The proposal is still coming along slowly. I have drafted out the impact section.

I have just had a look around the Je-S system and have realised there are several attachments I need to include with the application and that it is going to be twice as much work as I thought. I am really starting to feel like I can't get everything done in time. :-(

I'm going to have a break from the proposal for now and work on the conclusion section of my article.

you will 'coz you already sound very organised. Can you print off a check list and prioritise what and how you need to do things?

Thanks for the support! A checklist might be a good idea. I tend to work on whatever feels most urgent and also whatever I feel like I can work on most effectively at any given time but I may have to start being more systematic this month.

I have done nothing during the last 50 minutes. On mytomatoes.com I was honest and wrote 'PANICKING' during my last tomato!

I am going to focus now and spend until 4 working on my conclusion section.

I am 400 words into my conclusion and feel like I have hit a brick wall with my writing.

My next goal is to mark the 7 remaining papers which have to be done before tomorrow.

Hi all
Been away an age and have no idea what everyone is up to, hope it's going well though. Have had my head immersed in this new course for the last few months but really really must get back into the dreaded thesis. The whole topic seem a world away already. But I have finally worked up the courge to sit back down at my (rather broken) laptop, so I shall make one of my (in)famous To Do lists:

Step 1) assess what stage each chapter is at; make a chart of where its status, what needs doing and who needs to see it.
GO TEEK GO!!!!

Awesome, terrifying chapter summary finished (so much still to do) and first two items ticked off :-)

Tomorrow's goal is to amend and send ch2 to third supervisor (by post, no less) in the morning, then get cracking on ch1 revisions. Scared to go to bed now in case the morning finds me back to zero for motivation :-s

yay Teek's back! I was wondering where you'd been. I thought maybe you'd up and left being a Dr. or something. I reckon I'm going to be on here in 20 years still doing my goals a day :$

I'm a research assistant today, so no PhD work.

Goal 1: Run correlation and write up.

I've woken up with a big fat headache, not good when I intended to do writing. I've dosed myself up on tablets though and I'm feeling a bit better, so I'll attempt to do one section of writing and then see how I feel.

Goal 1- re-read everything written so far
Goal 2- write key section 2

Oh dear, I woke up with a sore throat too, not good. Hopefully it won't get any worse!

Goal for this morning - going through literature for further elements to include in questionnaire. Not sure how long this will take, so won't give myself any more goals until I have an idea - it's too demoralising to keep missing my daily targets!

Sneaks, as if I'd give up and leave you to this turmoil alone! No no, I am still here. Totally understand the 'be here in 20 years' sensation though, especially as ALL my undergrad friends have already got their PhDs......and the last Teek horse, still hasn't crossed the finish line.

Sympathies Batfink and Button, I too am feeling like poo!
Stayed up too late last night trying to work, then had my idiot housemate repeatedly slamming the front door at 4am. I came out to see what the hell was up, and he said 'Oh sorry if I was a bit loud, I had my headphones in, you know' - wanker!

Still wrath aside, I must get myelf back on the planet and revise ch2.....

Sneaks and Teek- keep plodding along, you'll get there!

Teek/batfink, there is so much illness going round at the moment it's unbelievable! Not aa day goes by without someone on my facebook announcing to the world how poorly they are! I was majorly ill for 12 days just before Christmas with a stomach bug, I couldn't move off the sofa and lost half a stone in a week- good for the waistline but not for my health!

Anyway, my headache has gone (thank you paracetomol and ibuprofen), so I'm going to carry on writing.

Goal 1 is gone

Goal 2 is nearly done, so that needs to be finished now

Goal 3- do intro for next section before lunch

I am sending out get well soon vibes to those that need them. I'm also feeling a bit run down and woke up in the middle of the night coughing but I think its just because I overdid things majorly over Christmas and New Year rather than because I'm getting ill!

I have just attended a professional development course.
My next goals are to meet with a lecturer to give her back the marking I did and to fill out a form for the student loans company.

I have managed to leave my pen drive at home. :-s

I am going to hit up the gym, cycle home and aim to be back at my desk by 2.30 at the latest.

It does seem as if everyone in the world has been ill recently. Even my husband had a few days of feeling a bit ropey and he NEVER gets ill. But I haven't yet so waiting for it to hit...! Get well soon to all of you!

This goal thread really inspired me this morning but foolishly I didn't post. Can I do it retrospectively...??! Breaking the rules, I know.

But I've just got myself some project management software on a long-term demo and managed to input all the aspects of a project I'm doing for the British Council this morning. It seems to work, so far... So that was my goal for most of the day!

Now, I'm debating between getting some reading done for said project (which is very closely linked to my PhD but not a total match) or carrying on with project planning and trying to get the PhD long-term plan into the program too. Decisions, decisions. Maybe I'll have lunch first...

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I have managed to leave my pen drive at home. :-s

I read that first as 'forgot my pen' and thought "wow she must really like that pen"!!

I too didn't post this morning as I didn't achieve yesterday's goal to finish paper I have been working on since November. It is now today's goal and I WILL DO IT!