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So, how are you today- unstuck? Motivated? I have started to get going again- little bit of moaning to everyone wanting to listen, reading in this forum that I am not the only one, and unmeaningful activity of sorting my papers in alpfabetic order, seems helped:)
I am in my 3rd year and planning to finish in October (when money runs out;). I have written 40 000 words: methodology chapter and two results chapters+ an early draft of the literature review. Not bad but I have got stuck.....absolutely. I hate my PhD, I hate my topic, I found it very very boring and useless...So, anyone experienced something similar? Any good advice how to get going?
wel, my PhD stipend is only 10 000 and was only 9000 for last two years:) And I am fdoing PhD in the second most expensice city in the UK after London:) But what makes me think whether doing PhD is worth are jobb ads like this ' Overseas student administrator, salary 28000-34000, recquirements: first degree, some work experience' compared to this ' Lecturer in.....' , salary 24000-32000; recquirements- PhD, publications, research grants, teaching experience etc, etc'. And knowing that for that Lecturer' s place in my field will be extremely taff competition...I wonder, why I am doing this...
"can't deal with the 9-5 Mon to Fri, 28 days off a year thing, when will i actually ever LIVE. at least with teaching, i can travel during the holidays and do other things with my time during the week"
I so much agress with you on this point;)) Hate working from 9-5 in office!!!
Jojo: sounds so familiar:) The most straightforward way to happines is to do things you want to do, not what others suggest. It is not easy, I know, as I hear very frequently that a woman of my age must think about getting married and not about getting a research grant for the next project. Accept you own needa and wishes and follow them, you live your life, not your family.
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