What did my essay teach me.....?

My essay taught me a lot of things about my own writing process I never really have noticed before.  What I discovered is that when I write I sometimes just get to writing my paper then go off on other tangents (not saying that is bad) but maybe be a little bit more specific and stay closer to that line in the middle.  One writing habit I noticed when I sit down and start writing I have to continue and write and finish what I'm doing in one sitting, I know it is probably not a good thing cause you need to take breaks and refresh but I always just sit down and bust of my papers or writings in one sitting.  After all these writing process' we went through I think the most helpful was the writing conferences because having other people read my essay and explain to me what I could do to help me make my essay better and vise versa.  I just feel all in all that the writing conferences are a great thing.