Upon Reflection (in my writing)

I really don't want to talk all that much about Reflective Writing in this context... mostly because I'm arrogant and I think I've got the whole thing nailed; but it can't really hurt to go over it, make sure I can walk the walk as well as walk some walk.

In a nutshell, Reflective Writing is how we actively think about our own work, be it our writing or our practical experiments, and is a near constant and ongoing process of trying to objectively value your own work whilst still adding personal, subjective comments.

It's a touch contradictory, at least at times, but it's not too hard when you wrap your head around it.

The main outcome, with any reflective exercise, is to see how one can improve, even when looking in the mirror (or, in my case, especially when looking in the mirror). It's a process where we think and discuss the flaws and successes in our work, taking the good and tying to adapt the bad into better.

It's not about bragging.
(though, that doesn't mean I can't try slipping some in there on the sly)

So long as you have recognised an element in your work that you think can improve some future work, then you've done it right. That's all there is to it.