Procrastination and me

It’s amazing how fast a week can fly by when a deadline is approaching.

This time last week I was sat down, pens neatly arranged in a line, my books piled in ascending order based on the number of pages in them, my emails were up to date and most importantly I had moved all the coins in my savings into piles based on denomination.

 

Well I’m convinced – Sex at Dawn by @ChrisRyanPhD and C Jetha

It’s been a long time since I have had a book which I couldn’t put down. Guess what, I found one.

Sex at Dawn by Chris Ryan and Cacilda Jetha is one of the most fascinating and thought-provoking books I have ever come across. The “headline” on the front cover states that this book will tell you “how we mate, why we stray, and what it means for modern relationships”.

Let’s start with why I actually purchased this book.

 

Next off the psychology bookshelf

With my first non-course related psychology book under my belt, I thought I should start another. I have two other child psychology books to make a start on, but for some reason I am not feeling too motivated about child psychology at the moment.

Over the last couple of weeks I have purchased a couple of new books which I was going to leave until I go on holiday in the next few months. But why wait? maybe reading a more interesting book may stoke the child psych fire.

 

Children’s Minds…more questions than answers

Well, that’s the first book down. I have just finished Children’s Minds by Margaret Donaldson. If I had to try and sum it up in a reviewer like sentence, it would be “a long read for a small book, 4 stars”.

In fairness, it is an excellent book. I’m not sure if my struggle with some of the chapters is due to not having kids and perhaps a lack of interest in some of the issues. The perspective of Donaldson is interesting. She studied under Piaget early in her career at his institute in Geneva, where he had a huge influence on her thinking. It was later that she began to question some of Piaget’s theories, which eventually led to this book.

 

Reading far and wide….

I’ve heard this term used a few times by tutors. “The Open University materials will be enough but we advise you read far and wide”. In terms of direction, Far and wide feels a little vague, especially as I’m trying to improve my essay scores. That being said, I think I will start near and…skinny (what is the opposite of wide).