haah Algae - I was on a committee like that. I was on it for 3 years, in the final one I chaired it and in that year, our usual 5 hour meetings were cut to 30mins, I HATE meetings and see no point in sitting around if everything can be decided relatively quickly. I also ended up doing most of the stuff myself because I'm a control freak. Thankfully I stepped down this year for my write up.

Anyways. Todays goals are...

Goal 1: to finish the marking on Q1 of essays by lunchtime
Goal 2: clean up half my analysis data
Goal 3: To prepare a presentation for tomorrow that I probably won't have to give, but just in case the other person doesn't turn up :-s

Hi everyone,

My first (and probably only) goal for today is to do the findings section for my first set of results.

Hello all

I've had a terrible few days of achieving nothing (I was at a wedding in Norfolk from Fri pm to Sun pm, and then my parents visited yesterday so I had to spend all my spare time cleaning the flat before they arrived!). And now I have one week before my supervisors want to see a draft of my Methodology, and that's currently looking like an impossible deadline.

So, lots to do! First goal for today: read three articles about self-reported behaviour and social desirability, and outline what I need to say about this topic.

Back in the saddle again...

Goal 1 - Read Chapter 2 of a book superquickly!
Goal 2 - Flesh out plan you started yesterday so you have a proper plan for the section you are writing.
Goal 3 - Email supervisor to tell him what you have been doing!

HIIIIII.............. I CANT and i repeat CANT WORK DURING THE DAY!!!!!!! i am distracted by the fact that the sun is out, people are out, and i think that i am missing out on something at uni. BUT.. i will continue to stare into my laptop until i get the inspiration somehow to get down to it.

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keep going Amanda, it will click eventually and you will have done 2 hours work without realising.

I've kind of done Goal 1, well I have, but I feel a bit uneasy about the marks!

Going to have lunch, walk the dog and think about which goal to tackle next.

I have had an awful couple of days of being ill. Spent this morning teaching, still feeling ropey but need to try and get on with things this afternoon.

I have emailed my supervisors and set myself an official deadline for a draft chapter, which is 4 weeks away. I've been saying I'll set myself a deadline for ages and then pushing it back, and neither of them are the sort to push their students. But now that I have emailed them both with the date, there it is.

My goal is to work on the analysis for this solidly for the next 2 hours. I really just want to go and lie down but will press on.

Right, I've decided that I need to concentrate on the marking so I've got 20 to mark. I will mark 10 now and 10 tomorrow. So...


Goal 1: mark 10 essays
Goal 2: Put together backup presentation for tomorrow
Goal 3: clean up some analyses?? - don't think I'll get this done :-(

Ok I've done goal 2 - I got bored of the essays!

I'm going to make a cup of tea and try and mark a few more before hubs comes home - they are SOOOOO dull.

Well done getting the presentation out of the way Sneaks!

I didn't manage to achieve my goal today :-( I'm feeling drained and rubbish and couldn't get my brain in gear so ended up doing some reading instead. I don't think it was particularly worthwhile reading either- total procrastination.

I'm going to have an early night and make sure I'm ready to put in some quality time tomorrow morning, before the rest of the day is taken up with meetings. Sigh.

hmm haven't resumed marking yet. I know I will regret this tomorrow :-( I'm feeling very lazy after a productive morning.

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Just had the most ridiculously large slice of chocolate cake and now I have a sore tummy... :-(

And, I've been in work since 8, so that's almost 12 hours, and I've still not got this article done! arrgh!! So very tired.....

Well.... so many hours later and i am still staring into the computer with no work done what so ever, i dont think i have been given a big enough gap between my hand in and my moc viva because i really cant look at my work at the moment, i need a break.

Yeah! All transcription is now done - just the data to analyse tomorrow (I've already got my matrices set up) and that's the end of Phase 2. So, goal for tomorrow: analyse data, redraft my questionnaire, send them off to my sup. As a side not, I'm so glad my interviewing is done for this PhD. There's only so much offered coffee I can drink, so many inane conversations about everything from the weather to the price of eggs I can have. They were all lovely people but, heck, I'm glad it's over. Because whenever they'd side track into a long missive about what granddaughter Annie was doing at school or their son Trevor was doing down in Somerset, I'd think Christ, I've got to transcribe this.

Well done Wal! I too am at the END of data collection WOOOOO and I've nearly analysed all the Qual stuff WOOOOOOOO I've just got to write it all up now. BOOOOOOOO


Goal today: do lots of marking, try to get it all done and leave it at uni with moderator.