#ftjpts

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After two years of part-time studies, I've been awarded MSc, Information Science (Library Management) with Commendation!

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So I’ve spent two years with my head down, completing an Information Science MSc (viva on Friday!) and I haven’t moved house since March... I think it’s about time to move counties, sectors and start a NEW JOB!

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Since finishing writing my dissertation I've not had a full night's sleep. It feels like being on the edge of a very deep and dark drop.

I'm in a very different place than I was two years ago when starting my Masters, thankfully. But now I'm emerging blinking and readjusting isn't the joyful rush of relief I'd imagined. I feel very lost, unsure what to do next, like I haven't learnt enough. Weighing up the options and I feel like I just want to learn more.

There's an unhelpful tendency which I know I have, of thinking that I'm either being productive or useless, with no middle ground. For the past two years I've met my own standards with the full time job, part time study thing but now, five days before my deadline, with a final edit before submission I feel weirdly defeated. I think I've become accustomed to defining myself in a way which will no longer apply.

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13,000-ish words of transcription, all done!

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Transcription is oddly satisfying. The process of reviewing the interviews is a good way to start analysing them. The interviews themselves were really interesting and I’m glad I had the nerve to do them. At some point I realised I was going to have to either learn to analyse numerical data or talk to people!

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Dear Tumblef/r/iends, I have just recovered from a startlingly painful and sudden bout of De Quervain's tenosynovitis, hosted Roger’s parents in our cosy and characterful flat, applied for a job in Aberdeen, received an overwhelming 28 survey responses, conducted 4/5 user experience interviews and begun transcribing them. Posting will remain healthily intermittent for the foreseeable future!

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The dissertation deadline of May is just too soon. My supervisor has agreed to supervise me until September, just need to arrange this with the course convener.

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I'm studying in a coffee shop for a change of scene and I needed to buy some beans anyway.

First, I handed over a competitor local coffee shop's loyalty card (we both laughed) and now I'm sat along from someone I'm not sure if I recognise.