I have now sent my email to potential postdoc supervisor. Rather nervous about getting a response!

My goals are now pop into research student office, a bit of editing my analysis section and then meeting with research group at 2.

Printing out anything in my department is such a palava. :-s Half an hour wasted and I haven't been able to print anything.

My next goal is to finish writing an email to a potential Postdoc mentor.

Morning! A late start for me today because I had my hair cut on the way in. My first goal is to do a few small bits such as sorting out haandouts for next week, printing, etc.

I *think* that is my introduction sorted. However having done that I now need to go back to the analysis and make some changes there, so that is my next goal.

Happy Monday everyone (ugh). I have just done my last 9am class until February- thank God for that!

My first goal for today is to sort out one section of my introduction.

My analysis section is now done and I'm almost completely happy with it to be ready to be sent to my supervisors. I'm quite worried about what they'll actually think about it though but hey ho.

My next goal is to work on (and possibly get sorted) my introduction section.

Applications submitted. (up) I'm not quite sure how this took up half of the morning but nevermind.

My next goal is to work through and edit the second half of my analysis section.

I agree with Bilbo that you need to put your foot down with your supervisor. Does she know how much you are struggling?

As for just getting on and writing I think (and my main supervisor agrees) that if you give yourself a certain amount of time to do something, that is exactly how long it'll take. So I have set myself deadlines for each chapter and make myself meet them.Both of my supervisors are really disorganised so I set the deadlines myself and made myself accountable by sending them both a copy of my timetable. Actually getting stuff written often means starting off writing complete crap and I'm currently on version 6 of the chapter I'm working on at the moment.
But of course if you have other commitments such as your RA work getting in the way this isn't really going to be possible, so you need to put your foot down.

Happy Friday everyone! My first goal for today (because I didn't manage it yesterday) is to sort out application forms, finish writing a covering letter and to submit my applications.

I just had a very inspiring meeting with my supervisor and feel quite daunted but excited about my final analytic chapter. Eeek. I feel like I really want to get on with it now but my final goal for the day has to be sorting out a couple of postdoc applications with deadlines which are tomorrow and Monday!

Oh dear, I hope you feel better soon Sneaks! There's a lot of it going around at the moment. I'm coming down with something (after gloating over the last few weeks that I hardly ever get ill, how is that for karma) and I'm hoping it's just a cold rather than the dreaded lurgy which is going round the department at the moment!

I have done a good morning's work. I haven't quite finished the second section but I am now just over halfway through the document. My next goal is to put dinner in the slow cooker, have lunch, cycle to uni and then meet with my supervisor.

My first goal is done. My next goal is to move onto the (considerably longer) second section.

Morning all.

My major goal for now is editing my analysis and getting to a final draft ready to send to my supervisor. My first goal is to edit the first section.

I have just finished meeting with my research group. Must manage to continue writing up until 4 o clock...