Reflection techniques for studying in general

Reflection

1. Step 1: Experiene

1. What experience do you want to reflect on?
2. What would a marginal gain look like?
Step 2: Reflection
1. List and describe the sequence of events, in chronological order
2. How did you feel about the experience?
3. Which aspects (if any) of the process felt especially difficult?
Which aspects felt like they went well?
4. How did you respond to challenges and difficulties during this
process?
This could include mental or physical activities you used to try and
overcome the issue. You may have tried to avoid, bypass, or retreat
from the difficulty. Be specific and detailed. It's important to be
honest with ourselves and reflect on how we truly responded, and
not how we wish we would have. Skip this question if there were no
difficulties.

2. 5. What were the triggers to you feeling the way you did?
Triggers are cues, signs, events, actions, or exposures that made
you feel or act a certain way. For example, some people are
triggered to procrastinate when they see a social media icon. You
might be triggered to feel very uncomfortable while learning as
soon as you realize there are many potential relationships to think
about.

6. Why do you think you acted the way you did during this
experience?
This question challenges your metacognition (thinking about
thinking). Instead of thinking about the events of what happened
and how you felt during the experience, reflect on what emotions or
thoughts drove you to act and feel the way you did. Rather than
reflecting on "what", we should reflect on "why". This is different
from triggers because triggers are often external.

3. Step 3: Abstraction

1. What habits, beliefs, and tendencies can you identify from your
reflection that explains why you acted the way you did?
For example: you may identify that whenever you feel
overwhelmed, you tend to try and avoid challenges and revert to
something easier and more comfortable.
Identifying these trends is important to create a possible solution
that helps us in not only this experience, but other similar

4. experiences in the future!

2. Do you act or respond in similar ways in other parts of your life?
This can help you to identify the holistic impact of the habits and
tendencies you found above.

Step 4: Experiment

List some potential solutions and actions to experiment on.