Goal 1 - DONE
Goal 2 -DONE
Goal 3 - write paragraph about method for choosing procedure

good going Ev. My sup asked me to re-structure my paper all weekend. So I've had a go, but stuck on my hypothesis she's changed it from 1 hypothesis to 2, for the same thing i.e.

H1: Sneaks will eat more chocolate because she doesn't want to do her PhD
H2: Sneaks will eat less chocolate because she's procrastinating and not at her desk.

So I've sent it back to her half done and with a few qs about hypotheses.

I need to get on with some non-PhD work now and get it out of the way before the week starts.

Hmmm, you'd have to question the wisdom there alright?!
Progress has slowed somewhat and have wasted the last hour playing with the dog- she really is an expert in distracting me (not that it takes much) :$

B'f has scheduled dinner for 6ish (caprese salad , mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm) - so hope to get 2 tomatoes done by then - that probably still leaves about 10 tomatoes of work

3 big sections to go - then I'm calling it a night and plan to watch a movie with b/f and some wine :-)

I'll get up early and proof read/ make sure everything makes sense and hopefully send it off by lunchtime.

If you tell someone you'll send them something on a certain day lunchtime is acceptable right??? :p

Morning all - just getting going now - I've given myself 4 hours to finish the overall task.
So - goal1 - method section 1
Goal 2- method section 2
Goal 3 - 3+ types of analysis
Goal 4 - editing etc.

First things first though - breakfast!!!

Well it's soup so I guess I'll have to call it brunch

I'd say 5pm on that day is acceptable Ev ;-)

I've had a rubbish morning. I had to sleep in a different bed last night as hubbys got a cold and the snoring!!!! OMG! - so felt all weird when I woke up. Trudged around a very very very muddy field with the dog for an hour and felt like death, I think I've got hubbys thing as getting all hot and cold. I then had to go to buy the weekly shop and get stuff from pets at home - which took AGES. Just come back put all the shopping away, and now need to get on with work.

Meanwhile my sup has emailed me my paper back - with changes that haven't been tracked, so it will take me hours to work out what she's changed and has said "I'll work on it some more today and email it later" - then why email me any version now!??? what's the point if she's going to change it anyway GRRRRR.

Goal 1: find PIN code thingy so hubby can check his bank account and pay off all our debts
Goal 2: decide what to do about the stupid hypotheses as sup obviously is not going to help me in anyway on this one :-(

Hello all, hope everyone's okay!

I just spent the last week (well, Tuesday to Friday) in bed with the worst cold I've had in years, so today is the first day back to work properly. Feeling intimidated by how much I need to do, and pathetically useless and behind-schedule with it all. My supervisors want me to move on to working on data collection and now I'm suddenly terrified that I can't do it. Which is silly, I know. Time to shake myself out of this with some manageable tasks that will ease me into the work.

Goal 1 - write up notes from last week's meeting with supervisors (yay, done already this morning so a pat on the back for me)
Goal 2 - email my old boss to ask for names of two people I can approach about using their places as locations for my study
Goal 3 - start thinking through the details of what data I actually need to collect

Hi everyone. I have just got back home after teaching this morning (I am quite jealous of the freshers who were all hungover because they don't have to worry about working full time hours, and basically my first year was like one big night out. Sigh).

My goal for this afternoon is to get my conclusion section more or less done. But first I need lunch!

hmm I'm quite jealous of undergrads too, although maybe not if they raise the fees.

I haven't done my work goal, instead I did some non-PhD work that is due for wednesday (but my supervisor will hate me doing). So going to have a late lunch and then get on with my PhD work.

Goal 3 done - took way longer than expected :-(

Now under quite a bit of time pressure to get the rest done

Sneaks at this rate I'll be lucky if I get it sent off by 5

Oh yes I forgot how ridiculously expensive degrees are now compared to how it was back in my day (I DO feel old saying that!).

My first goal is done. My next goal is to type up notes from last week's reading.

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urgh, so I had lunch, came back raring to go and have had an email meaning I had to do another hour of non-PhD work :-s

Will now try and look at the paper - I really cannot bare it :-(

ETA: should it be bear or bare? I don't want to 'bare' anything, so don't worry.

I hope you managed to get on with some PhD work yesterday Sneaks!

Right. I have got my gym session out of the way for today and I'm ready to go. I'm trying to ignore the fact that I'm quite tired and it feels like lunch time already because I'm not used to lifting weights at 7.30am.

My first goal is to choose extracts for a meeting with my research group and another meeting with my supervisor and to email them to the relevant people.

I'm feeling rubbish today :-( Its hit me how little money we now have now my stipend has run out. hubby's let me pay off my credit card with our savings, but his is maxed out. I feel SO guilty for not earning. I have no idea what to do, do I get a job, but risk not completing the PhD, or do I finish the PhD, run out of money and make his life a misery, and then get a job? So confused. Not helped by the fact my supervisor seems to think that I don't need to work/earn money (!?)

urgh, anyway, goal 1: finish making changes to paper and send to sup.

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I've been trying to get into a habit of meeting my first goal of the day before taking my first online break. So, for the second day running, goal one is aleady achieved. Yay! Productivity will no doubt nose-dive for the rest of the day. So:

Goal 1 - identify which journal articles contain examples of the methodology I'm using (done!!)
Goal 2 - go through those journal articles and pull out bits relevant to my study
Goal 3 - write initial email to potential hosts of my study
Goal 4 - think about the plan of action my supervisors asked me to draw up

On edit: Sneaks, I feel for you on the money front, I'm terrified of what will happen when my stipend runs out. Just the thought of money twists my stomach into knots.