I am sitting in a SUAW session and have no idea what I am writing. I am coming to the end of my leave of absence and need to re-focus on what I want to research. I am having a hard time deciding on what/how to change my research question/focus.
Today I was to go back to my literature review and see where the gaps could be. Is there a need for me to explore the experiences of women and midwives’ engagement with perinatal mental health screening? Has it been done before? What was found out? Will I discover that what I want to do has already been done to death?
One big question I am asking myself is if I should completely re-do/re-start the literature review. Start from scratch? I get overwhelmed just thinking of that. I am pretty sure I can re-hash it to fit the change of focus as it is not too far from the original research question. Maybe just typing out my thoughts brings them together and reassures me that I am doing the right thing. WOW this is challenging and a wee bit scary. Been refused with my first proposal has impacted my confidence to the point I am finding it very hard to knuckle down. I am already the world’s best procrastinator!
Oh well onwards into the literature review to find my passion.
Michele's Doctoral Journey 