*bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz* sound of my egg timer going off.

okay i am now on the last section of the results section. i think i need another hour to finish it.

revised plan is as follows:

7pm - 8pm: finish results section

8pm - 9pm: discussion.

9pm - 10pm: final check and proof read.

10pm - 12pm : proof read and final corrections to the other 6 chapters.

going to take a 10 minute break now.

hey tractor girl how's it going?

i have a new deadline now. 9.20pm. finish results section.

Hi!

I also have a new deadline!! It wasn't going too badly but then i hit a stumbling block and couldn't think what to write!! Had a chocolate break then tried again but am a bit behnid now!!!! Now going to have some tea, then straight back to it!! Am now aiming to get this section done by 10.30 pm so fingers crossed!!!! Hope your work is going well, you are doing so well and should be really proud of your acheivements. We are definitely getting there!!! Good luck with your next spell of work lol xx

thanks tractor girl, really appreciate your words of encouragement!! they really make this whole process bearable!

you are doing great !! proud of you aswell. we can do it!

okay i have to rethink my deadline. just finished the results section. lol its a horrible results section, i dont even understand it. but its a skeleton draft. best i can come up with right now. but chapter seems less scary than it did yesterday, that is for sure! now when i attempt work on it later on in the week, it will be easier to add the meat so to speak.

okay new deadline:

10 minute break now.
i've realised i work better in little short deadlines.

so next aim is:

10pm - 10.30pm: discussion.

will report back when i am done.

this thread is really helping me keep me on my toes!

good luck with your deadline

Hi!
How is it going? Well done on your skeleton results draft. That is really brilliant and you are really making great progress. As for me i have had about 15 maltesers and have still loads to do!! I definitely need to join a gym or something as the weight is piling on!!!!! Anyway, i have done about three quarters of chapter 7 but am finding it hard to concentrate now! My meeting with my supervisor is at 3 pm tomorrow so i am going to try to work for another hour, but if i am still struggling i am going to get to bed but set the alarm for early tomorrow to finish the chapter off as best as i can!!

I hope your work is going well. You are doing brilliantly and are really getting there. Just think in a couple of months this will be over!!!!! Anyway best of luck for the rest of your work tonight. Will send a post tomorrow to let you know if i make the deadline for my meeting tomorrow so fingers crossed!!!!!!!
Hope you hand in everything you want to tomorrow and remember you have done so well and have loads to hand in. Now we just need to wait for feedback!!!! Have a great time off aswell and enjoy the concert and don't feel quilty about taking the time off, you deserve it!!
lol

thanks tractor girl!!!

wow 3/4 thats brilliant! well done you. yap thats sounds like a good idea, just do as much as you can. i hope your meeting goes well!

thanks for the vote of confidence and encouragement, i so needed that boost.

and oh tell me about the weight. i've put on so much weight these past 3 weeks, i dare not weigh myself!! but after monday, i am going to start exercising at least every other day.

i've coming close to the 7 hour mark, and my brain is turning into mush. ive reached that stage where i am just too tired to do any more writing. i am at the nochalent stage where im like oh i just cant be bothered anymore. lol

thanks for the kind words regarding the concert and not feeling guilty about taking time off. its nice to hear that

yipeee skeleton draft of chapter 6 done.

okay new aims for the next few hours:

final corrections/proof reading:

chapter 1
chapter 2
chapter 3
chapter 4
chapter 5
chapter 7

then page numbers
then finally TOC

tractorgirl, i think have gone to bed, good luck with your work in the morning! and your meeting.

lara, thanks for your welcome. i can't believe how much you have done in such a short space of time. i'm really impressed, well done! you should be really proud of yourself. and enjoy the concert!
I don't have any immediate thesis deadlines which means very difficult to motivate...i do have to give a long presentation next week though, so i'll work on that first.
today's target:
half of presentation! off to library now, so hopefully i'll do 2.5 hours before lunch, then the same after. i have just been on holiday (well, back home to see supervisor too) so need to ease myself into daily schedule!

awww thanks tokyorabbit !! thats so nice of you to say i appreciate that.

your username is really cool!

good luck with the presentation, and yah good idea to slowly each into it.

yipeeeee chapters all done, just getting a family friend now to make a pdf so i can email it to my sup. this is the longest i've ever stayed glued to my chair, clocking at 12 and half hours now. i'm feeling sleepy.. but the hard work is done. thank God i got through it. was so close to giving up early this week. there were times, believe me, when i just wanted to say, i failed the challenge, i cant do it. it just cant be done, X number of days is just not enough. but advice given to me by everyone was always to just do as much as i can, and that always helped to push through the pain barrier.

a big THANK YOU !!! to everyone on this forum! i really couldn't have done it without the great support i recieved!! this forum has been my phd life saver!! you all are so wonderful i hope someday i can do the same for each and everyone one of you!

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now i am going to take a couple of days off as soon as i send the email...and then resume writing again on weds...

i have a feeling i am going to miss this place during my 2day break lol. but i am going to switch my computer off and really take a break. well switch my computer off once i email my sup and they acknowledge they have recieved the files. then i gotta prepare myself for the onslaught of critisisms. but its fine. i am just happy that i have a first draft now on my thesis for them to critisise lol. there are alot of holes and ALOT more work to be done on thesis, but its nice to have a foundation now.. a skeleton to work on.

*sorry thats EASE not each lol you can tell im tired and half asleep! cant even type properly. lol

Well done Lara. You've got there. enjoy your days off and dont even think about the thesis. As for me isomina has hit hence working on my thesis at 6am. Oh well hopefully get a bit done and then go and nap for a couple of hours at lunch.
Aims for today
Finally finish the key text!!!