Lacking drive and being able to keep going has been a key struggle. If I don’t get enough sleep that also really throws off my day, as well, as I still try to get up early but then lose focus in my morning. This builds pressure as I beat myself up and then have great expectations of my productivity on consecutive days. I procrastinate during those times and feel terrible about myself if I am not productive every day. However, even in those lowest moments, I make myself wipe the slate clean. Start again. Sometimes several days in a row!
In regards to recruitment, whilst using things like Instagram and Call for Participants made me feel proactive it was mainly participant swaps that got me the number of participants I needed.
In regards to participant behaviour during the study, I noticed that people tend to tilt their heads a little bit, and I’m not sure if that would stop them from mentally rotating properly! I also thought that I may need to ignore the first block of trials that they do as they are still getting into the flow of it which made me realise that I should have definitly included practice trials! Oh well. I could not change this half way through.