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Weeks 85 and 86: Chapter revisions, fasting and baking
The whole of last week was devoted to revising a chapter. I am used to rushing to meet deadlines and working intensely for long hours, but I found revising, going back over content repeatedly, much tougher than writing the first draft. The longer your to-do list, the more you tend to avoid it. Spending time… read more
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Week 84: Tasks in parallel
I didn’t send the quick sketch version of my draft to my supervisor in the end. Instead, I spent the whole week describing the relevant dimensions of my framework and building its structure. Transcription Transcribing audio data is really time-consuming. My supervisors often tell me that I shouldn’t waste time transcribing unnecessary parts of… read more
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Week 83: A sketch of the framework and Focaccia
This week wasn’t as productive as last week, but it was wonderful to have a coffee break with my colleagues. We discussed our research progress and gave advice to one another. I explained that I have been setting up a provisional framework and also reorganising my literature review chapters. One of my colleagues, who is… read more
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Week 82: A little bit of relaxation and bread making
On Tuesday, I had a face-to-face meeting with my supervisors, which was very productive. Through our discussion, I suddenly realised my misunderstanding of a topic I had tackled over the last month, which had actually given me trouble when writing about it. Sometimes, we students take weeks or months to figure out a matter that… read more
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Week 81: Paper revision and Babka
Finally, I submitted my draft to my supervisors after a three-week struggle. I cannot remember how many times or how many people I asked about the right place to provide conceptual definitions and the correct structure of the discussions. The content of this section will also be part of my presentation at a conference in… read more
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Week 80: A hard time writing
This week was difficult in terms of writing − specifically, structuring theories. Over the last few weeks, I’d read articles, mapped the theories and tried to structure them. But I was looking at too many details and losing connections between them in the whole picture. Anxieties became entangled in my mind, and I thought I… read more
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Week 79: Good health habits
I have been reading key studies and working on a section to define a concept. Maybe I am struggling a bit with it, how to structure different definitions of one concept proposed by different authors, and eventually, how to logically link discussions to a conceptual framework. The most striking thing for me is how different… read more
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Week 78: My first conference and healthy carrot cake
This is my fourth time in Birmingham in the past 4 years. Every time I visit, I feel that the redevelopment of Birmingham New Street station is stunning and that it’s increasing efficiency. Conference This was my first conference ever. The university campus was very nice and beautifully organised. On the first day,… read more
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