I am 1.5 years in my PhD journey now. Dealing with confusion and lack of motivation due to anxiety, 1st year was basically dedicated to conferences, passing my transfer, ethical clearance and writing an essay to confirm my PhD studies.
Finished my Literature Review draft this December as supervisor did not want me to proceed with anything unless I finish my LR and started working for the methodology since then.I have been teaching as well so I wasted a lot of time preparing material for that..no excuses but just saying.
PhD was advertised and the methodology was vague...non practical. Supervisor is amazing with ideas but could not work on the practicalities of the matters so data collection is severely delayed as I need to figure out things alone. Coming from a science field into social sciences I slowly discovered that there is a long procedure behind designing instruments (Factor analysis, internal validity) and I realised that I will not be ready for data collection this year as school lessons here finish at the end of March and 1 month is not enough. Along with that, access is not granted yet and I am negotiating.
My plan is to have a pilot in March, write 40000 out of 80000 until August, collect data first trimester starting in September, and do the analysis and the rest of the write up (results discussion conclusion) from January until September 2020 when I need to hand in.
I am worried because I am not following conventional timelines...I never have anyway during my masters but yeah I am concerned..
Is there hope? Can I still make it?