Nearing completion

Well, the reading is finished. Now all I have to do is get myself on to starting the final assignment and then the bulk of the work for the course is done! It has definitely been easier this last few books as I did not immerse myself in the text that much. The way I look at it as that I do also have another 4 weeks between the deadline for the final assignment and the exam so plenty of time for revision.
One good thing about being finished with all the reading is that when mum comes over next weekend I can actually take some time away from my books and spend it with her! That is.. if I get myself motivated to get on with the final assignment... it'll come to me. The benefits of getting started now far outweigh the negatives of dallying and procrastinating.

About 8 weeks until my release into reading heaven.. and counting.

Revised strategies

Change is not always my favourite thing but in the case of my approach to reading for my course it is proving necessary and surprisingly enough, very productive. I started out reading every chapter, going over it again and doing the assignments in the text and then, to make sure I dotted all the T's and crossed all the I's, checking the summaries of each chapter to see if I remembered what was in each section. This worked fine when I had enough time and not too many pages to read but when the number of pages that required reading went up it got a bit hard to keep up. So now I have introduced a new strategy. I am reading through the text seeing if I understand it and then moving on. I am trusting my brain to be able to remember at least the main points made in the text. So far it is paying off!! I am ahead of schedule with the reading and just have to finish off the last 20 pages of the final course book. At the same time I am thinking of starting work on the final assigment early as well. It has to be in on 23rd March but the sooner I can get started on it the better it might be for me. Give me a bit more time to revisit any bits I need to if I find that my brain is actually a sieve. Then it is only 4 more weeks from handing in the final assignment to the exam and then.... back to the freedom to read whatever! I know I keep going on about it, but you have no idea how much I am actually looking forward to being able to read whatever I want, to take as long as I like and not having to remember the essentials of what I am reading. Well.... I have to remember enough to be able to write a review but that is easy enough... 9 weeks to go, and counting.
So.. off to cook my dinner and then perhaps read a few more pages on Project Management Methodologies.

Done deal

I am at present indulging in a little treat... updating my Blog! I promised myself that once I had completed and submitted my second assignment for my course that I would be allowed a little treat and this is it. Perhaps not much of a treat but a break from studying IS a real treat to me. Back to the studying grind tomorrow.
Well, there is the second part of the treat as well.. allowing myself a glass of lovely Merlot. I have been discovering the joys of red wine over the past few months and Merlot is definitely one of my favourites so far. Shame I already finished my cheesy biscuits. They would have gone down well with the wine.

So... what have I read? Nothing, apart from my course stuff. Have I bought any books? Nope. Am I still looking forward to starting to read again? YEP! I am now starting to think about what order I am going to read my books in. Not to sure about whether or not Mort should take precedence over Birdsong or if I should throw myself into a few Dean Koontz ones to warm up?

The ears finally got enough of mr James Vincent Mc Morrow and Ben Howard so now have my MP3 player on shuffle again.