500 word abstract due at 12am????!!!! agrh

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HELP.... IVE NOT STARTED...I KNOW NOTHING... HELP. CAN I DO IT?!?!?!?! I NEED A BEER.

A

Relax, you've got over an hour, that's not even cutting it fine! ;o)

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i'm only a first year :-( only just 4 months in :-(
i usually get guidance but i jst got a text msg from supervisor telling me to do it cos she was busy.

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this is boring

A

It's ok, I know it's tough. I had to do my last abstract in a bit of a hurry and after submitting realised I had not added a legend to my figure, doh!

A

How's it going?

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254 words done :-(
i hate it when u have to reference... i hate academia - i need a whisky - unfortunatly my milk and grapes will have to do as i need to go shopping. I need to buy loo rolls as well...

B

Dont you find you work better under pressure though? I do. Good luck.

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yeh i do...its just that i cant be bothered...i seem to have lost a lot of motivation for this phd.

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i got it in....its awful tho - i did 365 words and got it in for 00:17. I dunno - its s conference that isnt worth much - but i would feel like a failiure if i got rejected :-(

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Fingers crossed for the abstract acceptance. I hope they won't reject you for being 17 mins late!

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