After
you complete each of the lessons in this module, you will
be asked to reflect on what you have learned in a journal.
You will be given a few questions to help get your thought
process started but do not feel as though you have to answer
these questions. If the lesson sparks any other thoughts
and ideas in your mind, by all means use them as a basis
for your reflection instead! Our intention is not to tell
you how to think but to give you a foundation for constructing
knowledge.
Your
journal should become your private place for expressing
all of your inner thoughts and feelings. Through journaling,
it is intended that you will develop a better understanding
of who you are and who you want to become. When you journal,
clear your mind and relax. Allow your thoughts and emotions
to flow freely. Do not censor yourself as you write by worrying
about grammar or punctuation errors. Put every thought that
comes into your mind onto the page regardless of whether
or not it is complete.
Your
journal does not neccessarily have to be made up entirely
of words. If you are more confortable expressing yourself
by drawing pictures, playing or writing music, or dancing;
by all means, do that instead!
