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  1. I just assume this is part of everyone's life! I probably spend about half a day on this everytime I need to pull some text together for my tutors... I just try to make sure I reference all my notes as I go along, however sprawling they are. Nothing worse than having a great quote that becomes central but you can't work out exactly where you originally found it...
  2. Thanks Concordia, I must seem such a luddite, I still handwrite so much and feel I really take things in while handwriting, but I'd love to find good software if it would work the same way (or even better?!). I'm aware of things like Mendeley and Zotero but don't feel particularly inspired to investigate further. I want to have the computer switched off, focus in on text on the page, think and write and not be distracted by the internet. Although maybe this is holding me back - wanting too much for things to feel "right" before I settle down to my work. Do you have any software suggestions - which actually work?
  3. Thanks Zipykido, sounds like you speak from experience. I'm trying to have certain times when I read, e.g. I'm carrying a photocopy of a chapter from quite a dense but key book in my handbag to read on commutes to work although that's hardly a distraction free environment. I've also got a pile of quite similar journal articles which I'm trying to get through in 20-30 mins each, just making notes on key aims in the abstracts, key theorists and concluding points. I'm hoping to become someone who sees a spare half an hour and thinks "I'll read another journal article now". I've read 3 out of 9 of these so far, and planning to find a whole new set to read next Wednesday - my next library day. All this is hopefully habit-building...
  4. I'm a PhD student (in Cultural Studies, practice-based), currently self-funded, but about to be partially funded from October (yay!). I've been working full-time since last October because I ran out of money - this meant I had to take a break in studies But I'm back studying again now, working part-time - I have time to read and think again, it's amazing. But it's not as easy as that. The pace of reading and researching is very different to doing my job, where I've been manically trying to show how deserving I was of a permanent part-time position, demonstrating efficiency, speed etc. But now I need to go slowly, read things carefully, flit around between things as I make the connections, go back to read up on certain theorists and then return to the text that mentioned them. I'm trying to set up some systems and a regular weekly routine. Is anyone else trying to get a routine like this set in place, especially around jobs etc? I could really do with some cheering on and being in touch with others in the same position. This PhD business can be quite isolating!
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