clowning good luck! and thats soooo impressive that most of your work is published. you will do just fine

tetris, you're so lucky you dont have a viva to do! do you have to do a presentation or something instead?

my aim was to get 2000 words done, before i could take a longish break.

i did take a break half way through though, to eat something as was hungry.

to keep me motivated. i am using my egg timer, and i set it to 10 minutes. so i have to write for 10mins without doing anything else. and then when the buzzer goes off, i note down how many words i have written, and then log it in my graph that i just made in excel, with pretty colours. lol

it does help, cause when i see that i only have 1 minute left, it pushes me to get more words in. and then even when the buzzer goes off, i squeeze in a few more words. lol i know sounds insane. but it's working for me!

so far: have done 105 mins of "productive time" and 2093 words.

i just want to finish the discussion then will take a break.

hey tetris, i know the feeling of "slowly" hang in there! you will get there in the end.

well me? i am "rewriting" my 2nd paper and turning it into a chapter, (elaborating on it - although some of the sentences, sound like the ones i originally wrote! so copying those hehe, other sentences i am rewriting it in my own words, so sounds more like me. but i know my 1st supervisor will end up telling me to rewrite it back again lol. he hates the way i write. but it's me!

and some sentences i dont understand at all! so have highlighted those - mostly to do with stats, and will ask my 2nd supervisor when i next see her- and admit that i dont understand it!).

try st john ambulance. i did the first aid course, and volunteered with them for a year or so. when i went for an inteview for medical school at imperial i think it helped. and also shawdowing doctors at hospitals and observing operations, gave me something to talk about in the interview.

they offered me a place, but i had to get a B in chemistry. i got a C :( but then got an A in biolgy. the points were the same, but they really wanted the B in chemistry. so then i did a degree in biology instead. and i am glad i did! because medicine is tough! i'm so glad i didnt go to medical school. i dont think i would have been able to hack it. it's very tough.

hey Tetrisfiend, how are you coming along? how much have you done so far? (lol sorry don't mean to sound like a matron or anything ) just glad of the company.

who else is working away on their computer, writing ?

aww juno, i understand how it feels to have feelings for a friend that doesnt feel the same! unreciprocated feeling does indeed suck.
but glad you got over it, good for you!

sounds like you're very mature and know the reality of the situation. that is right, you can't help how you feel about someone.

i currently hate my supervisor though lol.

maybe being in love with your supervisor may act like a motivation for you to do good work, in order to "impress" him.

you never know, your feelings might change, when you meet someone else.

that sounds like a great plan tetris!

i know what you mean, it gets boring and you just don't wanna do it.

i love A3 mind maps!!

that's a good idea aiming for the stars!

report back and let us know how you got on with todays aim.

i totally understand the wanting to get it over and done with and having a life again!

how's your writing going today? i'm working in 10 minute burts, with my egg timer lol. not that i have a break after the 10minutes or anything, i just start the timer again lol. feel hungry though, might have a banana.

thanks everyone for your advice! really appreciate it

i will start including exercise in my daily routine

awww Thanks Kaymoy, that's so nice of you.

I have to be honest, I didn't think anyone was actually reading my diary haha. so that's really nice to hear, thanks for your kind words and encouragement, it really helps !

the only thing that's getting me through this, are you guys and this forum

thanks for saying that you find it encouraging :)

and maybe print it out. i find it easier marking my corrections on paper than i do on the monitor. and that way psychologically you know its printed out. so you dont feel so bad when you cut out things or edit them, because you can always go back if you want to put it in again. set yourself daily targets and meet them

like you have to have edited X number of words per day.

you have 15,000 words to go through. so that's about 3000 words a day.

good luck! you can do it!

Good luck!! just keep at it, everyday. that's the only advice i can give. split it up into chunks also. so that you're not facing the big mountain all in one go as cakegirl metaphor suggests!

and join the club

update your progress everyday after your "working" hours. we can keep an eye on you

what will help, maybe is to read the chapter, highlighting important bits, and maybe make a brief outline of the whole chapter.

i read that the human mind has trouble holding more than 8 pieces of information in the forefront of their brain.
so go through your chapter once, and make an outline. then for each section, sum it up what the section is talking about.

then for each paragraph write one line as to what it's saying. that way you can see the skeleton of your chapter.

well you just do the best you can do, and then the rest leave it up to fate. as long as you are doing your best.

so if you dont submit by sept, its no big deal? you dont fail or anything? why did you want to submit by sept?

sorry that wasn't very encouraging!

just do your best everyday. revise your subjects, you will get there in the end. hang in there!