Self Reflection - Not the easiest thing in the world!

I have been working on the self-reflection part of my annual evaluation and it is really not as easy as it seems. I am glad that there were such extensive guiding questions and areas identified on the reflections I asked of staff this year. Without them, it is really easy to get sidetracked and move outside the scope of what needs to be looked at.
My own set of guiding questions is very general and generic to a number of senior staff so it requires a good deal of interpretation. Unfortunately, for those who know me, I really do pick on myself a bit and must give credit where credit is due so it gets a little tough to talk about stuff I have/have not done.

So - I need to remind myself of the purpose(s) of self-reflection:
To remind me of the areas of responsibility, shared and individual, which I need to address annually
To help me determine if I have adequately addressed these areas
To remind myself that I have both strengths and weaknesses and need to address both
To recognize for myself and others what my strengths and accomplishments are
To lay out for myself and others what my weaknesses are
To identify ways to address those weakness constructively and purposefully

Okay - I can do this - hopefully. You won't hear from me for a month or so while I am on holiday so wishing you all a great summer - enjoy!

Time to resurrect this blog

Hi there - I've been very lazy for the past year or so and have forgotten this page.
But .... I love the things I want this page to do for me and with you.
I want:
to share my ideas
to share in your ideas
to share good research
to share interesting ideas
to ask questions
to find answers
to talk over problems
to talk over solutions
My goal:
is to blog at least weekly, preferrably more
to create a circle of communication based on the desire to communicate, not the 'have to' communicate.
I need this space to start to organize some of the really interesting things I find that are great, but not necessary in my place and time at the moment. I do so much related to the job that I tend to file away everything which is not immediately relevant to that job. So I am going to start filing that stuff here. It will be a vast hodgepodge of interesting and hopefully thought provoking stuff that I find as I wend my way through day to day life.
It's not facebook fluff - it's a chance to really talk in sentences and paragraphs a bit longer than the 100 or so characters I share with random chatting there. There I meet and talk to casual acquaintences and familty to keep in touch. Here I want to talk, explore, explain and share with people who are interested in a bit more.
Join Me.