Fantastic news. Well done.

Get everything crossed Moomin xxx

I love Glasgow too, one of my favourite cities.

A tip - if they ask where you stay, they don't mean the hotel, they mean where are you from!

I'm planning on getting mine some organic fairtrade wine. There's a couple of places online that can deliver a bottle / crate, depending how much you want to spend.

For my (1st) viva I re-read and at the end of each chapter produced a page long list of bullet points on key debates / hypotheses etc. It really helped me to remember the structure, flow and key points of each chapter. I'd recommend it.

Good luck Moomin, just think soon enough you'll know what's what.

Best of luck moomin!(up)

Sounds awful. I've always been fine when I've taught in the past but other things in life have induced similar panic in me. I found two things really helpful:
hypnosis (privately accessed)
CBT (accessed through a GP referral)

Both were brief interventions, I think three of each. I was sceptical but was amazed at a) how much better I understood the physiology of panic and b) the ability to calm it myself. The hypnosis added to the process (i did them around the same time) and definitely removed some 'triggers' to panic.

Thoroughly recommended. No harm in trying I'd say. If you were ever queried about the gp referral by future employers you could just say it was insomnia / smoking cessation / fear of heights!!

Not desperately nocturnal but having done 12 hours already today, I'm about to embark on another three hours. Knackered.

I will be facing the 'joy' of my re-viva in the next couple of months. I'm not looking forward to it :-(

Hi Florence,

That is the million dollar question - you're right, and there is no answer!

In practical terms I'd suggest trying to bring your horizon a little closer. Try to focus on smaller specific milestones and it might distract you from the 'v' word. Let's face it, your main hurdle right now is to complete the thesis and get in submitted by the right date - focus on this, this is the known hurdle.

Easier said then done, I know from experience!

Good luck.

Hey Teek,

Have some of my words - I've got far too many (think a chapter that is now at 24k and needs to be 15k!!

;-)