Morning!

Today, I am continuing with my data analysis and also continuing to sort out my flat. I think my life is going to be exactly like this for the next few weeks!

Goals 1 and 2 are done. I'm a bit bored today though, don't feel motivated at all!

Hi both, hope you're having good days so far! I'm mostly reading and re-structuring today as I'm having a mid thesis crisis!

Morning all! Linda I hope you've sorted the thesis crisis?

I'm still at an inbetween stage today (waiting to do a presentation this week and meet sup and teach etc), so I don't want to start anything 'big' this week until I've got all of that out of the way. My next big task is to work on a conference presentation, but if I start this now I think I'd get confused when doing this weeks presentation, as they are similar. So that's my justification to catch up with 'home' stuff today!

Goal 1- practice presentation
Goal 2- gym, food shopping etc

Good luck today everyone!

Morning!

I'm still working from home so have limited internet access, but I think I'm getting more work done because of that!

Today I'm carrying on with data analysis. I've made good progress over the last couple of days. Today I need to test whether my theoretical model holds for my third sample (it kind of does for the first two, yay!)

Good luck with it all, both of you.

Hello,

Not really Button, I've re-structured the flow of three chapters but I'm not sure how it's going to go down with my sup! Hopefully she'll have forgotten that it was her idea to write it in the way that isn't working!

So today I want to get the following achieved:

Goal 1: Go over new chapter structure and check it makes sense
Goal 2: Work on section 1 of chapter

Hope you're both having a good day!

ah ha! chapter restructuring- the hell they don't tell you about when you first start!

my goal for today...get this sodding Chapter Three restructured and finished. i just seem to have spent the past few days cut and pasting paragraphs and getting myself even more confused about what my argument is!! (sprout)

i know the sprout pic makes no sense as its not actually Christmas, i just feel like a bit of a vegetable todya.

Hello everyone!

Once again I'm working from home so only have limited internet connection, so won't be around here much. Oh well. Today my plan is to write up the data analysis I've done over the last couple of weeks, and hopefully to make a start on the next stage of analysis too, if I get that far! And then I'll also do some packing ready for moving house.

Good luck today!

No one around?

I've not been around this thread in ages but feel it'll help me today. I've got the day off work to do some revising...

Have a productive day!

Hi Batfink! I'm glad I'm not the only one doing work today. It's such a nice day here, I'd much rather be outside in the sun but duties are calling.

I didn't know you were moving. Hope all goes well with the move :)

Thanks Skig, I'm looking forward to it! When's your viva? Hope the preparation isn't getting too intensive!

Viva is next week!! I'm working 9-5 and being pregnant is actually very tiring (I wish someone had warned me beforehand!) so I haven't got much time and preparations must be very intense or I'll be doomed!

I'm finding that having such a gap between submitting and having the viva means I've forgotten some stuff already, so having to re-learn all over again. Try to avoid this if you can :)

I think my supervisors are all gung-ho for having everything in place for as soon as I submit, so I doubt I'll have too long a wait, unless there's a delay with the examiners. But good luck with it next week - I'm sure you'll do great. Everything I've heard about vivas has always been how it's not as bad as people think, and easy to over-prepare for, so don't feel too panicked or under pressure!

I achieved very little today. I'm in such a bad mood, no idea why. Oh well, maybe tomorrow I'll wake up in a bright and cheery mood!

Well, that's what happened to me, examiners delayed something somehow. I have no idea what or why but I'm glad it's all coming to an end. Thanks for that! Hope you have a more productive day tomorrow!

It's back to work for me tomorrow so will only be revising at lunchtimes and eves again :-( maybe best this way so I have less opportunities to panick as I'll be too busy working ;-)

Hello, I was in meetings yesterday and didn't get back until late. Good luck next week Skig, I'm sure you'll be fine! And Snelison, we all feel like (sprout) from time to time, some days definitely more than others! And Batfink, I know the feeling well, some days I am just cranky for no reason whatsoever, more so on (sprout) days than others, it has to be said!

I've achieved one goal today already (typing up minutes from yesterday).
So for the rest of the day:
Goal 2: re-plan (again!) the next 2 months
Goal 3: Work on Chapter 2. I am making woefully slow progress with it because I really hate these literature review chapters, I love practical, get stuck in chapters! Unfortunately my dislike does show in the poor quality of my writing :$ nevermind, I will persevere!
Good luck today my fellow PhDers!