Wow you're both great swimmers! I usually do either 10 or 20 lengths of breaststroke when I go and always feel dead proud of myself ha! I do go after I've been to the gym though!

I'm still bored of my journal article, but want to get a first draft done by tomorrow. I only need to write the intro/background section and I have a plan so it should be fine. I also really want to make some cakes today!

Goal 1- practice presentation
Goal 2- write intro/background section of journal article
Goal 2- make cakes!

Well I've achieved both of my goals, but it's been hard to do so! I'm not really feeling motivated today, I guess that's what happens when you jump from one task to the next without time out in between! So I might just do the following;

Goal 3- write abstract
Goal 4- briefly plan intro/background section of journal article

I'll hopefully get that done in the next half an hour, and then I might call it a day ready to get cracking tomorrow!

Morning! We have horrendous rain this morning, which makes me just want to get all snuggled up and watch a dvd rather than work! But I need to plod on.

Goal 1- presentation
Goal 2- write discussion section of journal article

Good luck today all!

Well I've nearly written the findings section of my journal article, but I'm boooored! I WILL finish it though, and then take doggy for a walk!

Right conference presentation is sorted woop, so I'll now get on with the journal article (up)

Glad your eyes are better Batfink, how awful!

Don't jack the PhD in until you have a job to go to, otherwise you may find yourself with no funding and no way of getting the money in.

I have an ESRC studentship and am considering a 20 hour per week part time job, but I'm way ahead with my thesis. You won't find people 'flaming' you here, nor is it about them being 'irritated' that those with funding also want to work. People here have experience of these issues and are only trying to help with their advice.

I assume you mean you would be doing a full-time funded PhD and a full-time job. I guess I'd ask yourself the simple question; can you do 80 hours work per week? My PhD ate up a lot of my time in the first couple of years, I wouldn't have dreamt of taking on a job over 8 hours, let alone full time. It's only now, having written my thesis, that I'm considering a part-time position, but I definitely wouldn't be doing full-time work.

To be honest, if you're hoping people will reassure you that a full-time PhD and a full-time job can be done together (whilst staying sane), I don't think that's the answer you're going to get (up)

Hi everyone,

Hope you all had a good bank holiday weekend! I managed to squeeze in a bit of work so I've made a bit of progress on my next journal article. I really need to finalise my conference presentation today though.

Goal 1- sort timings for presentation
Goal 2- write findings section of journal article

Have a great day everyone!

Hi all, I'm going to do a bit of work this morning.

Goal 1- practice presentation
Goal 2- sort journal article ideas
Goal 3- read thesis guidelines

Good luck anyone working today!

Hi Skig,

Thanks for that, although it seems that it varies between disciplines etc. I've just had a look at the guidelines of the journals I'm approaching, and both say as an author I retain the rights to 'reuse' the article in a thesis, in whatever format I want. So it's covered from that angle.

Also, my uni stipulates nothing about self-plagiarism, although the general view seems to be that as long as I acknowledge that 'some parts of this thesis have been published in bla bla bla' then it should be fine, but I'll double check this anyway. Very confusing!

Is it okay to cut and paste some bits from my thesis to form a journal article? I don't mean just copy and paste a section and there's your journal article. I mean specific parts of my findings chapter can be made into a journal article, so can I just copy and paste that specific part into the findings section of my journal article, maybe taking a few bits out here and there to make it more concise? I hope I'm being clear. I don't know if this consitutes self-plagiarism, but if it does I don't understand how I can re-word specific parts of my thesis, and back them up with quotes from participants, without changing the argument.

My supervisor seems to think it's okay, but I just wondered what your thoughts are.

Hope it's going okay Skig!

I've actually been naughty and have booked to go to the hairdressers straight after lunch, and then I'd love to go shopping for a bit of retail therapy. I've had a rather stressful week with a lot of personal stuff going on (nothing serious, just stuff that plays on your mind!) so I think I deserve a little treat. BUT it does mean that I only have an our or so to do work!

I've done goal 1 and am well on my way with goal 2. It's odd, I'm getting quite excited about my journal article ideas, as you get so attached to your thesis that you forget that there's some quite interesting bits in it!

I have been thinking though whether it's okay to cut and paste some bits from my thesis to form a journal article? I don't mean just copy and paste a section and there's your journal article. I just mean that, for example, specific parts of my findings chapter can be made into a journal article, so can I just copy and paste that specific part into the findings section of my journal article, maybe taking a few bits out hear and there to make it more concise? I hope I'm being clear. My supervisor seems to think it's okay, but I just wondered what your thoughts are. I may start a new thread on this.

Benyaya- hope the headache has gone, Batfink I do hppe you've worked out your stats problemo (I avoid stats like the plague!) and Skig I hope you've sorted out your journal article. I was exactly the same yesterday- didn't think my journal article was coming together but then magically it did!

So I managed to finish, edit and send the first draft of my journal article to sup, which I'm really happy about, so I may as well get cracking on another one!

Goal 1- practice conference presentation
Goal 2- brainstorm ideas for journal article
Goal 3- start planning next journal article

Hope you all have happy Friday's!

Benyaya, that must have been really frustrating travelling to meet your sup who wasn't there. It has happened to me in the past so I know how you feel!

Goal 1- go over conference presentation
Goal 2- finish first draft of journal article- I will get this done!!

Good luck potatoes (up)

Skig, I'm also working on a journal article, except I'm at the 'why does it sound so rubbish' stage at the moment! Going to have another read through and see if it's actually as bad as I thought.

Hope Benyaya and Batfink are having good days!