Heya. How do you all manage your time? How do you fit in writing journal articles to do with your PhD, your postdoc work and extra things (eg volunteer work for professional societies)? As well as have a life? After having a break from my Phd I hate working once I get home. How do you all cope? I want to get some teaching work also - how do you fit it all in???

wow, thank you all so much. Its nice but scaary to know that others feel the same way as I do. Its just like I just don;t feel good enough.. you have all helped so much. I want to write more on here but i cant as i have someone in this room. But will check back soon. But I just wanted to say a quck thank you x

GRRRRRR I CANNOT DO THIS ANYMORE! Its not that I can't - I just feel I cannot give this thesis the depth it needs - i am not over reacting - i just cannot do it. Its just not goog enough. Ir really isn't. I have seriuosly wasted the last 3 years of my life. Theres no point in bothering anymore. I am sick of it - just totally sick of it. I hate hard work and I just do not want to finish it. Is this normal? Please don't tell me to take a holiday cos they wont let me have one. Its just a horrible process. How are yhou all getting on?

Ok if I dont finish to the best of my ability by the 17th August I will quit my PhD. I know its bad but if I dont get it done nwo then I wont ever get it done - shall i bother - dunno.

Ok if I dont finish to the best of my ability by the 17th August I will quit my PhD. I know its bad but if I dont get it done nwo then I wont ever get it done - shall i bother - dunno.

I dont think i can do this - today i have done everything but my thesis. I just DONT want to work. I know I should - i really do... but I just cannot bring myself to do it. I just find it so difficult to finish things - like absolutely finishing chapters - the thoguht of doing everything for them to make them finished just scares me. I dont know anymore.

Hows it going you all?
I am editing editning editing lol. I want to get my thesis finished by the third week of august and proof read etc. ... do you think i can do it? I dont know. I am planning to give to my supervisor in a ringbinder with a bow on it as a present so she can read the thing properly... i doubt she will!
How are you all getting on?

Still trying :-(
Hate it but gotta do it - dont know if i should take a nap inbetween this one and the next one or if i shud work straight through....

Hiya,
Really trying to get some work done. My supervisor wants some work in for tomorrow 11am. I am having some trouble though. My friend who was going to proofread my chapters has let me down. The aim of this was re-writing bits of it and having it proofread. But now I am buggered. Any tips for proofreading it myself. I feel so disgruntled and unmotivated. I don't know how I have worked through this weekend. I think I will be working through the night. Any tips would be appreciated. Many thanks x

agrh this one chapter is taking longer than i thought. I ended up getting a chinese cos i was annoyed and needed i walk. i just am hating this so much! Hope you are all doing good :-)

Grrrrrrrrrr I am slacking again - i will get this chapter done by 6pm otherwise i will not be able to get a pizza for dinner and will have to stick with pasta...... its not a treat but its the nearest thing... :-(

Yup you are right! I am going to have some breakfast and get on with it. I need to get this done.

I hope it goes well... i know that if i told my supervisor i wanted to quit then she would convince me to do otherwise as they can be quite convincing. You should write down what you want to say and your reasons and then back this up with an email afterwards.

Awwwwww I know how you feel. I just think we need to keep going and not make our PhDs a big thing but just get on with it and lot it control our emotions.... easily said than done. Best of luck :-)

Heya all, hope you are all ok. I just am on the verge of finishing - well kind of. I am just editing my chapter drafts. My supervisor has given me some back because they are just so badly written. So i have the weekend - until 11am monday to get these drafts re-done and sorted out. But do I give a damn... NO - i came home had dinner and am settling down with a nice beer. I just do not care. I really do not. Why not? Why do I not care about urgency anymore?! The fact that it was a bad draft in the first place and the fact that it needs to be redone should surely be enough to motivate me? What do I do? Shall I work tonight? Shall I work tomorrow - shall i bother doing it? At the moment I really don't care about quitting and would happily walk away. Well no I wouldn't. Just tell me how to get it together. I just dont think I can handle this lack of motivation and lack of focus. Any advice/help etc would be muchy apprecaited :-)