Comments on: Reflection on keeping an Action Log for a month http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2008/05/27/reflection-on-keeping-an-action-log-for-a-month Distributed Action Research, communities of practice and social objects by Andy Roberts Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:22:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Bill Anderson http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2008/05/27/reflection-on-keeping-an-action-log-for-a-month#comment-36642 Bill Anderson Sun, 01 Jun 2008 21:07:42 +0000 http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2008/05/27/reflection-on-keeping-an-action-log-for-a-month#comment-36642 Andy, thanks for the follow reflection. It turns out that I started my first AL on 1 May and have approximately 20 ALs captured for May. Weekends are not always written up I have noticed. I like your analogy about the AL being an emergency measure. Once restored, the patient can then get back to creating a plethora of to-do lists and task cards and .... Wait! Sorry, I got that all wrong. Seriously, as I mentioned in previous comments, just documenting what got done helps restore some balance for me. For me one apt analogy is to budgeting. The reason I keep a budget is to let me know what I spend my money on. When I know this I can then discover what I think about it. And I think this is what your reflection is about as well. It would be salutary to come back to ALs periodically to see if and how they're working for us. Or maybe just me. Oooh. I can note that I commented on your blog. w00t! -Bill Andy, thanks for the follow reflection. It turns out that I started my first AL on 1 May and have approximately 20 ALs captured for May. Weekends are not always written up I have noticed.

I like your analogy about the AL being an emergency measure. Once restored, the patient can then get back to creating a plethora of to-do lists and task cards and …. Wait! Sorry, I got that all wrong.

Seriously, as I mentioned in previous comments, just documenting what got done helps restore some balance for me. For me one apt analogy is to budgeting. The reason I keep a budget is to let me know what I spend my money on. When I know this I can then discover what I think about it. And I think this is what your reflection is about as well.

It would be salutary to come back to ALs periodically to see if and how they’re working for us. Or maybe just me.

Oooh. I can note that I commented on your blog. w00t!

-Bill

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