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Afternoon all!

I've been reading journal articles to try to get my head around the bits of my stats method that I don't really get. It makes more sense now but it'll probably go back to being as clear as mud when I go back to my data. Oh well. I'm quite tired now so will probably save looking at the data until tomorrow and move onto gaps in my background chapter for the rest of the day.

Skig, October isn't long at all!

Benyaya, hopefully your supervisor's questions will mean your methods stand up to scrutiny from your examiners and you'll sail through that part of the viva with no problems!

Morning everyone!

Well I've woken up to a big fat headache, not good! So I'm not sure how much I'll get done today. I think I might just concentrate on my conference presentation, and then maybe have a look at my journal article this afternoon if my headache clears.

Good luck working today all!

No, October isn't that far off, hence my panic and added pressure to do as much as I can.

Not working that well to be honest. I'm still working on the poster which is really annoying but I need to do this asap really. Hopefully I'll be able to finish this off today and get on with my journal article.

Benyaya, like Batfink said, it's probably a good thing that you're sup is being like that. It'll help you with your viva as you'll need to justify everything! I hope you got your tent set up yesterday.

Button, I hope you feel better soon.

Button, hope your headache goes quickly!

And good luck with the work, Skig. I've had a few days like that recently, where things just seem to be going nowhere no matter how much I do. But fingers crossed I'm coming out of that now. Still finding it hard to make myself work though!

I've come onto campus for a meeting with my supervisors so also have been running around sorting out admin things and printing stuff off while I'm here. But I just spent an hour looking at me data analysis and I think I may have cracked the bit I was stuck on for the last few days. Yesterday's reading really helped. Of course, the big insight is that my model doesn't work, but hey ho, them's the breaks...

Today, I will keep plugging away at the data analysis, and I'll go to my supervision meeting and write up notes afterwards. That should keep me busy.

Skig- hopefully the baby pressure is good in a way, it gives you a great incentive to keep plugging away! Are you going off on maternity leave soon? Are there any major work goals you want to get done before baby arrives?

Well done Batfink, sounds like you're making great progress!

Well I'm happy to say that my headache has pretty much gone, yippee. So I'm going to have lunch and then take a look at my journal article.

Have productive afternoons everyone!

Thanks Batfink, I think I'm just a bit fed up at the minute because nothing seems to be finished if that makes sense so I don't feel I'm making any progress. I've emailed my amended poster to my sups today so hopefully this will be the last of it. I'm glad your analysis is moving forward though.

Button, I'm glad your headache is gone! Unfortunately, the pressure of having a baby isn't quite working! I'd much rather be doing baby shopping than working on the thesis ;) Er, I haven't agreed mat leave yet but we'll get there eventually. I'll still be doing little bits until baby is born. As for my goals, I have a few but I'm not too bothered if these are not achieved now as I think I was too optimistic when I set them up and I hadn't considered other things like the poster, journal article, sups being on leave during the Summer, etc. I'll obviously try to get as much done as possible!

Off to tackle the dreaded journal article now...

good afternoon everyone,

button, I'm glad your headache has gone quickly, before I start to work.. Skig, I also hope the baby pressure is in good way, just keep it under control. Our tent is very small, we plan to use it on beach under the sun, a green tiny light shade. ( feel happy when I think about it. :-) ) Button and skig, thanks a lot, that makes me look at my sup's questioning in a more positive way, still painful process though.

Yesterday is not a productive day for me. I was busy doing this bits and doing that bits. In the evening, when I reviewed, figured out most time is spent browsing different books/articles, googling, reading, jumping to another book/article. I was actually mind-wandering most of the time.

my goal today: come back to the real work today, need to get out of the 'pdf' part soon.

Skig, I've had times like that where things feel very bitty and unfinished, but they've tended to come shortly before I've found things clicking into place or coming together. Obviously things are more complicated for you with impending maternity leave, but don't be too disheartened by the disjointedness, that can pass quickly.

I had a useful meeting with my supervisors today. They want me to send my journal paper off this week - yay! - and also gave me lots of useful things to think about regarding my job interview. They're such nice guys. Now I'm going to write some notes of the meeting and go home.

Morning everyone!

I've been swimming this morning so now feel alert and a little bit tired. Oh well. Today I have three main tasks, plus some little bits of admin stuff I need to sort out:
1.) Finish writing up notes from yesterday's supervision meeting
2.) Format and prepare journal paper ready for submission
3.) Carry out some more tests with my new data analysis method

Good morning!!

Thanks Batfink, I think you're right. Working simultaneously on several things means that everything is moving forward but I'm not seeing final products. I'm hoping that once I finish this journal article and dedicate more of my time to my thesis, things will improve. I'm glad your supervision yesterday went well btw!

I'm still working on the article so will I'll keep going with that until lunch and then I'll revise my goals.

One goal this week is to finish first draft of my paper... aieeee if I get that far it'll be a push. But keep telling myself it's only a first draft... it doesn't have to be perfect!

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One goal for today, which is pass the viva! starting in 1 hr and 25mins...

Good luck Potatoes! Let us know how it goes...

I'm still working on my journal article. I'm almost passed the point I've been stuck with for a little while so it's looking good!

good afternoon everyone,

potatoes, good luck with the viva.

yesterday was an other mind-wandering, unproductive day for me. There was a small testing case for me to do, the design is ready, the reasoning is ready, I just need to carry out the plan. I was very reluctant to begin the new testing case. Old method proves to have critical flaw, new method is proposed by others, not by me. Those setbacks are very frustrating for me, also improve my emotional self-doubt. A couple of days working, a couple of days procrastination, which should not happen in the final push stage. There is 'writer's block', is there anything called 'researcher's block'?

my goal today:
pull off at my testing case, hope I can get some results to show my sup this afternoon.

Good luck potatoes (up)

Skig, I'm also working on a journal article, except I'm at the 'why does it sound so rubbish' stage at the moment! Going to have another read through and see if it's actually as bad as I thought.

Hope Benyaya and Batfink are having good days!