Morning all.

I have spent the last few days at a conference and am going on holiday for a week on Saturday but need to spend tomorrow sorting stuff and preparing the house for BIL staying to look after the cat.

So today is really a day of tying things up.

Goal 1- to have a look over my chapter as a whole and figure out how far away it is from being finished and which bits need the most work etc.

Had a major wibble when I realised that my presentation is 5 minutes longer than I thought it had to be. It's a 30 minute slot but the presentation should be 15 with 15 minutes for questions and discussion (15 minutes of questions and discussion?! Weep). So I have been cutting stuff out. Almost there. Why didn't I check this earlier? :-( I usually forget loads of stuff because I'm nervous anyway so should be OK but I don't need the stress.

One more run through and then I have to head out to register.

Morning all.

Today my goals are:

1. Practice presentation a couple of times
2. Travel to Cambridge
3. Check into guest house and register at conference
4. Practice presentation again
5. Early night


I wish I had some time for writing. I'm at the conference most of this week, on holiday next week and I'm panicking about how little work I have done so far this summer.

Oh dear, everyone seems to be stressed today.

I did my first goal and rewrote on chapter section which I am now almost happy with. Next I need to pop out of the office and stop at the library, before a quick lunch and then tackling another chapter section.

I do most of my work from home. I have a desk in an office at uni and work there if I have to be in the department for teaching are meetings. Seeing as there is only one other person in my office, who is doing something completely different to me, going in regularly isn't going to stop me from feeling any less isolated than I would at home!

My boyfriend also works from home a lot but he isn't a student and so has to do 9-5, which helps me to do the same. I usually go to the gym after work which helps with the mental seperation of work time from the rest of my life.

A late start for me today as I have been to the gym and will be in the office until 6.30 anyway.

My first goal is to work on my chapter, so I will get on straight on with it!

Transcription is now done. I don't think I can face any more writing at this time of day. I have some literature to sort through and evaluate whether I need to read it or not so this, along with another run through of my presentation is what I will do for the rest of the day.

Woo, I have been through my presentation, tidied up the slides and put down some prompts (and had a decent lunch break during which I dyed my hair).

I realised there is one extract which I only decided to put in yesterday which hasn't been properly transcribed yet so that is next.

Woo I have made progress on my chapter, which no longer fills me with doom.

My next goal is to have a run through of my presentation for next week, and to put down some prompts to jog my memory for it.

Following that goal 3 is to work on a different chapter section.

Good luck Sneaks!

My first goal today is to make some progress with the chapter section of doom. I really don't want to do this either but will tackle it while I'm fresh.

I have been unproductive also if I'm completely honest. Didn't do any work on the chapter of doom and searched for some literature instead. I need to learn to stop procrastinating like this.

I reached the point where nothing more productive will be done today a while ago so I'm off to the gym.

Article has been read. My final goal for the day is to do some writing for the chapter section of doom.

I am fed up of transcribing. it doesn't take me long and I have so much of it still to do.... :-s

But for now I have an article which I need to read so this is my next goal.

Mmm cheese. I'm about to have some stilton with my lunch. I'm also on a (pre-beach holiday) diet but can't do without my stilton.

I have been through my collection of extracts and have selected some to transcribe in more detail for analysis (Jefferson transcription. Weep.). I have transcribed one so far and my goal after lunch is to get as many more done today as I can stand.

Good luck getting back into it Button.

Well I didn't manage my first goal and feel like I had a bit of a wasted morning. I rehearsed my presentation and edited some of my video files, but realised that I can't edit half of them because of the format they are in. I spent some time downloading converters to try and resolve this but failed and will have to go into the lab on Thursday to edit them there. Grrr.

My second goal today is to look through a collection of extracts and figure out where I'm going with a new analysis.