Sneaks, Delta and Ady, I honestly think that your sups wouldn't let you submit if they thought it wasn't worth it...

Most stuff is done, need to do some minor editing from those sections but I think it should be ok.
Goals now:
1) Edit the third section
2) Edit the fourth if I get the time (and the fifth if there's one, I'm losing count!)
3) Do some food shopping as I have no bread and no milk
4) Change fish tank water
I'm going to try to these in this order so that once I'm done, I can re-read the whole thing before the end of the day.

Thanks for that Ady, really helpful! And good luck Delta!

Good luck! I hope you get it! Will keep my fingers crossed for you.

Thank you Batfink! Some chamomile tea and a warm shower seemed to have done the trick...

I have to edit another chapter today so I'm breaking it down into the following:
1) Edit the first section of the chapter
2) Edit the second section
And then lunch. I'll review my goals then.

Forgot to ask yesterday, how did it go on Monday Ady?

Just needed to pop back to say: 'I've managed to do everything I planned today!!' Well done me!! (up)

I've not managed to do this in ages so I'm well chuffed, plus I've had a good chat with one of my mates who got a phd recently and she was reassuring me of how being so stressed and uncertain of your work is expected at this stage, so I feel normal again woohoo.

Ok, I admit, I have had lots of caffeine today and I might have overdone it as I'm sleep deprived and have been knackered all day... sorry for being hyper (I don't normally drink coffee which probably hasn't helped either...)

Mine does that sometimes but it goes back to normal when I restart the computer... you could also try it on a different computer/laptop to see if its the mouse or the connection. I know it sounds odd but I used to have a laptop where I couldn't use a mouse for whatever reason...

Failing that, Tesco sometimes have some cheap (and good ones!).

Sorry Sneaks and Ady but I'm starting to think that Ady's sup is right, that ALL sups tell us to make changes shortly before submission and we ALL get super stressed pre-submission. Not sure they are quite aware of the impact of their required changes or how long it takes to make these either.

No Sneaks, I don't think supervisors have 'demoralisers' as their middle names but maybe they should! lol

Sorry, I'm just feeling a bit resentful right now (and a tad better that i'm not the only one going through this... so thank you for sharing your experiences)

Lol just ready Ady's comment... I'd go and bury my head if I didn't have so much to do...:$

Goal 1 accomplished - although I'll have another read through at the end of the day
Goal 2 - halfway through I think.

Is there anyone else around who's submitting shortly and starting to think that their whoole work (or at least the majority of it) is rubbish? Or is it just me:$ I'm struggling to write on stuff that I previously found pretty easy but everything just looks rubbish right now...

I know there were some charities that offer financial help with 'studying' related costs.

I'm really sorry but I haven't got the names of any but before I started my phd I came across an online directory of charities. You could then filter them to look for the ones that provide support with education and take it from there.

It's pretty hard work though because you'd have go to through each one and see if you meet their criteria. Like the bursaries, most if not any will have specific criteria relating to where you live, your nationality/ethnicity, profession, area of study, etc. but maybe worth a shot?

By the way, if you decide to go ahead with this idea, you will need to give them an idea of how much you need.

Another option that comes to mind is to use cheaper airlines and stay in a hostel. I stayed in one in Munich(?) that was excellent, very clean, great facilities, great breakfast. I did not regret staying there at all, much better than some of the B&B I've stayed in the UK... I'm usually not keen on hostels, but that German hostel changed my preconceived ideas (er, at least regarding German hostels!).

Good luck!

Good morning!

Goals
1) Finish editing what I started yesterday - a bit difficult right now as I'm starting to think everything is rubbish but one must go on
2) Write a bit more on my intro - ideally I'd like to finish it today. We'll see.

Good luck everyone!

Sorry Sofoula, no luck here either. I'm sure someone else will be able to get it for you... good luck!

Emmaki, you'll be surprised ;) I have articles from the 70s that I got online!