Hi everyone, I'm new here and in desperate need of advice. I started my PhD years ago by distance and have until February 2017 to submit. I live and work overseas and have done the whole thing by distance with Skype seminars from my supervisors who have been great. The thing is I'm just not sure that I can realistically make my submission date. I have only written about 15k of the 80k required and that's just intro, part of methodology and part of lit review. I have all my data but it needs to be transcribed and analysed.

I work full time and am a single mother with two kids. I don't live near my family or have anyone close who can support and encourage me. On the plus side I have a live-in nanny and my supervisor is supportive and offers very useful guidance. However she has become very concerned (as I am) with my lack of progress and has told me that unless I write every weekend and holiday until the end of the year then completion will be impossible. I just had a mid-term break with a view to completing my lit review but I just couldn't get it done. Sometimes when life gets on the way I find it really hard to focus and keep writing even though the pressure of time is high. I am becoming stressed and anxious and wonder if maybe I just have to accept that this is out of my reach and move on. I've self-funded all the way so not having anything to show for what I've begged and borrowed plus all the hard work and effort would just be such a horrible thing to face but I guess that's life sometimes.

I'm so uncertain, so full of doubt and getting more confused and anxious by the day. I've taken LOAs already so the submission date can't be extended. My supervisor has now passed my lack of progress on to the department director and I need to discuss the matter with him.

Given what I've done and what I still need to do, is this possible?

Thanks.