focus on the topic

I don't know if it is because of this blog but I'm behind my able with papers and books around me and the mac book in front of me. I look like a real student. It's all about what I announced in the last blog: studying different stages to become a self-directed learner.
The interesting thing however about it at the moment is to see how I deal...or maybe struggle with doing this. In the last days I have been in this position three times: surrounded by books and articles. The problem is that after ten minutes or half an hour I'm still there but focussed on a totally different topic. Well... not totally different but on topics which are not serving my initial intention. Because of reading things my brains starts to work and I get ideas for other projects I'm working on. The day before yesterday it resulted in me working on the design of a training course that I have to do in June. As such good...but still....
I don't know if this is bad but reading a book or an article for me doesn't immediately lead to me taking the information or theory and add it to my 'knowledge'. I start discussing wit the author, checking if what he/she writes fits into my thinking/knowledge etc. Maybe I'm too pigheaded, too stubborn.
At the same time it works. It brings me further in my thinking. It's not about getting something completely new, not being totally surprised and inspired by a completely different concept. It helps more in refining my already existing views.
Anyway...tonight I managed to stay in the topic, I made notes and I even started to write things down in what should be one day, at the end of this month, the final document.
I feel like making progress here.

Italian..... well...not really a lot of progress there. I only managed a few times to get into quite short Italian conversation. Problem was being in Turkey for two weeks which didn't really help. The good thing is that I found there in my hotel room an Italian TV channel which is quiet interesting. Brings news the whole day and has interesting interviews. It turned out that we have that channel also here at home. So...interesting Italian television!