1250 words done already....i'm on FIRE!!!

i heartily recommend Look Around You to all on the forum! it so funny, i recently bought series 1 and 2 on DVD. luckily there are a fair few of the sketches on YouTube for free viewing...enjoy! :-)

Good luck to all with aims today. small tip, when writing or analysing data it helps to listen to classical music. it helps you concentrate, something to do with how it affects the brains signalling or something. there is an evidence-base, i promise!

Hi everyone! Morning!

Wow, Snelison! I am impressed :-) I have never written so many words in such a short time. Keep it up (up)

Lindalou - That's wonderful! It is such a nice feeling to see whole of the thesis contents, isn't it :-)

I have been on this 4 day course until Saturday because of which I couldn't do much. I did keep an eye on my simulations which seem to run ok. The course was nice, learnt a lot and networked as well which is good. I don't know what I need to do today. Perhaps I will start with:

Goal 1 - Check simulations.

Have a good day!

hey all, just popping on to say hi and to give you inspiration! (if I can do it, you can too!)

Here all new people - have some stars (gift)

Hi - not sure if this is working as I keep getting an error code when trying to post!

Today I am working on the last (!) chapter of my thesis, so exciting! Hope everyone is having a good day (up)

Morning all!

Just a short message to say I am still alive, just busy with non-related thesis things! Off on holiday for a couple of weeks now too so I will 'see' you all when I get back!

Keep working hard all! (up)

Morning,

Have a great holiday Button (up) I'm off on my holidays soon too so "see" you when I get back too :-)

Today I will be mostly carrying on with my chapter - I have 3 sections left to write. I'd really like to get this chapter fully drafted this week so I can get on with other bits and pieces next week, such as an executive summary and a poster for a conference I've just found out that I'll be presenting at!

Have a great day everyone!

Hello everyone!

Back after my week at a conference plus a couple of days of burying myself in stupid piles of work. Haven't got time to read back and see what I've missed, so I just hope everyone's work is going well (and Button, enjoy your holiday)!

The conference was ace and my presentation went down really well - got to meet lots of people doing similar research to myself, and got friendly with a few people I cite endless times in my lit review, so that was fun! But the number of requests I had from people to let them know when I published something so they could cite me made me realise that I really need to get something out there, so now I'm writing up a fairly basic set of results as a journal article to send off quickly. My supervisors disappear for five weeks (!!!) next week, so I need to get a draft article to them by Fri/Sat to get comments off them before they disappear. And that's a huge and probably impossible task - I'm still running some of the data analysis!

So, goals for today:
1.) Run the series of tests I've already planned for
2.) Start adding content to the detailed paper structure I've already developed
3.) Well, getting some of the writing done would be good but we'll see if I run out of steam by then!

That sounds brilliant Batfink! I'm sure you'll be able to knock something up! At least you'll get peer review comments from whichever journal you send to but I know what you mean - it's nice to get comments from supervisors before sending away! Sounds like you've had a brilliant week!

Hi everyone!

Button - Have a wonderful holiday! I hope you are going to somewhere nice and warm :-)

Batfink - Welcome back! That's fantastic. I am chuffed that your presentation went down well.

Lindalou - Wow, you are almost there! Keep it up and here is something for you (gift)

It looks like everyone is going on holidays at the same time. I will be away from Sunday for 4 days, going to Scotland with my friends. I am really looking forward to this trip as I will be moving back to my home country after I submit my thesis. This is a great opportunity to spend time with my friends before I go back :-)

Ok, back to business. I was unwell the last couple of days, so didn't get to do anything. My goals for today are:

Goal 1 - Check simulations - DONE.
Goal 2 - Generate input files for the rest of the simulations - DONE.
Goal 3 - Submit simulation 4.
Goal 4 - Note down values of variables from my analysis.

Have a nice day!

Sounds like you're having a good day Espresso, hope you are feeling better. Thank you for my gift! I've written two of the outstanding sections of my chapter, now I have one left, and the conclusion to write and then I will put it aside for a few days. Fingers crossed I will get it done this afternoon!

Thanks both of you, yes the conference was great! Very happy with how it went.

Sounds like you're both powering away there, great stuff. And I'm envious that you're off on holidays, I could do with some time off but it'll have to wait a while! Oh well, I'm off to a party in Bath this weekend (assuming I get my paper written in time) - only one night away but it'll be fun anyway.

Making good progress on my paper. Ready to start writing now, which is a relief - I might have to stop and do a few more stats tests here and there, but I want to try to get a load of words down today so tomorrow isn't such a slog.

Good luck everyone!

Morning everyone!

Only one goal today - get my draft journal paper written. There's a lot of it left to do (well, most of it!) but I have a very detailed plan, and quite a bit of it can be paraphrased from my thesis, so I'm hoping that it'll be pretty quick. I need it to be, anyway.

Good luck with all your work today people!

Hi everyone, Morning!

Is this British summer or Indian monsoon out there??? Ufffff.....Oh well..can't do much, can we?

Lindalou - I am feeling much better, thanks for asking. Well done on completing the left over sections of your chapter 8-)

Batfink - Good luck with your journal paper draft. It sounds like you have got a detailed plan which will definitely make it easier. Good luck (up)

I had a productive day yesterday, finished all my goals except half of the last one which I will continue today. Goals for today:

Goal 1 - Check simulations - DONE.
Goal 2 - Combine simulations.
Goal 3 - Note down the rest of the values of variables.

I hopefully manage to finish these off before lunch and will plan for more. I need a cup of COFFEE to begin with!! Have a good day girls!

Hi all, I have achieved all of my goals. I thought of doing more, but honestly looking outside the window I don't feel like doing any more work :p Also there is construction work going on in the building, so too much of drilling which is making me crazy (oh well, excuses :p) I am going to call it a day and go home in a bit to skype my fiance, talk to my family, pack bags for holidays (ohooooooo.....:-)) and will laze around a bit. Have a nice week end everyone! "See" you on Friday next week.

Lindalou, Button - Enjoy your holidays girls!!!

Batfink - I hope you have a nice time and good luck with you journal article. And have a nice week end at Bath :-) and I hope you will be able to take some time off work soon :-) Hugs!

Well done Espresso, sounds like you've earned a bit of relaxation now! Have a good time!

I'm not getting through my journal article as quickly as I hoped. It's going to be quite a good article when it's finished I think - I'm really pleased with the data and I just ran a few more tests and they strengthen my findings even further. But it's taking longer to write than I hoped. Oh well, I'll see how far I get tonight!