I had something of a breakthrough last night in relation to my thinking about my research. I've been in a total logjam for about 3 weeks - feeling as though I was making zero progress and even that I couldn'y get a proper handle on my research project. I had reached the point where I was seriously starting to doubt my ability to see this project through to completion.
Thank god I now *seem* to have clarified my thinking, and I'm busily mind mapping my project. Fingers crossed...