"Reflection is part of your work"
As someone who spent years journaling, I truly related to George Couros ' blog post on "Blogging". In fact reading it made me want to resurrect this cathartic hobby that I neglected years ago. The notion of using blogging as a means to grow as a professionals makes sense, yet because I only journaled in the context of expressing myself personally and emotionally this would be a slightly new and varied experience for me. I am going to compare the values of journaling for personal reasons vs. for professional purposes. I think that as I work this out through writing I will come to a clearer conclusion. And isn't that just the philosophy George's blogging philosophy states! My favourite line in his blog was "Before I started blogging, I would tend to be much more reactive than proactive. By looking back, it was much easier to look forward". Yes! This applies to anyone journaling about personal feelings OR writing about their pro