much, much, much better today for not worrying about work. So happy. Am never going to go back to work again ;0)
HAPPY EASTER
x J
HAPPY EASTER
x J
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The ramblings of a madwoman who managed somehow to stumble onto a rather good PhD course - and still be on it sometime later...
My PhD Mood...
About Me
- Numpty
- Well... I am a 36 year old PhD graduate, a Mum of two little boys and I stay at home to look after them. I have two blogs... This one, 'Trials and Tribulations of a Numpty' is a continuation of the first, 'Trials and Tribulations of a PhD student'... It's just a space for me to keep wittering on basically :) The latter blog was written throughout my time as a PhD student, from the initial stress of the monitoring meeting which got me onto the course proper in 2008 when I was 29. I was funded by the ESRC and based in the UK. I finally got my doctorate (awarded with minor corrections) in March 2013. Along the way I got engaged and married, completed months of research in India, became the Mum to a boy who was a boisterous 3 year old at the time of completion, and finished happily pregnant with another wean. This blog provided a wonderful space to chat and vent and ramble over the years and, hopefully, produce some sort of insight into the day-to-day world of confusion, procrastination, failure and success that was completing a PhD. I continue to present this confusion, procrastination, failure and success as it dogs me in my normal life. Come join! x N
My PhD World
General PhD 'Advice'
- How to Make a Bad PhD Chapter Good
- Writing Up - Advice
- Introduction to General PhD Advice
- What to Expect on a PhD...
- Writer's Block
- Things to remember when writing a chapter
- Time off
- PhD Tedium
- Reading and Note-taking
- Uncertainty
- Article on Managing 'Planning'
- Writing
- Fieldwork tips and tricks for beginners...
- Writing up - and down - in fieldwork
- ESRC funding entitlements
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4 comments:
Hi Jayney, have not been interacting with the virtual (or any) world much since I got negative feedback from my sup and have been in a pathetic bubble of selfpity since. I read a few week's worth of your posts this morning and I had a little cry when I read that your pregnancy might be in trouble. I so hope the next scan brings good news and you are completely right to dump work for the cocoon of your family. Will be thinking of you.
Thanks Clare, that's so kind of you to think of me.
What's on with uni? Am sure it is nothing that can't be fixed - your sup is there to support you not criticise to the point of writers' block? Is there any little part of it you can work on/read up about to just move forward a little bit and get your confidence up? Overcoming adversity is all part of getting the PhD :)
x J
New week, new start and all adversity will be overcome! I work from home which is some distance from the uni so can be a little like working in a vacuum sometimes, I am going to meet my sup next week and all will be well. Working on two chapters at the moment so concentrating on getting them done (even if in 'bad draft' form) which will be good for confidence. Have now come to terms with just getting chapters written (they can be improved later!) rather than de railing myself with impossible perfectionism. I hope you have a great week Jayney!
That sounds positive, good for you! yes 'bad form' is fantastic - editing is the easy bit, writing it is the hardest bit and best got out of the way. Getting over the perfectionism to actually 'create' is all part of progressing and as you write more you will become a better writer anyway... ;0) Tis just the way of things.
Good luck!
x J
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