hi. i've had a very productive day today. worked from 11.30am to around 8pm. if only every other day was like today. am happy!!!!! one task of my week's to do list.

don't worry. i know someone who was told to start afresh in his third year and he is still going strong. its all about having a positive attitude. it also helps if you have a supervisor who knows what they are doing.

hi everyone. i just got back from my weekend. i had a brilliant weekend away its been a while since i wrote in my diary. i have actually managed to do quite a significant amount of work. almost finished a literature review - about 4 papers to go. i've done around 12 so far. today i'll just get some rest - consequences of going on a megabus - i might as well have taken a 10 hour flight to an exotic destination!

hope everyones work is going well. am looking forward to starting the write up for my new chapter tomorrow.

today - bank holiday monday i read two papers for my literature review for my upcoming submission on Friday. so far so good. am happy. never thought i'd ever say that about my work at this point.

don't worry pineapple, i totally emphathise. i failed mine in my first year as well. and redoing it was the most difficult time in my life. am the only one who believed i could do it. everyone just gave up on me, faculty, fellow students looked down on me, and even tho family and friends didn't say anything, you could just see it. just take some time off and come back to it with new energy. my failure was due to supervisory problems because my supervisors didn't have a clue about my area and i had to change them. try to get to the bottom of why you didn't perform and address it asap after your break. sometimes it's not the student's fault.

enjoy your night out clowning!!

congratulations clowning!!! that's so encouraging. all the best sjo4 and to jouri.

today has been more of a productive day than the last few days. yesterday i did nothing. today, i managed to pluck some confidence from somewhere and started writing what i have been reading - as it is in a different area. i worked from about noon til now, which is about 5 and a half hours. i will be working throught the evening and weekend. I hope to hand in some work on Friday the 9th, then am rewarding myself with a weekend away to London!!!! something to look forward to.

hope everyone's work is going well.

thanks phd_girl. today i went to the office but i didn't manage to do much. worked for about an hour. came home and fell asleep.

i have really struggled over the last few days. i feel quite exhausted mentally and physically. i decided to take today off.

back to work tomorrow. hopefully with a better result tomorrow.

yesterday's working hours: 4pm til 12 midnight. productive evening. will catch up tomorrow.

you're right shani. i think i'll put it aside for a week or two and carry on with other stuff. was great babysitting. sigh

back to work tomorrow.

5am -10am - am done for the day. off to baby-sit for a friend. its been five long and not so productive hours. hopefully my friends new baby can take my mind off things.

later.

5am -10am - am done for the day. off to baby-sit for a friend. its been five long and not so productive hours. hopefully my friends new baby can take my mind off things.

later.

am just so tired (mentally exhausted) when reading my chapters. i've come to a point where am so energetic when it comes to reading everything else, including stuff i don't usually read. but one look at my thesis, just makes me so mentally and physically exhausted. has anyone else experienced this? how have you dealt with it?

i've already worked for about three hours this morning, i'll probably do a final proof read for work i need to hand in and take some hours off.

just a note to say i did hand in the paper - i was very low on sleep after working all day yestterday so i slept first. anyway, back to work tomorrow - to catch up with thesis.

am off to sleep now. back to work tomorrow.