Review Review Review
I started this blog almost a year ago. I’ve written over 300 posts in that time. Over 50,000 words. I have to check my records constantly. I have a spreadsheet with every post listed by date, and often when I’m thinking of a title I have to doublecheck I’ve not used it already.
Last week I wrote a post and was super-proud of it…
…until I realised that it was very similar to a post I had written the week before, only slightly better! (which is something at least)
I review the blog all of the time. I’ve recently started a project to make themed posts easier to find. I’ve started at the beginning and am adding tags to posts to make ideas easier to search for. Hopefully I’ll be able to put them into useful categories.
Doing a PhD you have to review your ideas and progress all of the time. Are you on track? What’s left to do?
Writing up you have to review what you’ve done and how you can communicate it. What works? What do you need?
Preparing for the viva you have to review… everything! Start at page 1. Made notes? Review them. Used key papers? Review them. You don’t need to remember everything, but you do need to feel sure about what you think.
If you’re doing something important – like a PhD, like the viva – then the review never stops.