thanks for confirming my thoughts.

thanks Melon and Olivia.

i didn't do much today. i was working well but i started to feel low in the afternoon - about publication and the silly journal i want to submit to. hopefully will recover tomorrow. taking the day off.

todays hours: 11am - 3.30pm.

how do you submit papers for publication in journals? a lot of publishers do not put down information on how to submit. i called them today and they said an editor would contact me today. but no one called. is this normal?

thanks Smilodon.

Hey - i've finished some work for submission tomorrow, so am really happy. I worked from 10pm - 1am on Sunday the 2nd March. Took the whole of Saturday off.

I have another deadline on Friday, so lets hope i'll meet that one on time.

quote of the day: 'What we do not see, what most of us never suspect of existing, is the silent but irresistible power which comes to the rescue of those who fight on in the face of discouragement.' Napoleon Hill.

todays study hours : 11am - 2.30pm (3.5 hours). felt discouraged, at not submitting. decided to take the rest of the day off. i'll finish up over the weekend. am fine now.

i came across this quote moments ago:

'Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.'

hey tessie. welcome to the forum. you just cheered me up. you have a great site and i can relate to most of the stuff there. am sure you'll get there. all the best.

guys - i decided to correct the chapters and hand in first thing monday. not a very good start - but keeping my chin up.

later.

propects of submitting today are looking bleak. i just discovered an error in the flow of the chapters combined. ch.1 says that a certain mechanism works and chapter 2 i argue it doesn't. chapter is my introduction. this runs thro to ch.3 which maintains that the mechanism doesn't. is that normal? can i leave it as it is and in the conclusion say that in the intro i thought it'd work but my research shows it doesn't??? torn between submitting now or first thing Monday morning when i've checked for consistency in my argument. it doesn't help that am a perfectionist.

if it helps - i've been there and am almost finding my way out of this tunnel. just read something and do something everyday. soon everything will fall into place.

i've done one hour. 12am - 1am. at least i've managed the flow. i will finish it up tomorrow.

wow. i hadn't seen the hits on this thread. you guys really are keeping a tab on this.

such love.. or is it such pressure.. lol

later.

might as well take a break to write the diary

today i did 7.5 hrs. will be working on til around two. am desperately trying to make the chapters flow! my working hours weren't very consistent, but here goes:

6.40am - 8.15am - about 1.5 hours
9.30am - 10 am - 0.5 hours.
10am - 11am - attended lecture.
2pm - 3.10pm - about 1 hour.
(took a nap in the afternoon.)
6.00pm to 6.30pm - 0.5 hours
9pm to 23.50pm - about 3 hours.

i'd say, well done. hope am able to hand it as planned tomorrow. i must!! how can i miss my first deadline??!! won't be very encoraging. fingers crossed.

thanks shani. am still working on it. trying to make it flow. might be up for the better part of the night today or i'll have to get up early. so far so good. but still a long way to go. just having dinner then am gonna get on with it.

don't worry you'll catch up - you can work in the evening or whenever it suits you. as long as you get the work done. thats what matters - not when you do it. all the best.

26th Feb (Tue) - did two hours (10am - 12 noon) in the morning. attended lectures then spend the day visiting friends. was too tired when i got back to do more.

27th Feb (Wed) - worked on thesis from 12 noon til 4pm, then one hour from 6pm til 7pm. Too tired. Called it a day. Did five hours in total. still a long way to go.

Hopefully spend tomorrow writing up for Friday's submission.