I want honest, short answers from all of you on this to gage where I stand. I had a bad day last week and have not done any work since but had a meeting today which has kick started my motivation again.
However, I want to know from you the longest time span you have had where you have not picked up a pen or book or written on computer? (P.S. This doesnt include arranged time off or holidays, simply when you just havent done any work when you should have)
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Ah Sixkitten,
When you say didnt really acheive much, you mean you still did some work but didnt get very far with it yes?
I am very interested now in finding out how long people have gone without working. In my case, it seems like I have WASTED 6 months because the work i have been doing isnt relevant. However, this is different from simply not going work.
I think the longest I have gone without doing any work what so ever would be in the region of 10 days! This would have been during a very low moment in my PhD life! (But im determined to not let this happen again!)
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I know this is different (and probably not what you're asking!) but I've gone without work for about 8 working days (exc weekends) now, but its cos I'm also doing teaching, and with delivering a lecture, seminars and now marking, I'm starting to feel very frustrated, as my actual PhD is whithering on the vine. And while teaching is good experience etc, its not what I'm actually here for, and makes it all the more difficult when i do get back to my PhD, which will be some time next week....
Taking that much time off and you can still finish in 3-4 years!?
It was suggested to me by one of my supervisors that I only take 2 hours off on Christmas and the rest of the day should be spent writting papers. So needless to say, the longest time I spend away from my research is a weekend everyonce and a while... And conferences if those count.
Sugar_student, I really feel sorry for you. From posts of yours which I've read recently, you seem to be a complete slave to your work, and that's about it. I'd imagine that if everyone else had it like you do, there'd be almost no-one doing a PhD. Surely it's too much?!
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