{"id":175,"date":"2019-11-01T13:22:46","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T13:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/ar-for-dementia\/?p=175"},"modified":"2019-11-01T13:22:46","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T13:22:46","slug":"developing-a-new-reflection-habit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/ar-for-dementia\/2019\/11\/01\/developing-a-new-reflection-habit\/","title":{"rendered":"Developing a New Reflection Habit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week, I came across an interesting blog called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.missiontolearn.com\/\">Mission to Learn<\/a>, written by Jeff Cobb. I started off by searching for ways to become better at listening and found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.missiontolearn.com\/remember-what-you-hear\/\">a post<\/a> in which Jeff describes an experiment, the findings of which suggest that resting for 10 minutes after taking in new information can improve how much can be remembered. I liked Jeff's content, and so I continued reading around the site. I eventually clicked through to this post:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"v9CwhiqYUk\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missiontolearn.com\/make-reflection-daily-habit\/\">5 Powerful Reasons to Make Reflection a Daily Habit &#8211; and How to Do It<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;5 Powerful Reasons to Make Reflection a Daily Habit &#8211; and How to Do It&#8221; &#8212; Mission to Learn - Lifelong Learning Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missiontolearn.com\/make-reflection-daily-habit\/embed\/#?secret=kvFyeuGJdc#?secret=v9CwhiqYUk\" data-secret=\"v9CwhiqYUk\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The post inspired me to try to develop a daily reflection habit and there's nothing like going public to motivate yourself to succeed! In this post I describe why it is I want to reflect daily, how I will go about it, and what I hope to achieve.<\/p>\n<h2>Why do I want to reflect?<\/h2>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>As a doctoral student, I am asked to review my project at 6-monthly intervals and I just completed my \"24-month review\". I have always seen the benefits of reflecting about my work when I do this, but I have never made reflection a habit. Acknowledging this and reading Jeff's post, I want to try and reap those benefits more often by reflecting on a daily basis.<\/p>\n<h2>How do I plan on doing it?<\/h2>\n<p>One of Jeff's pieces of advice is to reflect at the same time every day. I have decided to start off by simply sitting quietly for 10 minutes every morning\u00a0before I turn on my computer and reflecting on the previous day's events. From the few times I have tried it this week, I have already noticed that I often want to make a quick note of something that comes to mind. I will allow myself to do this before returning to thinking quietly.<\/p>\n<h2>What do I hope to achieve?<\/h2>\n<p>I already keep a log of the tasks I get done each day, like in the screenshot below. This helps me feel like I have achieved something during the day, even if it's not been a terribly productive one.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_176\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-176\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-176 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/ar-for-dementia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2019\/11\/weekly-notes-1024x501.png\" alt=\"A screenshot of a Google Doc folder with a list of tasks I have completed on a working day. \" width=\"1024\" height=\"501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/ar-for-dementia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2019\/11\/weekly-notes-1024x501.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/ar-for-dementia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2019\/11\/weekly-notes-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/ar-for-dementia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2019\/11\/weekly-notes-768x376.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/ar-for-dementia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2019\/11\/weekly-notes-439x215.png 439w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/ar-for-dementia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2019\/11\/weekly-notes.png 1844w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-176\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"float: none;background-color: #ffffff;color: #333333;cursor: text;font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size: 16px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;text-decoration: none;text-indent: 0px\"> An example of my weekly notes log.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, I think that reflecting on how I felt and how things went can add a different perspective. By developing this new habit I hope that I will be able to think more objectively about what happens day-to-day and apply what I learn to new situations.<\/p>\n<p>In a couple of weeks, I will take a look back at this post and have a think about if and how my new daily habit has affected my work.<\/p>\n<h2>Life-long learning<\/h2>\n<p>If you also want to become a better learner, I recommend you take a look at more posts on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.missiontolearn.com\/\">Mission to Learn<\/a>. Let me know how you get on!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week, I came across an interesting blog called Mission to Learn, written by Jeff Cobb. 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