Bleurgh.
I finished my first draft intro/lit review chapter but suspect its mince and am struggling to get into the methodology section that I planned for this afternoon. Every day really is such a roller coaster just now - far too much time to think I suspect!

922 today, my most in about 2 months! I am going to have dinner and then hopefully try and come back to the PC and at least TRY and put a plan together for my writing tomorrow. I am hopelessly behind - going to have to do results over the weekend and then cry to my sup and ask for a few more days for discussion I think, which is going to look really bad, but running out of time!

Woo-hoo, well done sneaks!
I think I broke the 1000 today. But I'm a little short on my tomato tally and I'm scared that letting myself off that hook will start a trend. I really want to go and vegetate but I think I need another hour at the coalface/laptop *sigh*

I find my tomatoes a bit restrictive with writing and its more useful for non-writing tasks- I find that the bell rings, just as I have got into the feel of the paragraph. Any ideas?

I will have another go at using it today and see how it goes.

I know what you mean sneaks, it's good for getting me started but tends to go off far too soon. I just ignore it, work through the break and then take a longer one after say two tomatoes (apart from anything I'm physically incapable of a five minute break, too short even to make tea!). Mainly I just like the encouragement of logging my progress so I can see that I'm getting somewhere.

I could do with that encouragement today, I'm so sleepy and the thesis just seems impenetrable.

I do the same with working through the breaks, it's really helpful. Or sometimes I finish the thought I'm on, let my mind drift for a few mins, stare out the window and then continue on :) I can't even imagine being able to write 200 words a day on my thesis so well done all of you!

1,340 so far today. But I need to do at least another 1000 to get this section done aaaargh!

well done Sneaks! Keep it up! You'll feel great when you have it finished.

Well done everyone.

I'm working in the opposite direction and have now managed to trim my mammoth chapter from over 24k down to 19,555.

:-)

just added another 680. My sup told me to write too much, as "its easier to cut out than to add in" - HA I think she is going to super regret saying that. My intro is now about 4000 words - this is for a publication, where the word limit for the whole things are usually about 6000. mwahahahahaha. One more section to do - and then I have to critique it all :-(

Today is likely to be low on words, I'm mosly doing analysis (which I thought I'd done before, but upon writing up it seems utterly inadequate) and making some figures. I feel rather like Alice, lost in a maze of genetic code and oversized diagrams. Luckily my cat is more cute than cheshire.

Argh. No words for several days as I've been redoing analysis and getting called into work to mop up a doctor's confusion - as if I wasn't busy enough?

Today's plan: Draw up a firm outline for this chapter
Write the methods section
Perform any remaining analyses
Stop looking for yet more analysis options!

Last week was mostly a loss due to home life distractions, and I've started to fear that my initial motivation has puttered out pathetically :-s I really want to get this chapter drafted up before I go to visit family on Thursday, it's perfectly doable if I just get my arse in gear.

*thinks positive*

I lost last week too and it's hard getting back into the swing of things. though as the radio told me this morning - today is the first day of the rest of your life. What's done is done. Draw a line in the sand and just go from here. rooting for you!

Thanks Mathkitty, I seem to be having an utterly crap day so it's much appreciated.
I was making such good progress for a while, now I just seem to be consumed by anxiety and all it's baggage. My notes look like meaningless squiggles and I have the concentration span of a gnat. I must work and yet I can't seem to. Note to self - shut up and get on.