AAAAAAAAAAAAARG

I am in a black hole of PhD hell. I am staring at this chapter and the notes and I have NO IDEA WHAT IT IS ABOUT. I am just staring into a vortex of nothingness. What is this chapter about? How on EARTH can I get all these ideas down? They are too many, too diffuse... I think maybe I need a new plan. Or something. Or just a cuddle? Make it go away! Make it stop!

What shall I do. I need a plan of action or I will sit here staring at it all with my head in my hands for another four hours. This will not be good.

So, do I...

A) Leave it. Run away for an hour or two, eat, re-group, come back. And risk being miserable somewhere else for a couple of hours and feeling like I am wasting time and just skiving.

B) Stare at it until it writes itself.

c) Read through my notes again and refresh my brain about what this is about. With the risk of confusing myself further.

d) Go for a run now instead of later.

e) Hide under the bed and shut my eyes until it all goes away/someone finds me and coaxes me out with the promise of sausage rolls and cake.

Ah this PhD. This chapter. This introduction. This sentence. This word.

Plan. Need a plan.

* Leave the intro alone.
* Do the filler stuff and ignore the rest
* Do this until 1 so you feel a bit more confident and less stressy and whatever happens, leave at one for an hour - even f the whole thing is unfolding wonderfully in front of you. Go. Eat lunch and come back with a lovely cup of Earl Grey and attack, attack!

Ok then.

x J