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management about these things. Damn, It‟s her fault I‟m not going
to have time to finish this writing.
Colleague says: “I‟m fed up as well. We could definitely do with this
information earlier. I know what you mean about her, she doesn‟t
consider the impact on the rest of us when she‟s so late with
everything.”
Not so calm Co-inquiring Clare notices she‘s fallen into the trap of
whinging and asks the secretary for help. She notices a parallel
process in her own lateness with this piece for the SOLAR 3
workshop and wonders about embodying aspects of the research.
The secretary suggests forwarding the email to her so she can print
it off for her.
Breaking News: You haven’t got time to write now as you are
due in class, not even time for a trip to the toilet
Calm co-inquiring Clare thinks: yes I do solicit sympathy, ouch! I
must talk to the module leader about the impact on us when the
information is so late. Perhaps she doesn‟t realise what extra stress
this causes us. She probably has as little time as the rest of us. Is
this part of the field we are working in - “too busy”?
Breaking News: You need to stop writing because you still
haven’t been to the toilet
Calm Co-inquiring Clare‘s mind pauses for a moment wandering off
to think about the work based learning day she has just facilitated.
She thinks: It was great having Nadia, a student from the group,
facilitating meditation. Nadia said meditation “helps you get rid of
bad thoughts, helps you think about the other person, and builds up
your mind so you can control it. It helps relax you and calms you
down”. This seems similar to what I think reflecting-in-action might
be. No actually I think reflecting-in-action is more than just clearing
the mind and controlling it because that seems to negate the
emotions and promotes rational thought. There is something here
that is similar to our co-inquiry group sense making which
suggested pausing in the moment, no matter how busy you are. I
think I‟ll keep practising!”
Somewhere in that meditation process sat on the toilet,
Whinging Wilma becomes absorbed back into Calm Coinquiring
Clare. Relieved in more ways than one, Clare goes
back to the dreaded email to discover more work for her to do!
First she decides to send an email to the module leader asking
to meet with her to chat about the module and how things
could be improved.
Whinging Wilma thinks: It probably won‟t make any difference; the
module leader won‟t listen to me. We won‟t be able to find the time
to meet anyway. I‟ll leave it for now and do it later when I get more
time.
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