Dissertation motivation!

Jolaaled

not finished mine yet, but have been slaving away.

Have written about 7K of the 18K required. So i feel i've made some headway.

HeadOfSteam

I keep feeling ill worying about my dissertation, I have only done 1000 words of my 10000 word dissertation, and that is mostly made up off the stuff I put in the proposal. It is due in 7th May, which leaves me about a month and is enough time to get it done BUT this is the problem. I struggle to work if I'm not under pressure and when I sit down to work I just get preoccupied and bored, the pressure I'm under seems not to be enough! I can just see myself on the 6th May running round like a raving loony trying to get it all done in time for the deadline; you would think that this is motivation enough! x

jay11_2

sali_mali wrote: »

I think I'm finished. But it's still three weeks til deadline. I'm very confused really. I've never finished a piece of work this early before. But i have nothing more to add and I've addressed everything my tutor pointed out when he read over it for me.

It's very disconcerting :rotfl:

Well done sali-mali, stop worrying and just enjoy the feeling:j

I'm still at 3,000/10,000 words, final draft due end of April, but have done lots more research the last few weeks/days (time's a bit of a blur ), so feel quite positive.

I feel that I have more of a handle on what I need to do, which is always the biggest struggle for me, but we'll see.

Good luck to everyone else, we will get there:rolleyes: and will:j

ames123_2

HeadOfSteam wrote: »

I keep feeling ill worying about my dissertation, I have only done 1000 words of my 10000 word dissertation, and that is mostly made up off the stuff I put in the proposal. It is due in 7th May, which leaves me about a month and is enough time to get it done BUT this is the problem. I struggle to work if I'm not under pressure and when I sit down to work I just get preoccupied and bored, the pressure I'm under seems not to be enough! I can just see myself on the 6th May running round like a raving loony trying to get it all done in time for the deadline; you would think that this is motivation enough! x

I have about 2,000 words out of 10-12,000 words, but that 2,000 is utter drivel! Mine is in 25th April so earlier that yours. I know what you mean about working under pressure. I've been sat here this evening doing nothing. Had I worked I could of got about 500 more words done but I haven't.

Well done Sali - stop moaning and enjoy the feeling of having finished!

Well done on the progress everyone else!

dancingqueen_tr

wooo!! talking to my friends was getting me depressed coz they are all already at 15000 words out of 18000 or just spell checking etc, and i am at 5000 with 2 and a half weeks to go but it is great to see other people in my shoes who think they can do it too!!

sali_mali

Come on everyone, this is the last stretch and then we'll be FREEEE!!

*Ahem*... apart from exams but forget them for a minute

Anyone who's struggling, go for a 5 minute walk outside, get some fresh air and clear your head, then buckle down again. And nobody panic, there's still loads of time to get it done :T

I'm in a good mood today (for a change!) so I'll be the resident cheerleader! :j

boredofbeingathome

Well done, all previous butt kicking must have worked-now motivate all the others!

mand1_3

thanks to some motivation, tips and help from people on here (thanks deanlr55) I have managed to write 4,500 words in the past few days. I knuckled down and got on with it and boy does it feel good knowing that all (!!!!) I have to do now is make it read better, fill in some gaps, add some references, spell check it, make corrections where necessary, print it and bind it!!!! and with a couple of weeks to spare....it can be done:beer: Grand total = 175 pages and 43,500 words (mainly in appendices and tables I hasten to add - word limit actually only 10,000)

DrFluffy

I could do with some dissertation motivation too - if anyone has any spare!!!

sali_mali

Hey how's everyone doing today? It's all gone quiet on this thread... either everyone's working hard or there have been a lot of nervous breakdowns...

I'm back in the library today. On a Saturday, rubbish. Exams are looming so I've started revision. I'm bored already (only been here 2 hours!) so thought I'd see how everyone else is getting along?