Hey Lara! Congrats on your progress - and you're right - you've got to OWN your dissertation . . . be proud of the fact that you've worked so hard! We are all behind you!
So, I will be writing on and off for the next week or so. Wanted to let you guys know that my boyfriend is coming for a visit (haven't seen him in almost a year!). I'll check in though - and I'm cheering you all on with your deadlines!
Thanks Anthropologa!! i really appreciate that
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celesmai - hey , hope you had a productive day.
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well its a slow day for me again!! ooooooops. i have honestly not done anything for my thesis. and it's already 4pm!! how did that happen. i woke up late and just been procrastinating! and then my internet stopped working all of a sudden. so i am doing system restore, which is taking ages!!! i am worried it is stuck.. so i am now sitting on the floor using my laptop. luckily i had backed up the chapter i was working on , on my usb key so i can work on it on my laptop, whilst my computer does its system restore thingy.
but it's so frustrating.i dont know whats wrong with my pc :(
anyways enough moaning! instead of staring at my pc wishing it to work, i should just work on the laptop.
aim for today:
1. bring in the architect and carpenter and transfer my 2nd draft version of results section of chapter 5, to final 3rd draft format. (I am just about to print it out so its easier to visualise all the sub sections and arrange it in some kind of coherent order).
2. 2nd draft of discussion of chapter 5.
3. 1st draft of introduction of chapter 5
I will report back when i have accomplished aim 1.
okay guys, i am procrastinating, time for desperate measures, I am going to use my egg timer. i will set it to *1 hour*, and report back about what i have actually done!!
it's such a beautiful day!! my reward will then be 10minutes in the garden reading a book
*starts egg timer*
I will report back in an hour.
Hi everyone!
I have read these forums and I am so happy to see everyone supporting and helping each other. I hope you have some room for another dissertation write like me.
Tomorrow, I will have a meeting with my advisor and here's a list of what I aim to accomplish today:
1. Write a short introduction that clarifies the motivation, research purpose and objectives and potential implications of the study.
2. Briefly explain the rough research model and experimental design (although this will be really rough).
3. After completing these tasks, shorten a journal paper that's been accepted for publication.
I am looking forward to getting to know all of you, and I hope I can help and support you with as well!
i am feeling very stressed! my pc computer is not working. and i keep trying system restore
i am finding it very difficult to concentrate on my chapter on my laptop, because i am worried about my pc.
but as promised here is an update, from the "hour"
the "architect" did it's job, and i organised the results section, on a subsection level.
i am still feeling very stressed about my pc. but i will set my egg timer for 30minutes, and cut and paste the different subsections now and then correct table and figure numbers.
*sets egg timer for 30minutes*
thanks longway74, you're so right. i will just work on my laptop for the rest of the day. and try to fix my pc later on today. luckily i had backed everything up. i backup on a daily basis at the end of my working day. so thank God for that.
i am gonna take a little break and then continue working on chapter 5.
thanks for the encouragement
and it's nice to hear that you are feeling positive about getting back to work! that's really great!
today has been non productive. Feel rubbish and was at docs again so on antibiotics still grrr - think they take away any energy. Then had to work this afternoon from 4 to 7. Think I will give up on today. Tomorrow is my wee bros graduation so I will only aim to go into my office before that and do a bit of computer stuff and read some of the book I had hoped to look at today! Maybe Thursday will be productive.
Hope your comp comes back to life Lara. It sucks when technology plays up!
thanks celesmai!
well i've officially given up trying to fix it. and i am backing up EVERYTHING on the pc in safe mode, incase my friend needs to reformat the computer, he is coming on thursday to fix it.
till then i will work on the laptop.
i havent accomplished any of my aims. so before i go to bed, i want to get the following done:
1. transfer results section from 3rd draft to final 4th draft format.
2. discussion section 1st draft to final 2nd draft format.
3. introduction section
i will try to complete chapter 5 tonight. so i can start work on chapter 6 tommorow.
well time to start burning the midnight oil....
celesmai, have fun at your bros graduation. and i admire that you want to get some work done before you go.
and don't worry i think all of us are allowed to have unproductive days once in a while!
and thanks for your sympathy regarding my computer. yeh it is frustrating when technology decides to take a vacation.lol
*clocks out*
completed aim 1 and aim 2.
too sleepy to do aim 3, will do that tommorow.
final chapter draft still isn't perfect. but its the best i can get it this week.
me off to bed now.
tommorow aims:
1spend an hour maximum on introduction for chapter 5. then wrap the chapter up.
then start work on chapter 6. zero draft.
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