Dissertation motivation!

Swirlywurly

Hi everyone,

As I said on a previous page i've got a 20,000 dissertation to get cracking with. In theory it was meant to be done by the 21st September although that is a bit optimistic now (uni are happy to give me an extension due to illness) however my other degree starts back on the 28th September so I don't really have lot of time to do my dissertation once I start back!

I'm just getting over swine flu but hope to start my dissertation in the next two weeks. I've never written a dissertation before so am quite nervous about it, and will be popping in from time to time hopefully to get a kick up the bum!

InaPickle

OMG you guys - I have just found my salvation!

OK, I have a 60 page dissertation to write IN FRENCH! :eek:

I have written 14 pages, don't know how long I have left as my French uni are crap at telling me things like deadlines (but I'm guessing about 2 weeks although it could be a fair while longer, but I'm not counting on it), I've never written a big piece like this before and since my dissertation supervisor knows the grand total of 0% about my topic, I have nobody to talk to about it. I'm in a fairly bad position when I put it like that, and I just need somewhere to come and say 'Hey, I've got up to here' to keep me on track (kicks up the bum are a welcome additional extra).

On the plus side, I've done a ton of reading, have copious notes on my books (it's a literature thesis) and think I know where I'm going with it (on a good day. I feel :eek: about it the rest of the time). It's just that getting it all out in a foreign language is quite hard, when you need to sound quite precise, and it's quite a lot to write in any language.

OK, so if you could offer alternative support/bum kicking, I would totally appreciate it.

Thanks! :T

Aim 1: not going to be tonight until I've edited section 1 and reprinted it,

Aim 2 (tomorrow): start on S2: expand on plan & start writing up. Aim for 5 pages in French.

P.S. Any advice would be also be appreciated!

The_One_Who

All motivation for my dissertation has gone out of the window. I just can't be bothered doing all the analysis and all the reading

InaPickle

Eek! Not progressing very quickly at all...

bestpud

The_One_Who wrote: »

All motivation for my dissertation has gone out of the window. I just can't be bothered doing all the analysis and all the reading

InaPickle wrote: »

Eek! Not progressing very quickly at all...

Keep going guys - it will be so worth it in the end!

The only thing I could do when I was sick to the back teeth of it was work through the block/barrier.

Try and always finish a session relatively happy as it feels worse starting again if you've gone on until you are really fed up the time before.

Inapickle - a dissertation in French!!! :eek:

InaPickle

bestpud wrote: »

Keep going guys - it will be so worth it in the end!

The only thing I could do when I was sick to the back teeth of it was work through the block/barrier.

Try and always finish a session relatively happy as it feels worse starting again if you've gone on until you are really fed up the time before.

Inapickle - a dissertation in French!!! :eek:

Thanks for the motivation, and as for the French, I know! Why have I done this to myself?! :eek:

Anyway, had a massive lie-in this morning by accident (feel oh so guilty now), have 1 hour to work now before I have to go to work 'til 10 tonight, have to take my mum to the hospital Friday morning and then have to work 16 hours next week. Where am I going to fit all that studying in?! :eek::eek:

That was a good tup abotu leaving one session feeling happy so that the next one doesn't seem such a bind. I'll try to stick to that, but given that I'm happy with very little of it, it might not be so easy at the minute.

Thanks!

Pickle
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InaPickle

OK, so have had coffee with a friend this afternoon and talked things through. We reckon it's do-able, but only if I sit down and work my backside to the ground.

Henceforth, I shall be aiming at 8 pages a day in French for the next week, which will leave me time to edit at the end. I'm about to embark on the first 8 pages, so wish me luck! :eek: (As you ahve probably guessed, I won't be here after posting this for a while.)

I'll let you know how it goes in the end. If I pull this off it will be nothing short of a miracle...I CAN do it, I can't afford to thing negatively: I CAN do it, I can't afford to think negatively...

The_One_Who

Wow, good luck!

My dissertation is sort of back on track, and my supervisor is loving me at the moment because it's going so well.

Catseyez

Inapickle and The One Who: Being the Queen of Procrastination and having only recently handed in my dissertation (result pending...:eek: :eek:), I feel your pain! But it IS do-able, for sure! Good luck!

Sorry, I can't offer any advice except GET ON WITH IT!!!!

The_One_Who

I've got until December... That's my excuse anyway.