Becoming Mindful Reflective Analysis

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By far one of the greatest skills I have learned within this class is becoming mindful while crafting a college writing piece. Becoming mindful encorporates the usage of noticing, observing, and becoming aware of mistakes within writing pieces and taking the time to apply adamant amount of time for the revision and editing process. Becoming mindful is writing with intention, and re-reading with awareness. A key example of this was in my Op-Doc piece. When crafting my Op-Doc project, I just wrote all of my thoughts down on the page. As you can see in my reflection blog over the project, I had a lot of great ideas and was very invested in the project. I enjoyed getting to watch the Op-Doc and analyze its deeper meanings. Where I was lacking though

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