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Well sup originally said next friday, but even she has forgotten she said this. my 'intention to submit' form says sep 2011. I'd like to get it in by end of sep. My main reason being is that I want to be viva'd before xmas so I can have my first xmas off for about 10 years! I'd hate to be sat there on xmas day thinking about my viva in 3 weeks time :-( also, if I am lucky enough to get this job, then once I start the work will be immense and I want to get the PhD done and dusted before it has to get put on the back burner for other work and then another year will pass by when it only needs a few weeks worth of work.

I'm around. I'm trying to finalise a presentation for an interview I have next week. I'd also like to get on with my PhD but waiting to hear whether we're expected to go out ofr a birthday meal with my father in law today for lunch. really don't want to go, want to get on with the work, but whenever people don't go to these things it results in a 2 year non-speaking thing and everyone says its really disrespectful etc. (its kind of like the mafia lol), so really have to go :-s

Congratulations Star-Shaped! I'm extremely envious, as I should be where you are today! BUt instead I'm ploughing on with the lit review re-structure :-(

I WILL GET THIS DONE BY END OF SEP THOUGH!

I've spent the first hour today updating my laptop cos it went into "I'm not going to work until you update me" mode :-s

Still working on the lit review. I'm going to try and work a bit quicker today.

Goal 1 = write up theory 4.

I think it depends on how useful you think either is for your long term career. If you think the PhD is not necessary, but the 3 months would give you a leg-up then do that. However, if you don't see yourself getting a job without the PhD then I personally would get the PhD out of the way and *then* look for other roles.

Also, although best intentions may be there to work evenings/weekends on the PhD, once you've worked all week and your gf/bf/family/friends are wanting to see you, or you just want to catch up on some telly, then that may go out the window.

well I've done 2 out of 8 sections of my lit review. BUt I've now finished the bits my sup could be bothered to comment on, so I'm left with trying to take an objective look at what I've written, which is very hard, because I read it and think "wow, someone amazingly talented wrote this" :p finding it very hard to stand back and work out what could be wrong with it. And Sup has refused to read any more of it and probably never will. :-(

I'm in the same situation as you. Applied last year, interviewed, rejected (I know an internal candidate got it), was embarrassed to try again this year, as you I'm not really any further on. BUt I've applied and got another interview. If I get it it will be fantastic AND I can be smug in saying they should have hired ME last year lol.

well she's back now. I managed to ignore the child, but its still annoying with the thought that you're responsible for something in the back of your mind. JUst had ridiculously early imposed lunch so now feel stuffed and sleepy :-(

Must get on!

well I got the old 'haven't you done it yet' from the parent last night, and I suspect that she also thinks that I'm 'scrounging' off hubby cos he goes out to work while I 'lounge about' apparently not getting anything done. I'm going to a job interview next week though and I hope to god I get it - it would mean I can live in my own house!

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wah! I should be at the same point as you star-shaped :-( now hate my sup for giving me all these changes last minute! The worse thing is, is that I'll push to get it done, it will get done soon (ish) if not for the actual date, so she'll interpret that as her 'methods' working and she'll go on to do it with her next supervisees. :-s

oh I've been given a child to babysit, I think she's downstairs, possibly playing with knives. really wish people understood that working at home meant WORKING at home and not dossing about being able to babysit :-s

Right I have 2 WHOLE days :-) some time at last to get some PhD work done. I'm supposed to submit in 9 days (HA!), but I want to have done at least half of what I want to get done by then, if not more.

So today I really really want to push on with the lit review. I think my tomatoes may be coming into force, although perhaps I'll up the minutes?

GOal 1: to finish section 1.

if you like that sort of thing :p


http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/aug/29/academic-publishers-murdoch-socialist

well truth be told I am still feeling a bit of dread about doing it all, but I do feel that I've let out the stress/tension that has built up since my sup went through all the changes with me. What stresses me out the most is that I thought it would involve re-structuring, but it actually will involve writing several sections from scratch. She seems to think that this is 20 mins work, but in reality, to feel confident about what I'm writing, I need to factor in 3-4 hours on each section :-(

yes, I had that PM, very tempting lol.

Well I had a mini-mental breakdown yesterday which saw me descend into a 5 year old and scream and stomp around the house with tears streaming down my face and then hiding in my duvet. I now feel a whole lot better and able to get on with my thesis.

I've wasted a lot of time over the last few days, so today I really want to get at least a few sections re-structured.

I have a husband who craves constant attention - is that the same thing? I had to drop him off at 'creche' (pub) yesterday, but he wanted to come home early, meaning an hour drive to go and pick him up :-s but I've got a toy for him to play with today (New PS3 game), so hoping that keeps him entertained enough to not pester me :p