Morning all,

I'm surprisingly motivated for a Monday morning, but I don't think it will last very long! Anyway;

Goal 1- address first comment in lit review

Hey Button!

My goal today is to get my study 1 done. Its got to the point where its dragging now and I just need to get it done!

Goal 1: find glasses and stop rubbing my eye (got SPF 50 in it this morning).
Goal 2: finish intro.

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Just wondering if you guys know of a why to check the current university location of a professor. My supervisor trying to contact the external I want and it's not 100% clear on his university website that he's still there! Other staff have phone numbers and emails listed but while his name is there, no contact details are, plus he doesn't seem to have published in a few years. Typical, the one person you want...

I'd just try to phone an admin team and ask if he's retired or not - if he's of that age. Admin always know everything in my experience!

thought there might be a directory which I was unaware of but probably not. Thanks for that Sneaks :-)

I have just spent 3 hours on my abstract!!!( and I will stll have to go back to it at some point)... anyway I have a meeting to attend and I feel like skiving as I would really just rather get on with this.... none the less I am off and will be back later in the afternoon... next goal introduction to chapter one( before bedtime today!!!).. Keep the posts coming everyone .. its such a consolation!!! well done sneaks for starting this thread!!

I thought that said sky diving then, instead of skiving - and I actually thought 'no I'd rather I was doing my PhD' - I've finally gone mad.

Just had my elevenses - kitkat and a cup of tea :-) back to work!

Okay, my motivation has gone again so I think I might get an early lunch. I've got a million things to edit on my lit review, but each one is going to take about a day, and I just don't know where to start. I've been editing the 'nice' bits, but all I've got left is the horrible bits that I don't understand :-s so:

Goal 2- take handbag back to next that I've decided I shouldn't have bought (obviously a very important, productive job)
Goal 3- go and buy nice lunch from asda, as well as chocolate

I'm having a lot of trouble stepping back from the research. I find that I'm assuming the reader know stuff, just because I do. BUt I don't have anyone who can read it for me - my sup won't until its all done and my hubby jus says "yeh, looks fine to me" and my mum will just check for spelling and typos, she won't actually read the content. gah!

Sneaks- you have indeed lost the plot hehe!! SKYDIVING??...anyway I got back later than expected as had to make a library detour .. and then today of all days I got the migraine from hell.. sort of late afternoon.. I couldnt even see properly and then I realised it was because i was over dressed( wool trousers!!!) for 25 degrees celcius temprature! and hadnt drank a drop of water since lunch!!! its only now the headache has faded and sanity is returning .. I dont know what will happen to my goal for today( introduction to chapter one? - im too scared that i might re-awaken the migraine monsters) ... anyway staying alive is an important goal!!! so hope everyone elses day was better than mine .. as usual .. bon courage... WE can do this!!!(up)

urgh I got roped into picking a child up from school, and then taking her to get her haircut and then babysitting her, cooking food for her and finally getting her into bed by 20 past 7, only to open my laptop to find a list of horrible emails from my sup asking me to do....work!? - urgh! :p so been doing that, rather than my PhD :-s

Morning everyone. Sounds like things were a struggle for people yesterday so lets hope today is more productive! (I also didn't do too well yesterday).

My goal for the day is to get my discussion chapter in a reasonable state. My first goal is to redraft the thesis summary and contributions sections.

I WILL be productive today :-s

Goal 1: do all those horrible admin jobs I've been putting off.

Goal 1 done.

Goal 2: read and revise dicsussion of study 1.

First goal done. My second goal is to draft out the future research and summary sections. I'm also going to pop into town over lunch (to use the sun bed :$).