what happened to goals 2, 3 and 4 Emaa? ;-)

wow Sneaks ..... I am trying to benefit from my time as much as possible, so making calls during the eating, doing the laundry......etc:-)
Now goal 2 reading articles

Congrats on becoming an auntie, Sneaks! It's great having nephews and nieces - I love playing with my sister's kids, then not havign to worry about actually looking after them!

Today I'm easing myself back into work after being in bed with the flu for five days. I need to produce a draft Powerpoiint presentation about my research by Thursday morning but I need to warm my thinking head up before I tackle that!

Goal 1 - Print out new version of RefWorks bibliography
Goal 2 - Highlight main themes covered in the bibliography
Goal 3 - Draft out a structure for the presentation

That'll be enough to go along with. Hopefully I'll have time to achieve more than that as well!

Congrats Sneaks :)

Today, I have a fun goal - start, draft, redraft, proof read, and complete my final discussion chapter, as my supervisor has informed me that I have to submit by Friday, and not next Wednesday. So that leaves today to do an entire chapter, 2 days for all the refs, appendices, proof reading and final formatting, and one day to print, get forms, sign forms, bind and submit.

So, best get cracking on eh?!

I have been absolutely terrible getting back into things after holidays over the summer break.

Right. Today's goal is to get the introductory literature section of my chapter done.

Blimey, good luck with that Algae!

Star-Shaped, I know the feeling! I suspect I'm just filling time with busy activity rather than making progress at the moment, I just can't seem to get my brain working!

Goal 1 done, goal 2 attempted and abandoned until I've looked more at goal 3.

congrats on becoming an aunty Sneaks! Being an aunty is stacks of fun!

Completed my goals today, and also started writing some job applications.
I'm not sure where I am going at the moment, I also seem to be doing a lot of work, but not really getting anywhere. I have about 4 things on the go - I need to finish one of the by the end of this week! :)

I am feeling completely overwhelmed. Most of the stuff I have written for my literature section is nowhere near the standard it needs to be and it is going to take lot of work before I'm happy with it. I now have a complete rough draft of one half of it. My next goal is to tackle the second part of it and to get all of this drafted, but I've been struggling with this particular section for ages. Argh.

I'm starting to get stressed out and snappy :-(

I now have a very rough draft of the entire literature section. I copped out and cut out a bit of literature which I have been particularly struggling with. This is only a first draft for my supervisors to see and I'm not actually sure whether I need to include this particular bit, or in how much detail if I do so I'll ask later rather than tear my hair out over it now and have them tell me to cut it out anyway.

I am now going to print the document and spend the rest of the afternoon redrafting.

Can anybody tell e why I am so stupid today??? I could not do anything, even phone calls, I was not in a mood to call anybody, or to read anything, few words only. (down)

oh dear Emaa, maybe you need some chocolate?

My main goal for today is to get the stats done - its something that has been dragging on for weeks now and just needs to get finished!

From what I remember Emaa you've just broken up with your boyf? So try not to be too hard on yourself, your head will be a bit all over the place for a while yet, then you'll settle and will be back to work like normal. But it can take time, so be kind to yourself!

Sneaks, good luck with the stats. This morning I'm finishing off my appendices, trying to make sure it all matches the text ok and then proofreading my final chapter to see what I need to change. Today is the penultimate writing day. Golly gosh.


(* in case anyone wonders, Golly gosh and the like are phrases I had to say when I was working in Clarks shoe shop and had to find a way of saying 'F*** me, get this bloody child out of my road' without actually saying that. Cue phrases like golly gosh, jeepers, oh dear, good golly...it's sad, yet true. or maybe it's sad because it's true...)

Emaa take some time out for yourself if you can, spoil yourself with a new haircut or a visit to a beauty salon (that's what I'd do anyway!).

My major goal for today is to redraft my literature section. There is a chapter which needs to go in there which I haven't actually read so this is my first goal.

First goal done- I have read the chapter. Now on with the redrafting. I'm going to begin with the goal of redrafting of one particular small section.

Well things aren't going so well so I'm going to make myself a bunch of small goals for the day in the hope that I'll get something constructive done.
Goal 1 - get dressed :$
Goal 2 - get to hosp
Goal 3 - eat a healthy lunch consisting of more than just a bar of chocolate
Goal 4 - finish writing lab methods

I'll post more after I hopefully get these done - hopefully by 5 so I can spend the evening finishing a piece of writing