Independent PhD 6 Month Progress Check In

Five months ago, I started on a journey to earn my PhD independently. So far I've narrowed down a research question from my broad area of interest, and I'm currently working on developing a proposal for my first peer reviewed publication. In this video, I talk about the steps I followed to get to this point and how I'm finding the research process so far. Intro: 00:00 Independent PhD plan: 01:13 The Ideation Phase: 02:53 My Obsidian Index: 03:19 What I've Read: 04:27 The Proposal Stage: 06:19 Staying Motivated and Disciplined: 09:57 The First Paper: 12:09