A really good colleague, and friend I might add, recently told me that it would be wise and rewarding for me to start documenting my work in a reflective way. My previous employer had a Daily Checkout system where I would describe what I worked on, but that was for the game studio to track my progress...so it wasn't necessarily the best medium for me to scribble my thoughts. This however, is going to be for me. A way for me to track the problems I run into and the solutions I come up with. A way for me to be open and lighthearted. Or quite possibly just a way for me to post things that inspired me to start working on my next side project. One thing that I'll try to do is to post any WIP's I dive into. That way I can keep my Gallery section for final media only.
Now I will say, I have done something similar to this before and that was when I was in college. First, I documented the information I was learning each month or so on a Blogspot account I made (which has since been set to hidden or deleted, I can't recall). Secondly, I recorded how many hours it took for me to complete a task in a little book I carried around in my bag (which also has been set to hidden...due to all the times I've moved since graduating). That process of being able to put my thoughts into words on "paper" was actually a tremendous learning experience in and of itself and yet also very humbling to look back on and measure how much I have grown.
I love what I do so I should take the time, whenever I have it, to sit down and write what I'm passionate about.
See you along the journey!
-Ben