Time for What?- Writing Assignment 1

New challenges present themselves everyday in a persons life, and one of them for me is an online English course as well as blogging. I may be taking few classes this semester, but hopefully I will soon start working again. So for me, I will have to learn not only how to balance my classes, but also add in my personal life and a job.
Blogging is a first for me, so I will need to learn how to continuously check my account to see how often someone responds to my posts. Granted checking my blog account may only take a few minutes, it mostly just the remembering part. My online course will also present a new problem for me as well, since there is no set lecture time, most people will not feel obligated to do assignments. I find that if there is no set lecture time, that I generally forget about things I need to do, unless I am regularly doing them. So I will need to learn how to manage my time, as well as leave reminders for myself to complete tasks. Hopefully in the end it all works out.
I am currently enrolled in three classes, each of which seem to require a bit of outside work, most of which is reading. I find myself a slow reader, and easily distracted if the reading is not interesting to my. So to avoid being distracted from my required readings, I will need to take myself out of distracting situations. I will also need to prioritize my classes and work to be sure I finish assignments on time.
My personal wont be too hard to balance with classes, though I do have a dog that needs a lot of attention. I have a black lab who loves to run and be outdoors, so time will be required to play with him. Though a break is always good from school work so you don't get bored or burnt out. My problem though is that I enjoy playing computer and console games, and I get easily carried away and forget what I was supposed to do. So I will have to recruit my friends to help me, as well as learn how to just say no to playing games.
All in all, my main problems that I need to work on are my time management skills, as well as my memory of what I need to do, rather than what I want to do. So I will need to learn how to manage my time and prioritize what I need to get done, as well as learn how to leave myself notes to remind myself to finish projects and assignments on time.

Welcome

My name is Martin Heckerman, but I go by Tre'. I was born and raised in Kodiak Alaska, and I'm currently located in Fairbanks. Though I must admit I do miss the ocean. I have to admit I have fears about taking English 111, since this will be my third time. I find I get lazy when a class doesn't interest me, and a teacher doesn't try to make it interesting. From the sound of this class, I feel that wont be the case this time. So I hope that the third time is the charm.
I have never been much of a writer and find myself a man of few words. I have never written any papers, or stories other than what was required for a class. So I can easily say I'm not much of a writer, though I do enjoy to read.
I find myself being more of a semi-active person. I say semi-active because I do enjoy going hunting, fishing, scuba-diving, and camping as well as other outdoor activities. Though I can't deny that I like to stay indoors as well and play video games, and unfortunately find myself sometimes spending too much time playing them.