Taking a break

Jul 08, 2012 07:46

This is a sad post to write - I'm taking a break from my research for a while. I've had a difficult year: my family have been through bereavement and serious illness, and I'm finding that's making it difficult to focus on my research. Studying with the OU allows research students a degree of flexibility so I'm able to suspend my studies for a short period to get my life back on track.

I've used this flexibility before when I my job was becoming particularly stressful, and then again when I was promoted and didn't have any free time for studying but it's never something that I want to do. I've had moments of joy while working on this research but it's mainly a long, hard slog to get anything done and stopping for a while means that I lose any momentum that I've managed to build up - really, not ideal.

However, it's the right thing to do for the moment. I'm signing off now - and will be back again in September.

Bye for now.
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