and thank you for checking up on my diary and for the kind words of encouragement

celesmai, welcome!! please feel free to log in and update us with your writing progress on a daily basis in my diary thread i welcome the company!

and congratulations on the baby. nearly two months to go God willing, hope baby and mother are doing well today

i really admire the fact your writing up being 7 months pregnant. wow. good for you!

well i will certainly keep you company in the writing up stage
good luck!

so today is day 1 , what have you got planned to write up?

joyce is right, that it needed to be addressed otherwise other people will be victims.

manda i am glad that you emailed your supervisor and seems like something is going to happen. well done for having the courage to stick up for yourself and not tolerate bad behaviour.

*sleepily clocks in*

wrote 900 words today finishing my results section, finally finished the results section of chapter 4, been at it for days!!

made a figure that i triple checked containing most of my data for the chapter. made another table aswell.

i'm behind my "schedule" though...but hope i get more sections done this week .. and have a somewhat decent first draft of my thesis by 3rd of july.
tommorow i have to write a discussion for chapter 4 based on my rough draft.

and then start on another chapter, which 1/3 is done , and 2/3 needs to be done from scratch. so zero draft time.

i'm sleepy, off to bed for moi!
night night folks.

Hello Anthropologa!

Well done finishing your field notes!

wow your research sounds interesting.

hehe JB says that indeed! well in the end, i didnt take time out to watch a film. BUT i did take an hour break to watch my favourite tv show (supernatural).

I hadn't finished my aims for today, so felt too guilty to take any time off.

I finally finished aim number 1! been at it for days!
did about 900 words, made the gigantic table of most of my data, triple checked it, made another figure and calculations.

i am way too sleepy to do aim number 2, so will have to do that tommorow.

thanks for keeping me company this week ! you're a star

see you tommororow!

p.s thanks for the kind words regarding i deserve a night off

sorry that's meant to be

*NOW go and do it

forum adminstrators, when are we going to have edit functions? :P

now your very first task is to write for 15 minutes, even if you hate it, you can do it for 15 minutes, and then report back here when you have done it.

no go do it!

procrastination is a sign that you are feeling lost and overwelmed by the task of it.

first step. make a plan.

set the egg timer to 15minutes, and write freely about what you need to write in your report. write without thinking about grammer, spelling or structure.

once you have done that. go back and read what you have written and with a highlighter highlight things that you can elaborate.

your first task is to write messy. sit down and dont think to write perfectly.

visit these websites to get you started:

http://davidmaister.com/blog/18/Done-at-Last-Thoughts-on-Procrastination

https://webspace.utexas.edu/cherwitz/www/ie/b_flowers.html

your first step would be is to: write a ZERO draft of your report. then once you've done that, then go back to it and improve on it.

DO not attempt to write perfectly the first time. that will just overwelm you.

when i had *problems* with my supervisor. i read up on rules and regulations to find out my rights as a student.

knowledge is power.

aloha, that is a really good idea. i agree face to face combat can get difficult and emotional and intimidating even more so.

written is better, detached and professional. us students have our rights!! good idea aloha.

EMTEA, how are you coming along with your writing?

Anthropologa, if you dont mind answering (it's totally cool if you wanna plead the fifth or whatever)

but what kind of field work do you do? sounds very exciting

Anthro

"\ It seems like its been tough to manage the papers/thesis/advisers screwing stuff around!"

you summed it up perfectly! thanks

hmm i think its day 7 no? since u started on monday

yah i know, sundays are usually a time for relaxing, so its really hard for me to actually work like its any other day. its the sunday blues.

going to treat myself today though. after lunch, i'm going to take a couple of hours off, and relax and watch a dvd film. and then start work again. thats if i dont feel too guilty!

Aims today:

1. FINISH the results section of chapter 4. this has been my aim all week!! still not finished it.

2. discussion of chapter 4.
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good luck with everyone that is working today on a sunday..