What are we going to do?

All right. This post exists outside of whatever the happy our assignment calls for at this point. I haven't gotten that far.  I'm busy creating Six Weeks Benchmark Tests this week, so the homework is going to get squeezed in where I can. But while I have a minute here, I wanted to get something down.

I'm worried about what we're all going to do now that the course is drawing to a close. I have the distinct feeling that our professors in our future classes are decidedly NOT going to nag us to make sure that we are keeping up with our ARP, much less these blogs.  But as I see it, these blogs are our lifelines to reflection.  I mean, maybe you're the journal/diary type, but I am not. I have only been able to make myself take the time for reflection when the assignments have called for it.

So, I’m going to try something. I’m going to create a recurring Event in Microsoft Outlook. The Exchange Server will synch this to my phone. I’m going to figure out a time when I know I’ll be able to stop and put something down. Maybe Sunday night after the weekend work is done.  Something like that, anyway. And I’m going to have all of this technology help me instead of feeling like a ball and chain around my ankle.

The event I create will be simple.  Reflect on ARP Progress.  Something like that. I can do it from my phone while I walk the grocery store or from my computer at home or even pound something out on my conference period, but if I don’t remind myself of the necessity, it will not happen.  So, make sure you think this through, too. We’re all tired. We’re all looking for a break. But don’t let your guard down. Don’t stop so long that you neglect this. We’ll need it.