries of your day can help you let them go.

The only problem with the blog daily format is that I have to be careful of privacy. I also find myself staying away from more touchy subjects, because I know that I may not write about something quite right and that could be a problem. I have to think and talk through things in order to fully “get” them. Writing is a sort of “talking through things” and it helps me think, but sometimes some really stupid stuff comes out.

Anyway, I’m tired and need to fall asleep. Seven am is coming quick.