Reflection on: Reflection on: Writing and Thinking Academically

Maybe reflection is how I know when I'm thinking academically. Whenever anything I write down doesn't seem to say exactly what I'm thinking, or if it only gestures vaguely toward it. Maybe thinking academically means reflecting on your thinking, but reflecting as you're thinking about something. Which gets all sort of muddled, but maybe it's a layer thing. Being able to detach yourself from the moment to reflect as that moment of thinking is occurring. Maybe that's what it means to think academically.