Sneaks... enjoy your non-PhD day!!! I want one of those!!

I'm just going to vent really quickly...

In my faculty we have these random research seminars where academics and researchers will present their research. I was asked by the organiser to present today... which I don't really want to do. Anyway, I have to now. So I'm sitting here reading through my notes and EVERYONE... i swear everyone I've seen today has commented on me doing it... like its some huge task. It's getting on my nerves. I just want some peace before the storm to prepare. It also seems like all my fellow PhDers have come in specially today to watch me (or so they keep saying). Talk about pressure. I was hoping no one would turn up! Plus, to me it's no big thing. It's not like it's a conference or anything... Grrr...

Anyway, vent over... back to the reading...

good luck with the presentaion jinkim - I think people just do that to make themselves feel better. I'm sure it will go swimmingly.

I've done the ironing, played with the dog, gone shopping, now onto making lunch and then sitting with a film on while I wrap birthday & christmas presents! (gift)(gift)(gift)

Oh the productivity of you all! I'm jealous!

Today I have tidied the downstairs of my house, cleaned the kitchen, stuck in a load of washing and watched Star Trek Voyager. I did FA yesterday too. I can't motivate myself to write anything as whatever I do, my supervisor just adds more and more irrelevant crap to it. The other supervisor is off on a fancy jaunt abroad so I can't pester him. I went on my lab group's xmas dinner the other day; that wasted an afternoon.

I'm here early! After a horrible weekend of feeling like death with an evil cold, I have decided to do as many transcriptions as possible today - get them completely out of the way and then try and relax in the afternoon as still feeling rough. However, just got email from sup asking for some non-PhD work for tomorrow. so my list for today is...

- do reports for tomorrow
- last 4 transcriptions (one being a VERY difficult one as didn't record well and can't work out what they are saying)
- take dog for walk
- R&R

Done reports. Took longer than thought, still haven't walked dog - she is looking glum.

good stuff getting ur reports done sneaks, just the transcriptions and dog now! :) ive just had an email suggesting i send the paper to a diff journal, gutted! i may have to rewrite the damn thing again, feel like firing it in the bin! but i shant, il brush myself off and love on! waiting for my sup to tell me what to do! until then, im generally wasting time reading stuff and not taking it in!

ooh, at least you've got the paper in some kind of publishable form! I have walked the dog, she is now sleeping. I want to sleep but must transcribe. My othr half wil be home in an hour and I should really try and get something done haha!

allll right!!

mission for today...change paper to new format of new journal and submit... continue reading for the PCR lit review that will never end... and start the christmas break tidy up of loose ends so i have even a little clue of what im doing when i come back...

bring it on!!

Ooh can I please join in here? I desperately need to be held accountable for actually doing something with my days. I was supposed to be completing my lit before christmas, but so far, it has just not happened :$

So, my goals for tonight (and probably the rest of the week) are:
- Finish the section of the literature that I am working on
- Complete a table of contents for my whole lit section
- Reorganise the rest of my literature into those sections
- Write a coherent introduction and conclusion for the chapter

My aims for the day:

-Get this chapter at least half way finished

That's my only aim because I know there's no chance of my working on anything else.

I may also work on brightening my mood though... but I'm not sure that's at all possible given the strenuous task I've set myself above.

:-s

Good luck everyone. I'm about to move house, well I've got the car full of stuff I don't want going in my father in law's van as they WILL break everything. and am driving down and dropping it off. Hopefully I will be back by late lunch to get on with some transcribing.

This chapter is starting to do my head in. Literally.

I've been working on it for like 3 weeks now (not the full 3 weeks as I've had plenty other stuff to keep my away from it), and I'm not even half way through. I've just checked my word count for it, and its on 10,000 words. Thats more than my main lit review chapter!! This is going to be a monster chapter, and I'm not sure I'm EVER going to finish it. My deadlines are flying by with nothing to show for them. I'm on the verge of going insane I swear. I'm tempted to take up counselling...

Arrrgggghhhh... :-s

Sneaks I hope the move goes well. I'd much rather be moving/ dipping my toes in burning hot lava than doing this right now!!

Rant over... back to work...

Jinkim, you sound like you are in the same place that I am, except I have spent 3 months on this chapter :-(

Supervisor wants to see something this week though, and I have a review this friday, so I NEED to get something done.

So far, I have my TOC done. About to attempt the intro and conclusion.

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Bluebird, Jinkim, have you thought about getting a fresh pair of eyes on your chapters - giving them to someone else to read through to see where/what needs changing? I know this can be difficult, and people can start stealing work, but it may help.

I've driven 3 hours up and down the motorway, delivered stuff, fed cats and put their timer bowl on and now back at my desk with tea, waiting for the second run on Thursday, and then the big furniture on Friday woop woop - back in my own house!!!! I'm sooo excited.

Right - transcriptions, after the tea hmmmm.

I did it! paper reformatted and re-submitted...DONE!! ooh that feels sooo good!

Good on ya with the move sneaks, can't believe u did all that this morning and are now back at work! No more secret stash of chocolate snacks, you can eat whenever you like! :p

and good luck with the chapters guys, I'm going to 'attempt' my lit review over christmas...god even as i type it I know it will never happen... :$