The best purchases I have made in recent weeks are a whiteboard and a set of pens. I've always found it extremely hard to plan my essays or even sketch out my ideas. Computers are too restrictive (and I'm not tech-savvy enough to use specialised computer programs). Old-fashioned pen and paper is better, but even then the paper is never big enough if I want to brainstorm.
A few weeks ago when I was on campus, I managed to get an empty classroom to read in and I took advantage of its massive whiteboard to do a spider diagram. It was the best planning session I've ever had; I loved having the space to be able to lay out all of my ideas. Last week I finally bought a whiteboard for myself and although I've only been able to use it today (as I've been away from home since Monday), I can see that it's going to be really useful and I wish that I'd bought one sooner.
In other news, I'm going to Bath on Monday, which I'm very excited about. I'll try to update again over the weekend but there'll be another lapse of a few days early next week.
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