Reflect in this journal on your group. What are your expectations for group process? What are your hopes for your ability to accomplish the task? Can you identify different styles/personalities that you think might effect how the group functions?
I'm actually kind of wary of working in groups--as Dr. Braxton once said, hell is knowing you've finished your part of a group project but no one else has finished theirs--so I'm hoping that this works out and turns out to be a productive kind of group. I have a nervous devotion to getting things done on time, so I'm not afraid to rely on myself, but I definitely have trouble trusting other people in that regard. Which is not to imply in any way that the members of this group won't be completely dedicated to our projects, but I'll still worry like crazy.
That probably makes me exactly one of the style/personality issues that could affect us as a group. It's not exactly going to facilitate group relations if I'm always freaking out on everybody else to get their stuff done when they're already doing it; which means I'll have to take care to draw back and trust other members to do their work instead of having anxiety over it.
I'm not sure yet whether we're going to have a dominant personality that sort of comes out as the group leader--mostly because we haven't done enough together yet for me to have a good idea. I assume one will probably emerge, because otherwise we're going to be like a herd of jell-o cats and that's always a problem.
On the other hand, I like everybody in the group, so I think that's a pretty good start.
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