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Rough plan to manage time

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   Realistically, I'm aware that any plans to manage my time effectively have to be so flexible at this point. I will have times where I will prioritise other things: AS work, assessments and the rest of it. But I will also have times, I'm sure, where my project will be at the forefront of my mind.      I planned a rough idea of the long-term goals and for the project and the main thing I concluded was that I aim to have it in full completion by around December 2020. Some very rough maths and estimates mean that in the short-term I'd like to complete around 6-7 blog posts by the new year- though I hope to exceed this since once I begin to research I think that I won't want to stop.    I'm usually particularly bad at managing my time with procrastination taking up more of my time than actual work. However, making a physical plan means that I can hold myself accountable so in theory, this should help me get better at using my time well. I hope that over the course

Initial ideas and main question

   Coming into the EPQ lesson, I hadn't got a single idea of what to do my topic on; when told to 'do a project on whatever you want' the idea is weirdly daunting. My mind went straight to psychology since it (to me) is a very intriguing subject that I'd happily spend hours watching videos and reading studies on. I would also do a dissertation as my final piece as I study English literature and want to improve my extended writing abilities. However narrowing 'psychology' down to a less vague area only made it harder to choose from so many psychological ideas and case studies.      Here were my initial ideas: Moral licensing- essentially the explanation for a part of our moral compass and how we balance good and bad decisions.  Psychedelics and their potential in treating mental illnesses.  False memories- the way the brain can fill in missing memories and even construct completely new memories of experiences that never happened.     Each of these are