hi all,

i've been lurking on this forum for the past few months and i just wanted to say thanks to everyone for the sharing of stories. doing a phd is so isolating and it's so good to know of others going through the same experiences.

i am due to submit on friday but i am still making last-minute changes. i will be getting the thesis bound on friday morning, and i can see myself working all night thursday to get it done. i am currently rereading the thing for about the 5th time in the past week and a bit, and i have alternated from thinking it's not bad at all to thinking it is complete crap (which is my current mood). i just can't be objective about it at this late stage.

i started this phd 10 years ago but quit due to immaturity and exhaustion. a year and half ago i went back to complete it, thinking i could use my old notes, but finding that i had to rewrite and research everything from scratch. so, basically i have researched and written the entire thesis in the past 15 months. i am completely exhausted and can't wait for it to be over, and i just wanted to say that at times the only thing that got me through was reading stories on this forum.

so thanks and cheers and best of luck to everyone with their work!

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