https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-USUDzycRvM (just look beyond the hot pants and extensions, there's a strong message she's conveying)

Thanks, Hazy Jane! I do get a payslip but it's incorrect (2nd time in a row). I do work the same number of hours each week. Off to this website it is then... :)

Hello!
Any - I mean any - idea on how to figure out my monthly pay? It's like trying to make a veggie terrine here! I've got all the ingredients but can't figure out how to cobble them together successfully.
I work in retail Sat & Sun. Say, I worked 20 hours/week, my hourly wage was £10, on Sun I got £15/hr, I knew my NI number and category, tax code and all that shabang, how would I figure out my monthly pay? Plus, do you know of any good websites to put all that info in (for cross-checking)?
Cheers, Heidy :)

Hello!
Any - I mean any - idea on how to figure out my monthly pay? It's like trying to make a veggie terrine here! I've got all the ingredients but can't figure out how to cobble them together successfully.
I work in retail Sat & Sun. Say, I worked 20 hours/week, my hourly wage was £10, on Sun I got £15/hr, I knew my NI number and category, taxcode and all that shabang, how would I figure out my monthly pay? Plus, do you know of any good websites to put all that info in (for cross-checking)?
Cheers, Heidy :)

Good on you. Fortune favours the brave, you know... .

So judging by the 10-month silence online, no one's made any attempts to make and stick to achievable goals for a day? ;]

Hi Steph, a book I can recommend is "How to Get a PhD" by E. Philips and D. Pugh ... already because it focuses on the word “get”. Oh, and do have a look at the “Tips List” started by PhD Bug: http://www.postgraduateforum.com/thread-10400/ . And if you want to know what other forumites are up to, follow the "One Goal Thread" by Sneaks: http://www.postgraduateforum.com/thread-14514/ . Welcome! Heidy :]

Congratulations, Dr. Pam! Well done! The funny thing is that a couple of months from now you may start toying with the idea of going for yet another "mad" endeavour such as climbing the Mount Everest. Just give it some time... :]

Ah, that's better Fiona - well done for finding the strength to look forward! Dalmation's tips are ace and do calm the nerves, don't they? You may find yourself going through stages of ups and downs as you work through your amendments. Let me know how you get on and if you need a little booster. I admire people that get so far in the PhD process. I'm nowhere near submitting my thesis yet but I have a few friends who have finished theirs or are working on them now so I can sympathise with you. Stay in touch, Hedy

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Hey Fionaoz, I'm so sorry to hear about the outcome of your viva... The final stages of a PhD are draining anyway so the news may make you feel even more tired and numb. But please, please don't think of yourself as inadequate or silly! As the days go by, you may remember ever more from the examiners' comments and thereby figure out how to feel about yesterday and what immediate steps to take to get your feet back on the ground. So until someone with a more extensive, experienced take on the PhD process than me replies to you in this forum (I'm very junior in this process), just remember that you are not the first nor the only one to have ever gone through this pain and that you are a very capable person - it's just that, for reasons that may become clearer as the days go by, the examiners felt that your effort was not quite enough this time around. Do get back in touch, Hedy

Hi Tilly, The only advice I can add is this: Listen carefully during your viva. Just so you don't answer a question that they did not even ask and thus either talk yourself "into trouble" or waffle from their point of view. The mind can play funny tricks on us when we are nervous so do take the great advice by Delta and Smoobles to heart. Good luck! Heidy

Wow - great comment, Dr. Pjlu. Take heart, Dotdot! Adjusting to a new working environment and rhythm takes time and every time you get insecure, you may slightly idealise the option you did not go for.

Hey there! It's not a muddled reply at all - far from it. You reflected exactly what my worries were. I also gave it a thought - it is an honour to be chosen after all. Ok then, I'll go ahead with it. Thanks, Lindalou! Heidy :]

Hi, I got an A on my dissertation. My uni wants to know if they can use it for a workshop on how to write those darn things that they are doing soon. What would you do? And extra-question: Why do I feel so awkward about it? Shouldn't I be over the moon?! Any replies are very welcome. Cheers, Heidy

Buuug! I miss your contributions. How are you? Heidy :]