grrr just need a little rant! Just got an email from one of the postgrads in my office saying my supervisor has been looking for me and some of my samples are missing. Really annoyed on a few accounts, first he gave me permission to work at home therefore surely he could email me if he wants me not pass messages around making it look like I'm skiving or soemthing. Second i left all my samples in my drawer in the lab so if they are missing someone has moved them which means I will never find them. Grr so now going to have to go in tomorrow and try and sort it out! Annoyed!!!! Writing is going well this week and this means I will loose another day!!! GRRRRRR

hey TG, you're so right! just need to keep at it and work as much as you can. i know i cannot do 12 hours or 10 hours!! yep you're right we all work differently. like you said what you do each day is more important. thanks TG really needed to hear that.

glad you enjoyed mamma mia, you deserved to take a break. good luck with chapter 7! i am sure you will get it done.

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celesmai sorry to hear that. that's really unfair. you've been working so hard. i hope you find the samples. how annoying to go in and sort it out.

my aims for today.
1. finish making notes on maximum parsimony
2. describe few patients for penny analysis
3. compare cluster and penny for a few patients.
4. work on SNP global data.
5. compare SNP data with m/s data
6. sort out cluster analysis for chapter 4
7. do global cluster analysis for chapter 4
8. bike ride at 8pm for 20minutes
9. have dinner at 9.30pm.

*** work for an hour and take a 10minute break away from my computer***

aim to clock in 5 hours of productivity time.

thanks TG you're right about how 4-6 hours is realistic. i agree!

i will stop beating myself up about 10/12 hour shifts lol.

and aim for 6 hours instead

Hi All,

Well i confess, had a bit of a rubbish day today. Started writing but couldn't get much done and have only written one A4 page!!! It is so hard!!!!! This is my worst chapter, i have written a plan for the chapter but have only done a little on it. Been trying to get all my notes together but am worried i don't have enough idea's. Anyway, a new strategy for tomorrow,

I am going to write for 2 and a half hours in the morning and get to discussing infection strains.

Then a break, then 3 hours in the afternoon to finish the strain bit, discuss the other results and summary.

Then in the evening, re-read it and then Saturday finish it with looking at other infection models etc.

I'm hoping writing all this done tonight will really help tomorrow!! I really hope so, i am annoyed with myself as i don't feel i have made the most of this week. I know we all talk about moving forward with each day and i must do this. I can't worry about not doing as much as i should have done this week, just need to make sure i gwt it finished by mu deadline of Sunday night for this section of work!
Anyway, sorry for my ranting!!! Just need to get my feelings off my chest!!
Hope everyone else has had a more productive day!! This PhD lark is definitely not easy!!!!!!!!!!
Will see how i get on and will post tomorrow night!!
Hope everyone has a good day tomorrow!!!

PS "I hope writing all this done" should read "i hope writing all this down!!!
See i can't even write properly!!!!!!

hey fellow sufferers,

am just writing up a very small summary to my supervisor which i want to email today definitely...currently at 700 words, was originally just gonna email him giving him an update but the email was slowly turning into an essay so thought a seperate summary would be better....even if i am up all night i'm gonna send something as i'm just fed up with it

i hear ya tractorgirl!

don't worry i've had a rubbish week aswell! and keep adding to my list of aims from past days and never really accomoplishing finishing anything.

i'm going to try a different strategy tommorow. spend an 1 hour - 2 hours maximum per chapter. as i have only been working on one section of one lousy chapter, whilst the other chapters have been neglected!

total productive time about 2 and half hours.

although i am having lots of fun with my mind maps, and its really motivated me i am finding it easier now to organise things and i feel psychologically secure, when i find a good reference, i wont forget about it. as i have put it in my mind map and made notes on it etc.

tommorow i am going to work abit on 3 chapters..rotate every hour or 2 hours.

angie i know what you mean! a few hours of my day was sucked up by admin emails too!

TG dont be so hard on yourself is it the discussion /summary chapter? those are the hardest! i am sure whatever you come up with , will be fine. its not your final final version to give into senate house. so it doesnt have to be perfect. it can just be a scrappy version of the final version you will do. just jot down the main ideas. and if you dont get it done, just tell your supervisor. im having a hard time coming up with ideas. but you will most of your other chapters done. so it will be fine.

your sup wont hang you for it. try to take the pressure off yourself abit. i think thats whats causing the block. its the anxiety of it all.

it takes time for ideas to formulate. sometimes you can find inspiration when you let it go or come across an interesting paper. it will come together soon enough.

good luck!

an A4 is better than nothing!! its a start, and that is great !

infection strains eh, sounds interesting

kinda like outbreak the movie! hehehehehe my imagination going into hyperdrive. probably nothing like the movie. but i just saw abit of it the other day hehe

hey guys, wrote a 2300 word summary and have emailed it to my supervisor...as soon as i emailed it i received immdiately an automated reply telling me he is on leave until august 11....just my luck....oh well, its only a week, at least it did not say august 11 2009- now that would be something!!

morning guys sorry to hear this week is going tough for most of you. I completed my aims yesterday and today want to restructure ch2 and print it so I have a hard copy. Hoping to get that done but have to go into uni to sort out the samples lost in action! Grrr. Im dreading going near the place - dont really want to see my supervisor coz anytime i do i get so many forms to fill in and its all so complicated coz im pregnant supposedly!! I'd rather just write my phd!