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how much work is enough for a thesis?
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Hey everyone,

I'm in the process of writing my thesis nowadays. And I wake up every morning wondering if I had done enough work to present in a thesis or not! My supervisor thinks I'm ready to go, and although I trust him and our communication is great, I still feel anxious sometimes.

I'd really appreciate it if you have any input on this. I know it's hard to say as requirements are different in each field. But just general judgment if possible would be great.

I study in a clinical field (in the UK) so my phd structure has been the following:

Year 1 months 1-6 research background, Confirm methods and obtain ethical approval (since I'm involving people in my research )

Year 1 months 7-12: study 1-qualitative study (interviews).

Year 2 months 1-4 develop health intervention (using data from study 1 and previous research). This involved developing an interactive health education package.

Year 2 month 5 to year 3 month 5: study 2- randomised clinical trial assessing intervention in patients.

I'm now writing up. I presented some of the work at two conferences, published the results of my first study in a journal and I'm now in the final stages of publishing the results of the second (fingers crossed). I also have some secondary data from study 2 that can form a small paper but I might put it on the side for now.

What do you think? Does is sound reasonable? I'd really appreciate some feedback! Thank you in advance