What kind of sick world do we live in where engineers have to write?

As a young 5 year old learning to use the letters I previously learned and combine them together into words and sentences was something that intrigued me. As a kid, many stories and adventures flowed through my hands on to paper and my mom took immediate note of it and still has most of my early stories. I remember everyone’s shock as I wrote pages upon pages of ideas that flowed through my brain as a mere 7 year old. From that day forward it was certain my future occupation was going to be one of those guys who spends years of effort putting ideas into sentences on paper just to see their creation sit on a shelf gathering dust, commonly known as an author. This idea lasted until we were introduced to new ways to write and arrange numbers. This idea sparked a higher interest in me and my writing phase slowly diminished. As the left side of my brain began to conquer the right, my future in writing began to fade but my future in math brightened. It wasn’t until high school that I realized that writing was definitely not my forte. Many of my papers have been harshly criticized but at the same time I’ve had some of the best papers in the class so it’s hard to assume that I’m completely lost when it comes to writing. I’ve written stories about superheroes to 15 page analytical papers on books we were required to “read”. I soon found out Sparknotes would become my best friend. I’ve been the author of multiple research papers that included getting sources from the internet, books, encyclopedia, almanac etc. I believe the longest paper I’ve ever written was about 17 pages. Ironically enough all of my extended essays earned an A so I can’t entirely say that I’ve had a negative experience with writing. The only negative experience I have with writing is the actual process of writing. I procrastinate, shocker I know, and get easily distracted. Even now writing this I am listening to music, watching TV, texting, and surfing Facebook. What should take about an hour usually takes me about 3 just because of all the distractions which isn’t a good habit considering I usually wait until the night before. On the bright side, I’ve never had a late paper and usually end up doing pretty well on my most of my essays which is a shock for an engineer like me. But what can I say, “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”