That sounds like the sensible approach. Difficult to do though!

I lay around in bed reading a novel instead of getting up early this morning. Oh well, at my desk now, even if I'm not showered or dressed yet!

Goals for today:
1.) Download and catalogue photos taken on recent site visit
2.) Respond to email from industry person
3.) Edit my questionnaire from comments from first pilot testing
4.) Phone up about sleeper train times for summer holiday! (Not work related but hey...)

Well I tried writing up a particular section but realised that I really still need to get my head around it so I have been doing a bit of reading.

I have a huge list of books that I need now that I'm working on my literature review so I am going to head out to the library, go to the gym and then hit the books again early this evening.

My first goal this morning is to work on rewriting one of my data chapters. I will address all the fairly superficial comments from my supervisor.

My first goal is done (chapter still needs dramatic rewriting but I'm dealing with it gradually).

My next goal is to write a section on a particular topic that I had trouble with yesterday.

My first goal today was to go swimming, and I've done that. Broke my personal best (70 lengths, 1750 metres, in 45 minutes) so feel pumped and ready for action now!

Second (and main) goal for today is to go through all my notes on changes to make to my questionnaire, and to create a new version incorporating all of these. Involves making some tough decisions but I have to get on with this, I've let it slide for the last couple of weeks.

Good luck Batfink!

I have now written 700 words on my topic and it is starting to be clearer to me. My next goal is to read a couple of book chapters and refresh myself on some reading I did a while ago so I can begin writing up a new topic tomorrow morning.

Morning! My partner went away on Wednesday and is flying out to Thailand this morning so it is just me, my introductory chapters and the cat for the next couple of weeks!

Today I am tackling my methods chapter which is half written. My first goal is to pad out and tidy up my 'data set' section.

Good luck star-shaped, I hope that means you manage to focus and get lots done!

Yesterday I made some progress on redeveloping my questionnaire, but of course did the easy changes and left the hard bits for later! Today I need to address some issues about the questions I've designed for measuring constructs in the theories I'm using. If I can answer those questions and type up some more changes I'll be very happy and feel like I've earned a trip to the pub this evening!

Yep, I am using the time while he is away to really focus and put the hours in.

I have now done my first goal (and had a 2 1/2 hour long lunch break to go to the gym!).

My next goal is to work through the 'procedures' section.

Morning all. I had a bit of a bad night as I have had a couple of things going on this week and had some bad news yesterday. But this morning I am going to try and focus and get some work done as I am taking tomorrow and Monday off to go and see my partner's family.

My first goal is to edit and pad out the sections on my methodology.

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Had a bit of a nightmare on Friday. After I posted my goals on here I thought I'd just quickly check Facebook before starting work, and got hit by a Trojan virus from what looked like a perfectly innocent link a friend had put up. Panic time! Luckily my partner's a computer forensics expert and managed to rescue everything for me and clean out my hard drive, but it took all of Friday and quite a bit of Saturday for him to do it. Which now means I'm way behind on all my work. Boo!

Oh well. Today I'm going to make a start on the work I should have done on Friday. I won't get it all done, but if I can make a decent in-road into it I'll be in a better position tomorrow.

Star-shaped, hope whatever your situation is has improved, or become easier. Real life does keep popping up even when we have deadlines - fingers crossed for you.

Made a reasonable start on the revisions to my questionnaire yesterday, so need to keep going with that today.

Goals for the day:
1.) Identify whether I can reduce the number of questions to measure certain constructs
2.) Decide whether to delete one whole section
3.) Look at whether another section includes all the constructs I need to measure, and whether can delete any questions
4.) Add questions linking two sections
5.) Look at repetitions in final section
6.) Look at questions used in new area of literature

Wow Batfink you got an early start!

I actually got my days mixed up and thought I was going away with my BIL and SIL on Sunday but got a call from them at 10.30 on Saturday saying they were on their way to pick me up. Whoops! My partner's father is having an operation today so I'm hoping it all goes well.

Anyways I have realised that I have 4 1/2 weeks to write my methodology and literature chapters! Everything is more or less half done. Eeek. My first goal is to draft out one section of my methodology.

I've had a go at the section, and have cobbled together something which is very rough.

My next goal is to have a go at another section.

Heh, I wake up early because the sun streams right through my curtains into my eyes first thing in the morning!

Made some progress on the questionnaire re-write today. Slower than I hoped it would be but the changes I've made so far are better for the analysis I want to do. And now I'm taking a short break with a bowl of strawberries and ice cream :-)