Wow this thread has made me feel better too. I have generally been doing 6-7 hours a day, but with at least an hour of faffing. And I can only manage that because I'd do some analysis for a couple of hours, switch to transcribing and then do some reading.

Now that I have started writing up (14 months to go) I've been feeling guilty about how little time I can actually concentrate on writing (3 or 4 hours max a day).

My boyfriend tells me not to feel guilty because people with actual office jobs waste half their time emailing and surfing the net, so I probably work more than the average person anyway!

Morning all. I've had a couple of days really out of it. I did a half day course yesterday but apart from that I let things get on top of me and I got nothing done.

So I am getting back into it today (for real this time).

My first goal is to rehearse my conference presentation which is next week and to edit the video clips for this.

Goal 2 done. 1000 words in all which is very good going for me.

I now need to go back to my dreaded analysis for my chapter so my next goal is to concentrate on this for the next hour.

500 words done.

My next goal is to get another 500 down...

Pink numbers, how are you doing today? I think it's normal to have periods of hating your work- I felt like this all last week and am only just slowly coming round now.

Right. I'm really tired and started the morning with an argument with my boyfriend. So not a good start. My first goal is to write 500 words of literature stuff. I will try and do this before lunch.

Wow it's quiet today.

I'm flagging a bit. Must get this section I am working on up to 500 words. 350 to go.

Argh I am done with the analysis for this chapter for now. I have some literature stuff to write up for the introduction so I will do this until 3pm.

I hope the writing is going OK Algaequeen. I'm also fending off writers block and just trying to write anything today.

It has been a slow morning with more faffing around on the internet than I should have been doing. I'm having a break for lunch now and after that my next goal is to write for another 2 hours, without any faffing around and procrastinating.

Don't feel guilty Ev, there's no point sitting in front of the computer kidding yourself just to make up the hours if you're not working (I think this is a bad habit of mine!).

Well I got up late today, damn. My first goal is to work on my chapter up until lunch time.

Powerpoint slides sorted out. I feel so relieved that I finally got this done. Now I just have to present the thing!

Next goal is to do 3 pieces of transcription.

I have rehearsed and it all makes sense.

My next goal is to sort out my Powerpoint slides.

Rather than working on the Powerpoint slides I decided it made more sense to work on the actual talk as I was unhappy with one section and hadn't yet written the summary. This is now done. Woohoo!

My next goal is to have a run through and make sure it all makes sense.

Good luck Sneaks!

Today I got up earlier than I did all of last week and feel like I am in a better frame of mind.

My first goal is to do the Powerpoint slides for my presentation.

The chapter is making me feel depressed and panicky. Hohum.

I just snapped at my boyfriend because he came in the room and started joking around saying that it's OK, I can quit my PhD and go back to working in a call center.
I have a headache and feel like crying.

It is a nice day anyway and I have a couple of articles to read so this is what I'll do in the garden for the rest of the afternoon. Depressingly, one of these which is going to be published next month, is the second article written by another PhD student who started at the same time as me. Weep.

Background section is now drafted.

Next goal is to spend until 3pm working on my chapter.