I quit my job due to burn out. I started reading up on how to cope with life without a job and how to find a job. So during that process I decided that with some time on my hands, I should look around for some short courses to keep me occupied while I do the job search. I also decided to set up something that would provide a great topic of research for further study, maybe a Masters degree but hopefully a PhD.
A friend told me about FutureLearn.In January I found this great course on Developing your research topic. And since I was called back by my former employer to do some short term work, I decided to kill two birds with one stone. Carry out the assignment to the best of my ability and to use that assignment as a topic for research. That way I will ensure that the results are the best they can get from me and that I have something/ a field which I have daily access to.
So here begins my journey.
My initial topic was to do Museumology and archives. But scholarships for this are not that readily available. I then switched to Records and Archives Management. This is broad, I didn't realize how broad until a bought a text book on it.
Well, one of the exercise in the FutureLearn course requires me to identify a topic. I must say this has helped me focus more on what I want to do rather than the speculations I was banding around.
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