Developing new projects can also be frustrating because the topics AND the problems with those topics come thick and fast. To stop the spinning, writie the ideas down and analyse them at this point. Think them through. As I just said to someone in an email:
"Write down all of your choices – you might have a number of options – I would expect that at this point in the planning stage. The process of choosing is actually one of the skills you are working on. Usually in degree work options are limited to the discipline area – and are given to students. Here, the choice you make is related to what you do as a professional. However, in many disciplines the choices are quite wide ranging and students still need to decide on what they want to do – demonstrating ‘selectivity’ and ‘judgement’ is one of the attributes from this level of work."
Also writing them down gets them out of your head - just an A4 'back of the envelope' device will serve you well. You will probably have numerous options to consider i.e. A, B,C etc.
I have a book at home that shows the original drawing of Edison's light bulb in an idea sketch. It is a simple and humble line sketch but represents a good idea that he later developed into something bigger. What you write at this point does not have to be a lot- just enough for you to think through your options.
REMEMBER we have anouther Campus Workshop 3rd March 1-4pm and more stuff going up on the blog to help.
Paula
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