gosh you guys are so busy today! I've just been working on a sticky bit of chapter that I couldn't fix yesterday.

Sneaks, did you manage to sort out your data last night?

Batfink, why don't you change the mode of your writing, say, to handwriting it for a bit? I find handwriting stuff really helps to get the words down (because editing on paper is such a nightmare), *then* you'll have something to edit. I find sometimes I do overthink and 'freeze' when I am trying to type because I can edit it so easy. It's too easy to start fiddling with the few words I've written, and not getting on with getting new stuff written :)

Ady - I support your approach, when I used to teach, I marked everything in one blitz!

thank you both :) I think I'm going to nip this unproductive, stress inducing day in the bud and take the rest of the day off...

I hope everyone else is having a more productive day :)

you can also do a dropquest to gain a further 1gb.... don't know if they still do it, but I did it only couple of weeks ago:
http://lifehacker.com/#!5735676/dropquest-is-an-online-scavenger-hunt-that-awards-up-to-1-gb-of-dropbox-space

I would recommend finding a walkthrough, since if you don't, it's just too good an excuse to procrastinate all day!

yup! you know one of those days where nothing goes right?

GGGGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR:-s:-s:-s

ohhh I used to love using tomatoes :) It's a really good tool to get you back into the swing of working.

I had a terrible evening & night last night, I must've eaten something dodgy. I was sick all night :( Still don't feel 100%.

So I had a slow day of 1000 words. Better than nothing I guess. I've also decamped to the living room for the next 10 days or so, while OH redoes the bedroom and the furniture arrives :)

I've written 2000 ish words, and going to stop, because I don't want to push myself *too* hard at this stage and burn out.

I'm now going to THINK about doing some sewing. However, the cat has decided I am a very good cushion, so it may be a while before I get to do any.

I am just supervising, as paint give me bad headaches :(

When the painting and building furniture starts, I am going to decamp to the living room for couple of weeks. I really hope no one wants to come and visit us in that time, the house is going to be a bomb site.

the headings in my thesis are all numbered. Dunni, do you have access to your supervisor (if they got their phd in the same uni & field as you) or a thesis recently written in your department? I am following my supervisor's (who did their phd at the same uni, several years back). My numbering is the same as ady's.

Hey Ady, I'm around today too :)

I think everyone is entitled to have a non-productive day! I only fixed a few things in the morning, then went out for the afternoon :) I'm finding my own writing rhythm now, and I find doing two days on, then one day off (or at least half a day off) works well for me. I know this isn't for everyone, but there's nothing wrong in rebelling from your writing!

Today I am going to analyse and write up study 1 (I've been working on this chapter backwards, so done three and two already this week).

Not work related, but I also have to choose our bedroom paint colour today so OH can get on with painting it.... considerably more fun.

wooo hooo Dunni!! that's an amazing achievement! Now you can relax for the whole weekend! Which one of us have actually had an entire weekend off in goodness knows how long?

Dunni, congratulations!!! You steamed ahead with your work this week! As Ady said, you deserve a bit of relaxing, you have worked so hard for this :)

Star-shaped, I'm due to submit my thesis on 30th June. I'm hoping to get everything first drafted by the end of april, which will leave me with 2 months to edit everything... a bit tight, but I've been sending my drafts as I write them to my supervisor.

Can I just say that, as someone that works alone at home, I am sooooooo thankful of this forum, and particularly this thread. I get so much motivation and encouragement from you guys :)

Star-shaped, I hope your husband recovers well and quickly. Is it possible to sit with him through the film but with your laptop? ;)

wow Dunni, you are sooooo close!! I am so impressed with your progress!!

*go Dunni go Dunni go Dunni go Dunni*

Batfink I wish my place had similar service! I too thought getting the statistician to do all the work was outrageous, but the person got his PhD.... fortunately, my morals just won't allow for something like that!

Right, so today's task so far:
redo my stats I did yesterday with the right tests - done
run stats on two more variables - done
write the discussion, limitation and contribution of this study - done

drop in the second study from a published paper
adapt the second study to fit in better with the chapter

I forgot to add write some simple lit for the former study, maybe I should do that next before going onto another study...

so much to do, so little time to do it in!

hmmmm good question, how am I doing.....

intro - not started
lit 1 - started but a looooong way to go.
lit 2 - First draft complete and with sup
Body 1 - First draft complete and with sup
Body 2 - has 3 studies in it - just writing now, it's what's causing all my stat problems!! Nearly finished study 3, study 2 has already been published and yet to write study 1!!
Body 3 - Been published so just a matter of dropping it in
Body 4 - First draft complete
Body 5 - not even started!!
Conclusion - not started

so I'd say 4 done or almost done, 1 on the way, and 4 more to go. Does that make me half way through?