Taylor Wood

Dr. Whitener

EN 101-041

30 August 2019

Hello, I am Taylor Wood, and the first thing that I would like to tell about myself is that I

possess some habits of mind such as questioning issues and metacognition, but the one that I

utilize the most is finding humor in situations. Humor has been the gateway to my happiness and

tranquility. In lack of better words, I have been through a lot during this short life, and I honestly

have every excuse to not go on further with my life, but finding amazing friends and surrounding

myself with humor has allowed for me to genuinely not even think about giving up. If I did give

up it would not be a humorous matter. I genuinely believe that if one can find humor then they

can live a satisfied lifestyle. For this semester, I definitely want to continue focusing on humor

because without humor I do not think I could achieve any of my goals.

I am a goal setter, that is how I managed to graduate with a 4.06 grade point average in

high school. Certain goals that I would like to set for myself included making it on the Dean’s

List, having at least a 3.75 grade point average, passing my Spanish 102 class with an A, and to

just do well in my academic endeavors. Some bigger goals include doing well on my LSAT,

getting into law school and becoming a lawyer. I am an English major, and I chose this as my

major due to the fact that there is always so much to learn with this language, and that it is so

much more than just learning subject-verb agreement. Having a phenomenal understanding in

the English language will allow for one to take over their workplace. Knowing and

understanding this language will allow for effective communication, effective argumentation,

effective writing, etc. and being a lawyer requires all of that. This language offers so much more,
but those are just some of the important factors of the English language. There is one overall goal

for me though, and that is for me to achieve personal satisfaction. I enjoy achieving goals, but I

also enjoy other activities. Some activities that I enjoy are watching sports, working out, being

with my friends, and writing. These activities all have one thing in common, and that is it gets

my mind off of adverse thoughts, and it allows for me to focus on the delightful parts of the

world.

Overall, I possess a good bit of habits of mind, but the main one that I possess and utilize

on a daily basis is humor. Humor is why I am so happy with my life right now because humor is

genuinely a gateway out of all terrible thoughts. Humor allows for me to see the light in all

situations, and I believe that is extremely hard for some people to do, so I try to bring humor

with me wherever I go just to make someone’s day a little bit better.