Damn, I'm so envious of you having finished! Not in a push-you-in-front-of-a-bus nasty sort of way. I only hope that by this time next year I too will be in your position. I have to say, when I look back on my PhD journey thus far, I must be the biggest armchair action hero of all time. So much has happened in just 3 short years.

Right, written up the second results chapter in pen. Will now need to type it up and stick in some tables. Maybe, I'll get most of it done by the end of today, but hopefully should have it typed up by the end of the weekend.

Okay, so far I've made a bit more progress. I'm going going to eat now and then get back to it. (up)

Okay, Chrisrolinski, I've sent it (up) Good luck!

Just done another 500 words, so nerrr, stupid thesis.

Okay, I've done about 1200 words today for the second results chapter. It's such asinine, mediocre rubbish. Hope everyone else has had a better day.

Ha ha! Yeah, I'd say that's normal. I've just been reading my article that I eventually managed to get published and wished I was a skilled hacker who could log break into the internet server it's on and just take it off! It feels like I've got my end of year topic from primary school published.

Pink_Numbers has provided a really, really good post. I can't really add to it other than to say you won't have to make sacrifices much longer. You're young and I presume you can't be far from the finish line. Once it's done, it's done. I'm going to quickly relay a story to you, relevant to your dilemma, that has always stuck with me. It involves a portly middle-aged man, a Superkings Black cigarette and took place round the back of a hospital.
The portly middle-aged man happened to be an NHS manager, so is probably unemployed now - or soon will be. He was having a fag-break and I, as I always seem to do, was complaining about never having the time to do anything properly other than my work. Anyway, he said getting my qualifications out of the way at a young-ish age will help set me up for life, and that it's better to make the sacrifices now and reap the 'rewards' later. I think he's right in a way. And this, I'm aware, is the worst advice I have ever given. What I'm trying to say is, you can have everything you want, achieve anything you want and you won't always be brassic - you won't always be subservient to your PhD.
A good lot of us on this forum are going through exactly the same thing as you - and have exactly the same feelings.

Sorry for the confusion. I meant visio but was thinking about Nvivo at the same time :$

I've had a horrible day today. Progress = zero. It's one of those days where I question my capability to actually get my PhD done. Meh, there's still a bit of time left before necessary sleep to try and salvage something. Fingers crossed for tomorrow. :-(

Stupefaction

Today has not been a waste because a mate of mine, who is an English graduate - so knows where to put commas and those commas with dots above - said that she will proof read all of my chapters when they are eventually done - for free (my favourite word). Split-infinitive? Clause? Oxford comma? They can go and eat shoots and leaves, because I know somone with a zero tolerance approach to puntuation. (up)