Hi Folkes, thanks for the good wishes - my teaching did go really well, and I hope you enjoyed the show Emmaki.

I've done an hour of editing this morning, and am now havig a break. So will do another hour after Fraisier... (ooops) eeuurrgh just saw a trailer for Jeremy Kyle by mistake :(.

I took a day off yesterday, just bought printer ink and printed out my chapter and mooched abotu after yoga. Will have to work on Sunday to compensate - although given my plans for Saturday night that's unlikely. So maybe working on Saturday morning is a better plan.

Some of my writing looks good, but my introduction seems really scrappy and I'm not entirely sure what should or should not be in it. I hope to pen in an edit of the entire chapter today, ready to begin typing it up.tomorrow morning

See you later and good luck X

Hi everyone, glad the teaching went well Eska.

I'm really tired again today, despite going to bed at 9pm last night. But I'm ploughing on with the work. I'm going to work through the weekend too - my partner has some new computer game that just came out last night and intends to play it constantly for the next few days, so I'm going to spend the time trying to catch up on at least some of my schedule.

Tasks for today:
1.) Look at online teaching resources for discipline I've possibly neglected - DONE
2.) Look at funding bid proposals sent by supervisors and think of sensible comments
3.) Run frequencies on one SPSS file
4.) Prepare for supervision meeting
5.) If I'm not too tired after the meeting, write up notes and email to supervisors

Hmm, that seems like quite a lot for the time remaining today. I'll see how far I get!

Hi Batfink, good luck with your schedule - I'm sure you will do it even though you are tired.

I did another 1 hour 50 mins before lunch, and am up to page 29 of 55 so am having a half-way-break. Have had lunch, am watching a bit of crap telly and may go out to the park for a walk and a coffee. But need to do another 3 hours or so later today. So see you later. I'll be back at work at 2:30pm.

Hi all!!!!!

It's really winter here today....the temperature is almost zero and I feel really cold.... but I have to work!

Also, my parents, who are living across the street, are changing their radiators and they keep calling me to run their errants...Grrrrrrr....But I have to work!!!!!!!!!

So, because I HAVE TO WORK, my goals for today are:

1) Read an article and take notes
2) Take a look at NVivo report
3) Organise the next section of my chapter

Hello Emmaki, good luck with the work (and parents really can be annoying sometimes, lovely as they often are...)

I've pretty much achieved all my goals today. Just have to write up notes from my meeting with my supervisor and I'm done. Going to meet friends at the pub for a very short while this evening, and be ready to get more work done tomorrow!

Hey Batfink well done for getting throug all your goals, and Emmaki, good luck with fendng off the parents and getting yours done.

I did mine too! So I am really pleased. I have finished the paper edit of my chapter, and am ready to start typing it up tomorrow. That usually takes a while, but am hoping to get it done by Monday night, ready for either another edit or sending to the sup.

Well done to all!!!!!!

I managed to finish with my goals and my paremts manage to finish with changing radiators, too!!!!! And this is very good for me because 1) I can work undistrurbed, and 2) they won't have to move to my house for the night as it is freezing outside!!!! (I am a bad daughter, I know!!!!!) :p I love them and they know it! And they don't "take advantage" of me.....even if I complain sometimes.....

So all (family) goals: DONE!!!!!!

Goodnight everybody!!!

Glad allis sorted Emmaki! I did 1 hout 40 mins this morning. Am having a break for a couple of hours - I may dye my hair and go out for some milk - and will then crack on again. Am watching that super-camp and silly hairdressing comptetition programme.

I'd liket to get at least another two wrting bouts in today. So see you later. X

I am GOING to make some headway on my PhD today :-s

Sup wants a full draft by Friday, but I'm also setting up a range of other research projects this week which she wants done too, so very busy. My PhD aims for this week are

- read through lit review to see if it makes sense after I cut 3000 words out of it
- try and cut more words out of lit review and then re-read again
- add changes suggested by a colleague to study 1
- add changes suggested by sup to study 2
- add changes suggested by sup to study 3 (she has not yet provided these!!!)
- write the discussion chapter (!!!)

My 1st goal today is to make small changes to study 2 before attempting the big change she wants :-( NOT looking forward to this, but it has to be done!

Congrats Emmaki, good going Eska, and good luck Sneaks!

I'm going to hammer out some analysis stuff today - the aim is to get a bulk of stuff that doesn't need too much brain power done today and tomorrow, so that I can do some proper thinking about what I've found on Monday. I really need to feel like I'm making progress!

So, goals for today:
1.) Run frequencies and descriptive stats on remaining 2 SPSS files
2.) Finish coding text answers for one question
3.) If I have time, start coding text answers for next question

goal 1 done :-)

goal 2 - do HORRIBLE changes to discussion :-( father in law is coming to put in another radiator so will hide upstairs and do PhD all day and shout down ocassionally for tea to be brought up I think.

Goal 1 almost finished - yay, far quicker than I expected! Feeling happy.

yay Batfink!

I've done goal 2.

Will try and do ..

read through lit review to see if it makes sense after I cut 3000 words out of it

now. :-(

Hi Batfink and Sneaks, sounds as if everyone is working really well today... more people here than on Friday.

I did another half hour, so not the two sessions I'd planned. But I did finish typing up changes to my introduction, which is what I aimed to do. I hope to finish the whoe chapter draft on Monday. We will see. I expect it will be just rest and sleep tomorrow as I rose at 4:30 today and am going to two massive social things tonight - one with a very late night. None of this will be condusive to work though, so I will almost certainly see you on Monday.

Good luck folks. I can't believe how focussed everyone is on a Saturday. We all so deserve a reward!

Hello anyone who's working today!

Work's going a bit more slowly today but still making good progress. Spent this morning going through text responses to an open question on my survey - far more involved and complicated than I anticipated. Oh well!

Remaining goals for today:
1.) Figure out how to recode a set of variables in one SPSS file
2.) Run frequencies on recoded variables
3.) If I have time and energy, look at some reading (probably won't get to this)