hmmm i am feeling *stuck*.

i have to submit a full draft of my thesis by next monday. but i am not even close.

chapter 1 introduction. not done
chapter 2 methods: not done

chapter 3 : done
chapter 4: done

chapter 5: done except introduction bit.

chapter 6: not done

hmmm i am feeling *stuck*.

i have to submit a full draft of my thesis by next monday. but i am not even close.

chapter 1 introduction. not done
chapter 2 methods: not done

chapter 3 : done
chapter 4: done

chapter 5: done except introduction bit.

chapter 6: not done

aims today:
complete Zero draft version of chapter 6:

1. introduction
2. methods
3. results

longway74, that is great!! well done ! i am sure your supervisor will feel reassured now. sounds like you're well on your way. it's nice to hear how positive you feel about getting back to work.

i hope your meeting goes well, and please let us know how it went!

regardless of what your supervisor said, i think you're making great progress, and i am so proud of you for meeting your deadline, of having a first draft of your thesis done by the date you wanted it to be done.

and Jojo you're so right about this staying indoors thing. lately i've been really really tired. today i couldnt get up !! i stayed in bed till 2pm! might have something to do with the fact i stayed up till 3.30am. but still. i havent been outdoors. i think i should start going to the garden for 5 min breaks. i am slowly feeling my energy depleting..

Hi Jojo, oh dear, I can imagine how that feels. I would feel devastataed and discouraged also, if my supervisor said that. you have been working so hard these past few months on your thesis. i hope he gives you constructive critisism on how to improve it. as Joan Bolker says, revising is the key to good writing. at least you have now a foundation to work on. you will get there!! supervisors have a tendency to expect us to be robots in churning out perfect chapters. its a process. you will get there in the end. all you can do is your best. in you're heart you know you did your best, and that is all we can ask for.

i hope the meeting goes well. but yeh i can understand you feeling discouraged. i don't blame you, if i were you i would feel exactly the same way.

*clocks out*

completed aim 1 and aim 2.
too sleepy to do aim 3, will do that tommorow.

final chapter draft still isn't perfect. but its the best i can get it this week.

me off to bed now.

tommorow aims:
1spend an hour maximum on introduction for chapter 5. then wrap the chapter up.

then start work on chapter 6. zero draft.

celesmai, have fun at your bros graduation. and i admire that you want to get some work done before you go.

and don't worry i think all of us are allowed to have unproductive days once in a while!

and thanks for your sympathy regarding my computer. yeh it is frustrating when technology decides to take a vacation.lol

thanks celesmai!

well i've officially given up trying to fix it. and i am backing up EVERYTHING on the pc in safe mode, incase my friend needs to reformat the computer, he is coming on thursday to fix it.

till then i will work on the laptop.

i havent accomplished any of my aims. so before i go to bed, i want to get the following done:

1. transfer results section from 3rd draft to final 4th draft format.
2. discussion section 1st draft to final 2nd draft format.
3. introduction section

i will try to complete chapter 5 tonight. so i can start work on chapter 6 tommorow.

well time to start burning the midnight oil....

oh no you poor thing. how awful. you have my sympathy. i hope you get better soon. indeed rest up!! your feet are very important.

okay i officially give up, after hours of frustration, trying to fix my pc computer, i decided to get some help. a family friend is coming on thursday to fix my computer. in the meantime i have to back up everything on the computer. incase he has to reformat the whole pc.

in the meantime next couple of days i will work on the laptop.

didn't get much done today. will try to do a couple of hours before i go to bed. so that today wasnt a complete waste.

also, i am going to backup my favourites website bookmarks.

here's a nifty website that explains how to do that. http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000524.htm

just backing up EVERYTHING now onto dvd. thank God that "safe mode" is working. but I have been backing up my thesis chapters on a daily basis.

let this be a lesson to you all.

i've said it before:

a computer is in two states all the time: either

CRASHED
or about to be CRASHED

*backup backup backup*

swantje, wow good luck!

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Thanks Biloboagins, i appreciate that

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my pc computer is not working i don't know what to do. i keep trying system restore, but that's not working.

it boots up. and i only have the safe mode option. and then when i do system restore, it loads up to the windows logo and then the screen goes blank.

today has been a total washout. i am trying to fix my pc computer. but it looks like its completely kaput

Olivia, i will join you by the lake!! i have to have full first draft of my thesis by next monday. and i have 4 chapters left to write!
and my desk top computer today decided to take a vacation. i think it got tired, and is not working.

so now i have to work on my laptop, which hasnt much disk space as it is and it's uncomfortable.

i cant offer any advice for you, but you have my sympathy, that does seem like alot of hard work. i guess just to tackle one section at a time? bit by bit.

good luck!