Just sitting here struggling with the 3rd revision of my 6th chapter. I feel like chucking it all away because I am so fatigued with rewrite after rewrite. At this stage I am not sure the hard slog of late night after late night is worth it. I'm sick, I'm growing older by the minute and cannot find any motivation to carry on. Help!

Is there life after 40 as a woman with a PhD? I certainly hope so. I don't know about the rest but I have invested nearly 4 years of my life in this PhD and refuse to believe there is no point to it.

Not that I am all that sure a career in academia is possible given my geographic location (Australia) and my inability to move elsewhere because of spouse's job and teenage child schooling.