My key reflective practices are taking time to think and writing.  Like you I enjoy writing and lately haven't done it enough.  So currently my key practice is avoiding talk radio and thinking in the car.  Either I'm listening to a book or I simply leave the radio off and think.  I never got into satellite radio and I don't have the patience for commercials or songs I don't like, so my drive time is my think time.

Thanks for the great post. Mike...