Reflecting on Reflection

Sometimes we do things without really understanding why. The same is true with reflective thinking. We have all learned and made changes from our past experiences without actually realizing that it was the reflective thinking that helped us make improvements or positive changes in our lives and professions. Incorporating reflection as a requisite for this blog and other assignments in this course has been both insightful and helpful in putting things into perspective. Although the assignments have seemed easy, putting down my responses into words was challenging. I couldn’t understand why I couldn’t just write something. I can definitely say that the task of reflection in this course has led to a deeper level of thinking. I can also say that it has helped me conceptualizing where I am at professionally, where I would like to be in the future and the means by which to get there. I now find myself frequently reflecting on situations in my life as a means by which to make decisions. Maybe it’s that I am now more consciously aware of what I am doing. No matter what the reason, reflective thinking will absolutely be incorporated into my professional and personal decisions or “critical thinking”.