Fellowship of the ring

So we’re a few months in to the Fellowship process now and I’ve decided to take a minute and reflect on how it’s actually going. First of all, time is an issue. Upon declaring this at our last Fellowship meeting, everyone was in agreement. Being busy is nothing new for many of us. I currently find myself starting work earlier and earlier in order to complete certain projects and this ensures that I can maximise post-work time where I can go and do all the other things I enjoy. Generally just getting outdoors, attaching myself to the end of a rope and climbing some-kind of rock face. The downside of this is that working on Fellowship inevitably suffers and can easily take a back seat. My next issue is around having the ability to reflect. Reflection is something which I spend lots of time talking about. As a Candidate Support Officer for CILIP North West, I tell all candidates to practice their reflective writing skills. ‘Practice makes it easier’ and ‘reflecting is a skill,...