Eek! Fathers' Day! Thanks for the reminder!

Done my talk at the school, which went well. They were a GCSE group with an exam on the topic I spoke on coming up next week, and yet they still didn't come up with any questions. Yesterday's group was much more lively. I'm glad the talks are out of the way, they've been a big distraction when I should be focusing on PhD work!

After a short break to cool down and rehydrate, on with the next goal: writing lots.

ah yes, non-phd work a distraction - I've spent most of this week doing training, that a) brushes up my training expereince and b) gets me networked with lecturers from a different uni, but realistically I know my sup is in a right grump I took it on (I don't think she realises that I don't have a rich husband who I can rely on to fund my silly academic fantasies :-s )

I've got another full day tomorrow. Then hubby has a week off - we were going to spend a week not working and having fun but now looks like I will have to make up for the work not done in the last two weeks :-(

Morning :) It's been a slow week for me, having things that interrupt my day all week, like hospital appointments, meetings, having to go away for 2 nights, etc. Feel rather down about the little amount of progress I've made this week and it's the weekend tomorrow. eek!

Anyway, this morning, I have five books to flick through & make notes about how to write questionnaires for kids.

Hope you guys are all having a productive day!

Pink numbers, I know how you feel. I've had a rubbish week too and it's mainly my fault, rather than because of getting distracted by things. All I did yesterday afternoon was read for a couple of hours and then finish early to go and lie in the sun :$

First goal today is to spend the next 2 hours working on my conference paper.

Pink_numbers and star-shaped, I feel the same way too - far too much messing around doing other things thi week, and as a result I've done nowhere near as much as I should have.

Oh well. A big push today, and then I've promised myself the day off tomorrow, as I worked all through last weekend.

Goal 1 - finish section 2 of my paper.

it makes me feel much better knowing that I wasn't the only one having a slow week, so thank you both :)

Do you think it's the lovely weather tempting us outside?

read and noted one relevant chapter, a lot more to go!

I think the weather's had a lot to do with it for me! It's also been having non-PhD things to do in the middle of the days, which just disrupted my flow. But that's just excuses really! I suppose the main thing is, it's normal to have times like this, nobody can concentrate at the same rate all the time, so I'm not going to beat myself up about it!

Anyway - achieved goal 1, yay! Now need to get sections three and four written. But maybe I'd better have a shower and get dressed first. And go and buy my Dad a Fathers' Day present!

Its definately the weather!

Right, goal 1 is done. Decided to rehash and use some stuff from a presentation I did a couple of months ago, so I am making progress faster than I first anticipated. Next goal is to continue working on this up until lunch.

Goal 2 done- managed to spend the morning on my presentation and made good progress.

I'm fed up of thinking about analysis and my data for now, so my next goal is to spend the next hour on my methodology chapter.

2nd book extracted for info. Lunch was dissapointing as it didn't turn out as well as I had hoped. Better make sure dinner is nice!

Goals for this afternoon:
Goal 3: Extract info from 3rd book
Goal 4: look at the thesis that carried out similar stuff
Goal 5: look at a paper that outlines what I need to do
Goal 6: free write at least 10 questions that I think should be in the questionnaire

I didn't manage to do any writing during the last hour. Instead I wasted the time trying to get hold of a few articles online. My concentration really dips after lunch, ugh.

Now I am setting myself the easy task of inputting notes and references from this week's reading.

I know what you mean about struggling after lunch.

Finished goal 3, a short break, then onto goal 4.

I have achieved nothing so far, not a written or typed word, not a single firing neuron so far dedicated to work. So far just a headache, an argument with my sister's landlord over withholding her bond when he shouldn't (even though she never told me the whole story so I sounded like an uninformed idiot), scrambled eggs on toast and 2 cups of coffee. I'm just going to have to work till extra-late tonight to make up for it.

Today I am going to finish the methology part of my introduction and try and set up my thesis as well as I can.

Aim: try and finish by 6pm.

today I want to end up with a draft of the Q'air and a structure for testing it.

Have done two tomatoes so far (now that I finally figured out what all these tomato talk was about!). Will do one more then lunch I think :)