Dissertation motivation!

Catseyez

The_One_Who wrote: »

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

Yes...you have ages!!

The_One_Who

Exactly, and half my friends haven't even started yet!

InaPickle

Just had to pay a fortune to get 2 books I desperately need delivered quickly. Gutted! Very unMoneySaving, but there was nothing else I could do.

*weeps*

I hate this dissertation!

Catseyez

InaPickle wrote: »

Just had to pay a fortune to get 2 books I desperately need delivered quickly. Gutted! Very unMoneySaving, but there was nothing else I could do.

*weeps*

I hate this dissertation!

I've had to do a similar thing myself...but if you do well, then it's worth it!

InaPickle

Catseyez wrote: »

I've had to do a similar thing myself...but if you do well, then it's worth it!

Indeed, but as I'm running out of time rapidly, I wonder how well I will do given I'll have little time to edit/revise?! :eek:

Better get on with it, then...:rolleyes:

pandora205

Has everyone finished or at least caught up? I'm struggling here and have technically 2 x 4000 words to do by 1st December though I'll get an extension on the second as I won't make it (I'm a part timer by the way and working full time). I've had a bad bout of writer's block/procrastination and been really stuck for the last couple of months, though i've lots to write about and keep collecting relevant papers and information.

Anyway, I need to get back on track asap as it'll spoil my Christmas if I don't get at least one of these out of the way soon.

Good luck to anyone else there who's struggling.

The_One_Who

Deadline (17th of Dec) is creeping up. Really starting to get stressed out by this.

pandora205

I'm stressed too, though I've booked a couple of days off work to really make a dent in mine. I'll also have to request an extension on my research methods assignment (exploratory study for main research). If I don't get organised i'll ruin the next few weeks including Christmas when I'm going away, which would be a disaster.

So, tomorrow's a new day and I will get it done!

The_One_Who

I've been tomorrow is a new day for far too long now. Damn depression! Really slowing down any progress that I make.

pandora205

Well, I have left the bulk of my assignment right until the last minute and now have a stack to do this weekend. Why?!!! I know how stressful this is.... and even though I'm busy and hate writing, this is my subject, my choice and should be right up my street.

I found quite a useful article on procrastination:
http://sas.calpoly.edu/asc/ssl/procrastination.html
which I've worked though and made some notes, so:

This isn't so hard really
It won't take long
I am sure I know how to do it
I can learn while I'm doing it
I do want to do it (though it doesn't feel that way just now)

My plan is:

Quick tidy up before I start (max 30 minutes)

Clear a workspace. I'm going to try upstairs in the study/spare bedroom rather than down on the dining table, though there's less room to spread out here so I may change that.

5 minutes correcting amendments on work so far (It's a 4k critique, I've done about 1k so far) and checking format for references.

Then I'm going to plan the next section in detail.

Next 30 minutes to put stuff in loft and have a cuppa.

Will post how I get on (even if I'm the only one reading it!)