I think I am last one...since none of you have been adding any threads..and about Sri Lanka..its sunny and happy memories..visit the beaches and the city of Kandy..I loved it so much.

hyper_chick, good to hear that there is a possibility to end this in 3 years, I think the trick is to write as you go along. For DanB and Mia, I think the big wide world is a circus it self, and we all have to join it some day...wonder if there are any parts left for us

Thanks about2defend. Good Luck with the viva and let us know how you got on? Re: my studies, unfortunately I m in social sciences and it looks like 4 years is the limit. But hey! where there is a will, there is a way. I think now I sound hyper optimistic..oh well, at least I m not moody today

after getting no work done for the past week, I just had one of those moments which I decided its going to be just 3 years and I do NOT want to spend my days like this after 3 years. By the way,I'm just finishing my 1st year. I am kind of happy with what I have done in the fisrt year and if I can hold this up the second year, I think I probably can finish in about 3 years. Lets gaze into the future through a glass ball shall we?

PhD/Marriage/Kids...Can all three live in harmony. I am a married postgrad who wants kids as soon as I finish this. But I do worry that if I plan like that I will have less chance of doing well in academia world. Its a real dilema and since my husband adores kids and want to start a family after I finish..its just too much to think sometimes. However, he is really supportive right now want me to finish it within 3 years. I dont know if I can...but I want to finish it in 3 years to 3.5 more then anything in the world.Is this realistic?

I nearly gave up when I had to re-write my proposal and keep on working with the lit.review. I still dont know if I can go through with the proposal cause I am fed up with it and completely lost the confidence in it. during X mas it was either drop out or write something that was banging on my mind. Sometimes it was more to do with the drop-out theme than writing the review. I was such a motivated person in my MSc and always liked searching for papers and completing things at least a day before the deadlines. But now I am dragging the deadlines and feel like a confined patient in a hospital. Hows that for a depressed case ?

thanks, I will keep that in mind.

Can I join too..only last week that I was trying to explain to my boyfriend that I feel so bad as I haven't written enough for my lit.review. Eventhough he has a degree, an MBA he just thinks I am lazy and asks why I cant finish it and whats so hard about reading and writing about something..Dear PhD Lord! (if there is anyone like that)please help him to understand that its only one step forward and two steps back in the PhD world.

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Consciously no! but somehow it just crosses my mind. mostly I think its due to supervisors constant demands to come up with a workable PhD plan and my doubts to whether I started on this journey too soon.

what happens when people drop-out from a PhD . Do they have to pay the fees and grant back ? or just hand in what they did and hope to gain a MPhil for the work, if its up to that standard.

issues!

I did the waiting for a week or so but it does not work. Eventhough I am not sure how, I desperately want to focus on one area or topic which makes me a stress-bag rather than productive in the long search for my topic..where ever..whenever..whatever...I am gonna get it.

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