Hello, I am a PT PhD, and started this January, so I haven't been going long but have managed to read a lot and writer several essays, all rubbish I'm sure! I was told for a PT PhD you need to be putting in around 500 hrs a year. I have a week off a month to study and I try and do an hour every day. I don't know about you, but I can only read intensively for about an hour at a time, my eyes go all funny and my brain need a rest. I try to read in hour intervals. I a typical day I can get about 4hrs in on my study week, if I was reading for please I don't have this issue, it's the intensity of the study that is draining. Anyway that's what I am doing, but I always feel I should be doing more. Failure is not an option!