This week is the first week that I've really felt like this topic is coming together. I don't feel ashamed to admit that for most of this class, I've felt like a headless chicken, and didn't really know or didn't want to know how to proceed...However, getting some hard research, and a stronger understanding of what my topic should be is helping immensely.
No matter how I tackle this idea, my topic is still broad...but I think that I've finally got it into a manageable portion for my topic. I don't think where it is right now isn't something I can't handle.
Amazingly, the hardest part of the week for me wasn't the research, or revising things...It was trying to figure out information on Proquest and Academic Search Premier. Some of the info we had to gather I could not find, and just did my best to try and work it.
For me...Writing isn't hard. Researching isn't really that hard either. I hate *doing* it, but it isn't hard...It's formulating a plan that's hard for me. I like to think I'm the "artistic" type, in that when something comes to me, it comes. I can't force it out with a plan, or a strategy or an idea. It either comes out through inspiration or plain ole fear of failure...So most of the things we're doing or have done are almost alien to me. 90% of all the papers I've done in college have been almost final minute, figure it out as you go type of deals. This is a different beast for me, but I think I've finally tamed it.
No matter how I tackle this idea, my topic is still broad...but I think that I've finally got it into a manageable portion for my topic. I don't think where it is right now isn't something I can't handle.
Amazingly, the hardest part of the week for me wasn't the research, or revising things...It was trying to figure out information on Proquest and Academic Search Premier. Some of the info we had to gather I could not find, and just did my best to try and work it.
For me...Writing isn't hard. Researching isn't really that hard either. I hate *doing* it, but it isn't hard...It's formulating a plan that's hard for me. I like to think I'm the "artistic" type, in that when something comes to me, it comes. I can't force it out with a plan, or a strategy or an idea. It either comes out through inspiration or plain ole fear of failure...So most of the things we're doing or have done are almost alien to me. 90% of all the papers I've done in college have been almost final minute, figure it out as you go type of deals. This is a different beast for me, but I think I've finally tamed it.
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