'Research and related achievements' section is drafted. It turned out to be pretty easy because I realised I'd written a chunk of it for another application. I have done soooo well today.

I am really starting to find it hard to focus (4-5 hours sleep the last 2 nights and the night before that I drank a bit too much) so I am going to have a break and go and work out before tackling the Impacts section.

Oh dear Sneaks, sounds like your time is very much in demand. I hope you find time for PhD work soon!

I have written a draft of the summary of progress section. I am finding it really difficult because I am trying to put a certain spin on it to increase the chances of getting the award.

I'm now going to move on to writing the 'research and related achievements' section. I don't feel like I have many achievements so it might be a bit tough.

Morning all. I really didn't want to get up this morning because I was tossing and turning and feeling stressed out all night. Fail! However I need to put the hours in this week and would have messed things up by sleeping in.

My first goal is to wake up a bit while I do a few admin things, check a few things in the funding guidance and email the research office. My second goal is then to write a summary of my thesis progress.

Glad to see I'm not the only one working into the evening!

I have written a draft of the 'objectives' section which I'm quite pleased with. I am now going to have a quick dinner and then write the ethics section which will be fairly easy. I might have to stop after that as I have a huge knot in my stomach and need time to wind down before bed.

Evening everyone. I spent today travelling halfway across the country for a meeting with my potential postdoc mentor. He completely grilled me for over an hour which left me feeling frazzled but we are going to go ahead and apply for funding. :-)

He wants me to send him some stuff in the next few days though. So I am going to make a start at tackling the summary and objectives sections.

Article finished and sent to supervisor. Woo!

Happy weekend everyone!

Conclusion done (just needed to add a short paragraph). I thought after that I'd be ready to send it to my supervisor but realised there were a couple of issues with the format of the data extracts so next up I need to sort those out.

I'm glad to know I'm not alone in working this morning! (I hate working at the weekend).

The introduction took me longer than I expected. Next up is the conclusion.

This morning I WILL finish my journal article.

I have got to the stage of the day where I can't write anymore. I wanted the article finished by today but I'm still not there.

My next goal is to find and skim a few relevant papers for a section I need to put in my grant proposal.

I really can't concentrate on my grant application any more.

My next goal is to go back to my journal paper. I thought this was more or less finished but have realised there is a body of literature which I really should include and doing that will mean cutting out more words from the analysis. :-( My next goal is to include this literature within my introduction.

I hope you're OK Button?!

I am finished with my summary and objectives sections for now. I keep flitting between different things so it might sound like I'm doing loads but I'm actually only managing 200 or 300 words at a time. I am now going to make a start on the introduction and context section. I'm starting to find working on it all quite stressful but I'll persevere for a while longer...

Anyone joining me today?

I have written a draft of the data set section. A lot of what I have written is complete rubbish but when I sat down this morning I felt like I couldn't do t and wanted to cry but I am getting *somewhere* very slowly and am starting to feel more in control.

I am going to go back to the summary, objectives and research questions sections now.

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I have written a few hundred words on the research methods and have worked out the layout of how that section will look.

I am now going to begin to sketch out the section on data collection.

Morning all.

Today I am trying to knock out as many words as I can on my case for support. I'm going to begin with the research methods section.