Academic Growing Pains

I'm taking a moment to bump my post, which I made a long time ago. I've been so busy writing about Annie Dillard's Living Like Weasels, while increasing my knowledge of punctuation and grammar all while meeting the criteria of academic writing.

Though I can say "I like to write essays even though they are a real challenge," I should want to say "While writing an essay is a good exercise, I find it difficult to perform."