Edited by Carlos Montoro, Thursday 2 August 2012 at 15:42
Getting back into the thesis after the summer break has been hard. Terrible headaches and lethargy during the first few days. But today I felt more energetic and have been more productive.
It's been nice to read positive comments about one of my last chapters from a supervisor. It feels as though I have some 'important' things to claim after these last three years of work.
I'm not doing minor corrections to the thesis. Putting off the really big stuff until I can muster more energy.
And you, fellow PG students in the writing-up stages, how are you doing?
The fact that I had a conversation about the viva with one of my supervisors yesterday makes me feel somehow treading 'surreal' turf. I'm so close, yet I feel so far from the arrival. It's going to be a weird time the weeks ahead before submission. Next deadlines: 3 Sept > Last chapter; 20 Sept > final draft; 31 Oct > Final thesis.
Sour-sweet
Getting back into the thesis after the summer break has been hard. Terrible headaches and lethargy during the first few days. But today I felt more energetic and have been more productive.
It's been nice to read positive comments about one of my last chapters from a supervisor. It feels as though I have some 'important' things to claim after these last three years of work.
I'm not doing minor corrections to the thesis. Putting off the really big stuff until I can muster more energy.
And you, fellow PG students in the writing-up stages, how are you doing?
The fact that I had a conversation about the viva with one of my supervisors yesterday makes me feel somehow treading 'surreal' turf. I'm so close, yet I feel so far from the arrival. It's going to be a weird time the weeks ahead before submission. Next deadlines: 3 Sept > Last chapter; 20 Sept > final draft; 31 Oct > Final thesis.
Respect to all!