Reflective Essay: The Two Spheres Of My Writing

The two spheres that have impacted my life the most are academic and personal. This is because I have spent the most time writing for myself and for essays and other school related pieces. Since I started school I have been writing for my classes. There hasn 't been a year that I haven 't written something. From Kindergarten where I used to draw a picture and describe it in two sentences, to High School where I wrote an essay almost every week, because of this I believe the academic sphere has been a big influence in my writing style. Since I was really little, I have been writing little notes to my self or writing down something that had happened or even little short stories of something I would think of. Also, I try to write in my journal everyday, I do this because I want to be able to look back on things that …show more content…
Although academic writing is done for schoolwork and personal writing is done specifically to satisfy the self, I use the same techniques for both. I might be writing something for a class but I still use my own words and writing styles to complete the pieces. Everything I have learned about writing has been taught to me in school so even when I write for myself I use similar styles to what I would use in class for an assignment piece. I think I will use both spheres in the future. I know I will always write personally in some form or another. It 's important to me that I don 't lose touch with what made me fall in love with writing down how I feel everyday in my journal, it’s the only time of day I feel calm because by writing everything down it helps me get in touch with myself more. I also know that I will be using the writing techniques I learned through my academic writing for the rest of my life. This is because I want to be a teacher when I 'm older and I know that the way I teach my future students how to write will reflect how I was taught when I was