Ribh's D'Coopage

[RoyalChick]

That makes me feel sooo much better. I'm starting to think I may have bitten off more than I can comfortably chew.

Stuff and nonsense. I have a lot of confidence in you!

Edited to add: Stuff and Nonsense would be good names for a pair of chickens.

 

[Ribh]

Your approach is admirable - but way too organized for me. I have a different strategy. It can be summed up as follows: procrastinate as long as possible while absorbing things through my skin then at the last possible minute work round the clock until it is done.
@Ribh - please follow MJ's approach not mine.

Only you sound far more like me than MJ does!!

 

[RoyalChick]

One of the most practical and helpful bits of advice I ever received was 'park on the hill"

What she meant was that this kind of writing invites us to very carefully ponder diverse views on the same topic for weeks at a time. As it should, life gets in the way and disturbs the thinking. So, as you walk away from it, leave reminder notes for yourself so you can make a quick start when you come back to it, like parking a car on a hill to make a quick start.


You'll be fine. If you manage one or two hours of reading and writing each day, 2000-3000 will accrue within a week or two.

I like the park on a hill analogy - I never heard it put that way before but I do manage something similarly which is I draw little mind-maps (they look like spider diagrams) that connect throughts and I make sure to always do one before I step away - that way I can quickly remember how I was thinking about something when I re-engage.
The great thing about mind maps is the structure emerges rather than needing to be thought about so the hurdle is much lower. I suspect the notes play something of the same function.
Happy to mock one up for you @Ribh if you think it might be a helpful technique for you.

 

[MaryJanet]

I like the park on a hill analogy - I never heard it put that way before but I do manage something similarly which is I draw little mind-maps (they look like spider diagrams) that connect throughts and I make sure to always do one before I step away - that way I can quickly remember how I was thinking about something when I re-engage.
The great thing about mind maps is the structure emerges rather than needing to be thought about so the hurdle is much lower. I suspect the notes play something of the same function.
Happy to mock one up for you @Ribh if you think it might be a helpful technique for you.

One of my colleagues uses mind maps for her papers too and she once won a best paper award!

 

[Ribh]

I like the park on a hill analogy - I never heard it put that way before but I do manage something similarly which is I draw little mind-maps (they look like spider diagrams) that connect throughts and I make sure to always do one before I step away - that way I can quickly remember how I was thinking about something when I re-engage.
The great thing about mind maps is the structure emerges rather than needing to be thought about so the hurdle is much lower. I suspect the notes play something of the same function.
Happy to mock one up for you @Ribh if you think it might be a helpful technique for you.

Thanks, RC. One of my oddities is mind maps confuse me. I've tied @ various times & just get confuddled. I love writing on the computer as I can get all the ideas down in some sort of order then cut & paste & rearrange & delete as need be.

 

[RoyalChick]

Thanks, RC. One of my oddities is mind maps confuse me. I've tied @ various times & just get confuddled. I love writing on the computer as I can get all the ideas down in some sort of order then cut & paste & rearrange & delete as need be.

Whatever works!
If I get bored in the next snow storm I might in any case do a mind map on the ethics of keeping pet chickens just for fun.

 

[Ribh]

Whatever works!
If I get bored in the next snow storm I might in any case do a mind map on the ethics of keeping pet chickens just for fun.

well post here if you do. It will give me something different to worry over.

 

[LozzyR]

That makes me feel sooo much better. I'm starting to think I may have bitten off more than I can comfortably chew.

Little bits at a time Ribh.

 

[LozzyR]

Your approach is admirable - but way too organized for me. I have a different strategy. It can be summed up as follows: procrastinate as long as possible while absorbing things through my skin then at the last possible minute work round the clock until it is done.
@Ribh - please follow MJ's approach not mine.

Osmosis does work!

 

[LozzyR]

Happy Caturday!