Letting Go and Letting In

Long time, no blog!

I've taken a bit of a break from study since submitting my draft but, now that I've received my feedback, it's time to get back to it.

I've been quite bad at managing time this module, and looking at all the things still to do, I've been a bit stressed. Especially as I'm touring. Yesterday I made a to do list and gave myself deadlines for each thing so hopefully I'll get back on track to submit in May. 

I realised I had yet to watch the Zoom recording of Helen’s Analysis Through Refection talk (17/03/22), so I caught up this morning.

I actually found the reflective meditation she led very helpful and calming, it definitely helped me get in the right mindset for getting work done.

The main lightbulb for me in the session, however, was that I don’t need to force my data to fit the questions that I posed at the beginning of the inquiry. I was aware that I had learnt other more meaningful things through my observation but was still focussing heavily on less-strong ideas that linked to better to my wonders.

Pedro reminded us that we don’t need to find answers to questions.

Helen emphasised that we need to let some things go in order to let other things in.

My analysis doesn’t have to match what I set out to find. I need to go back through my essay, make it less conversational, and talk less about things that I thought I would learn and talk more about things I did learn. 

Let's get this degree done!