Right, I've put this off for long enough...
Reflective practice is not my favourite topic and I agree with the sentiments expressed by Library Wanderer and admire the approach Lib Gloss has taken. I know this isn't supposed to be a post about reflection, rather what you've reflected upon, but I feel I must write down my thoughts on the constant need as I see it to justify and document why we do things the way we do them. It's not perhaps reflection that I have an objection to (after all there's no getting away from it) but the documentary evidence to prove the process. In my work I feel that getting to the end of my day having performed efficiently in locating users what they need shows that I can do the job. I shouldn't have to write it all down and analyse it in order to prove that. To me reflection is just a process we go through from the day we are born...we cry, we get attention, we cry again...but if it doesn't work we try something else which does. It's a sub-concious process where in it's simplest form we learn from our mistakes/triumphs. I don't feel the need to write an analysis of why I do or don't like an experience in my personal life, I just remember it and if it was enjoyable I repeat it. Those things I might reflect on don't necessarily have a conclusion that can be worked out either in my opinion, even if I did write down my thoughts. Perhaps I'm missing the point but in short the act of writing an analysis of my experiences makes me feel self-conscious not empowered, but perhaps that's just a mind-set. However, I do recognise that I will have to start to comply with the process if I want to achieve a professional qualification as they all seem to depend pretty heavily on this sort of self analysis. And there in lies my problem...do I want, at my age to meet that challenge? Do I want that qualification enough? Well that's something I've been reflecting on for several years now and I still haven't come to a conclusion...perhaps I should write it all down!
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