Feedback Strategies

Be a Mirror
I thought that the ideas brought up in this article were really relevant to giving feedback to writing. In particular, my favorite of the suggestions in this article is the advice to be specific. I know that sometimes, when I give feedback, I tend to either be vague about some aspects, or I don't refer to specific aspects to be improved upon. I know that whenever I receive feedback, I like it when people are specific because it gives me a starting point for improvement. I think that reading this article has helped me identify that I need to improve that aspect of my feedback-giving.

14 Signs Your Perfectionism Has Gotten Out of Control
I'm not going to lie - reading this article actually scared me. Almost all of these traits listed in this article describe me, as a person. I am a die-hard perfectionist, and exhibit all the characteristic procrastination and aversion to criticism that it mentions. Reading this, however, has helped me become more self-aware of these behaviors and will definitely help me both monitor my perfectionist tendencies and also take feedback better in the future. Hopefully, I'll be able to say that I don't relate to some of these traits in the future.

A meme showing the "definition" of tomorrow encapsulating procrastination as a concept.

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