Task 2a: Reflective Practice

                Before writing about my first feeling on keeping a diary, I have to say that since I read the Reader 2, began to think about reflective practice and different processes of learning and began writing on my diary, I had a quite brainstorm. If I was an introspective and reflective person, I am even more now.

                

                When I was a kid, I used to always take a notebook to my holidays trips with my friends or family. My family always loved travelling and we used to visit many cool places. I used to write every day religiously, being extremely careful to don’t forget any detail. I used to also love to make lists of the most amazing places that we went, most amazing stories, most amazing restaurants… this habit of lists I keep until nowadays; I make lists for everything. When I read about our next task, I remembered how I loved to keep journals and how I lost this habit. After that, I remember that at my first year leaving away from home when I went to the Harid Conservatory in the USA, I used also to write every day. During this period, when everything became so different to me and I began to suffer a bit with the language barrier, writing was my therapy and best friend.

                

                 The last few years, I didn't keep a diary but didn't lose the habit to write so much. I always felt that putting my feelings, corrections, tasks in a paper made my mind clear and also helped me to cool down.  Coming back to it now is being interesting. Like before, to write became a therapy. In the past few days I have been through so many challenges and thoughts about my work environment, my identity and my next goals for the future. More than a description of my day, I am reflecting about my routine and what I feel and see. And is interesting to come back and read my notes. I am trying to associate to what I read on Reader 2, and analyse and discover my way of learning and reflecting. Like I said in the beginning…is being a brainstorm!