Ooh well done Ev! Sounds like you deserve a really enjoyable weekend!

Early start today. I've looked through the work left on the draft and I think I can get most of the rewriting done today, if I pull my finger out. And I'd better - I'm off on holiday on Monday and I need it all done and dusted before I go!

So, goals for today:
1.) Merge section on problems with my method into the 'work to be done next year' section
2.) Edit/rewrite the 'work done so far' section
3.) Edit/rewrite the 'work to be done next year' section

If I can get all of that done I'll be ecstatic!

Goal 2 done. Now to go back and tackle goal 1!

I feel like today is going to be a struggle. My motivation has dipped again and I am having urges to take the day off to clean the house from top to bottom.

Right. First goal is to concentrate on working on the first analysis section of my chapter for the next hour.

Good luck Star-Shaped. Small goals and small steps are the only way I get through it when I have days like that.

Goal 1 achieved, so now I just have goal 3 left. It's a biggie though. Expecting it to take well into the afternoon. But overall I'm going pretty quickly!

AGH! I'm having a bad day, I'm trying to work, and every atom in my body is screaming "I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS!!!!!"

it all seem so endless and bleak

and I suck at writing... who's idea was it to WRITE?

Morning world. I have a feeling only just getting up is going to make my plans for today a little harder to achieve :(

Goal 1: Use the exercise bike
Goal 2: Work some more on chapter 8. Currently it's tripe. I want to be able to hand it in next week, monday ideally.

Oh dear, sounds like it's hard work for everyone today!

I'm very relieved to say I just achieved goal 3. Yay! That means all I have left to do before I go on holiday on Monday is editing and formatting and generally tidying up. That should be manageable. Phew! I feel like I need my holiday now!

Morning all. I hope everyone is feeling better than they were doing on Friday. I did end up taking the afternoon off and cleaning the house. I never usually give in but I couldn't face it last week. :$

My first goal today is to get a good chunk of my panel report written. I'm going away for a conference in 2 weeks, and on holiday the week after that so I want to get it written before then.

ok!! I'm facing the well of writing misery, so I'm going to drag myself away from the edge, one tiny goal at a time!
Goal one, do a table of my sampling sites.

Good luck today folks!

Right, I'm back. I had my mom over for a very long weekend so wasn't allowed anywhere near my writing.
Goal 1: read and revise lit review - done. I think it needs to go to a proofreader now, I'm a wee bit sick of it and can't judge it properly.
Goal 2: start revising chapter 1. Haven't looked at this for about erm, 2 years. Should be a bit of a challenge, to say the least.

Good luck today all!

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Goal one done, there's b*&%$r all info for it that I can get my hands on so I've sent it to my sup for filling in. Apparently he knows someone who knows someone...
Goal 2. Strat flicking through papers to remember what I wanted to say for my chapters. nice.

Ugh. I'm breaking my first goal down into 2 smaller goals. I have just written a timetable for the coming year and it seems impossible so I'm feeling overwhelmed. As one of my friends quite accurately said last week, I have The Fear.

Progress report, thesis outline and future plans sections are done.

The next goal is to draft the 'Background information' section.

Background section is now drafted.

Next goal is to spend until 3pm working on my chapter.

The chapter is making me feel depressed and panicky. Hohum.

I just snapped at my boyfriend because he came in the room and started joking around saying that it's OK, I can quit my PhD and go back to working in a call center.
I have a headache and feel like crying.

It is a nice day anyway and I have a couple of articles to read so this is what I'll do in the garden for the rest of the afternoon. Depressingly, one of these which is going to be published next month, is the second article written by another PhD student who started at the same time as me. Weep.

I'm just feeling extremely nervous about my interview this week, I've done a few bits and bobs but mainly practicising answers etc and stressing about how on earth I'm going to get there! ARGH! (I've downed about a pint of Bach's recue remedy and there are still 4 days until the actual interview!)