Hiya everyone - enjoying the sunshine?
I am now almost 3 months into my PhD, so far I have had about 3 weeks where I couldn't work due to picking up various bugs from my daughters nursery and my agreement to do 1/2 a days demonstrating in each week that i have 2 days childcare was a crazy mistake! My intention to work 3 days a week hasn't materialised and I confess I am beginning to wonder why I'm doing this.
I have attended a conference which I loved, was fascinated by the various questions people asked and I did (last week at least) want to make a go of it. This week with the sun shining and me missing my 8 month old baby very much indeed I feel as if i am drowning. I have been asked to do a presentation next week on my masters project but as yet haven't started that, and i am struggling to even remember what the various phd research questions were that my supervisor said were good.
I set myself the challenge to finish my draft lit review by the end of May - so about 8/9 weeks and even though i read lots of papers i can't seem to condense my thoughts. I have found some helpful advice online to develop my reading into a lit review but I can't seem to tie down the areas I should be reading about.
Another underlying ongoing issue is the health of my baby. Due to an error by medical staff she was born critically ill and it is nothing short of a miracle that she came home, so I have my head to get around all of that. My supervisory team are supportive when I have to take time off but I am just feeling pants.
Words of advice? Where do I go from here? I know I am capable of doing this project but I have lost my way somewhat, I feel I have a lot to live up to with agreeing to work part time in the office while accepting a full time schedule. I go to 3 days a week after Easter and no demostrating which I hope will help me, how much had everyone else done in their first three months?
thanks in advance.
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