Hi!
Not a bad effort that 1 & 3/4 hour chunk of work was the most productive I've been all day! OK...I'm going to check in here at 830am (West Australian time) every weekday morning and and again at 430pm for a review of the days progress and general helpfulness to anyone else in the same boat, have I earned myself a trip to yoga class tonight? I think so, I feel like I went through hell today and managed to come out smiling :-)
See you tomorrow & thanks for feedback Sue, it's nice to know one is not alone in this world,

Hello Everyone,

I'm new here :-)

I've just discovered this forum & I'm reading Joan Bolkers Book just now too, I love the idea of an accountability diary, I'm not very good at being accountable just to/by myself right now, I think I need some help!

So, I'm doing an applied Chemistry PhD, I plan to submit my Thesis by the 6th June 2010. I've done %85 of my lab work (waiting for something to get fixed) and now I've been exclusively 'writing' for 3 weeks, the first week was great, the second week was mediocre and I'm already halfway through my third week and I seem to have turned into a pathological procrastinator. I've very nervous that if this continues I'm never going to get done!

I make great plans, but they just don't get 'executed' very often.

My problem right now is that I get stuck on how to present my data...it feels like it's all 'too hard' and I frequently end up copping out & 'researching' mountaineering equipment online, I can't believe how much time I waste :-$

I'm probably halfway there with first drafts of 2 chapters, if I could break through this 'my results suck and it's all too hard' wall I feel like I would have really got over something. Any advice or help?

Here I go with accountability - Its 245pm here in Australia right now - Over the next 1 3/4 hours I'm going to work exclusively on the results section of chapter 3 with no internet distractions and get it done.

I'll check again at 430pm, hopefully you can share some inspiring pearls of wisdom with me (thanks)...onward to chapter 3....