Ouch! I'm so tired it hurts. Who would have thought a PhD would be so tiring? ...and I don't even feel like I even do that much anyway...

I guess that fur trimed gown and lovely bound thesis don't come easy...

*sobs*

In fact, I can be barely be bothered to cook...I think I'm just going to eat a packet of rich tea biscuits...one by one..
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

I'm also sooooo exhausted. In addition to the struggle of my 1st PhD week I've had loads of freelance work to do during the last 3 days (but of course this helps me paying my PhD!). Mmmmm I think I'll spend the rest of the day lying in my bed and watching DVDs.

Ditto. At least working in a library I can cadge some personal reading and listen to my walkman whilst photocopying.

Do you get many opportunities for freelance work when studying a PhD ? Is it generally through the University or off your own back ?

I am not doing one yet, but would like to soon !

No, it has nothing to do with my university or department - I had been doing some casual freelance work in translation/communication for years and thought that if I got some more while doing my PhD it could pay my living costs (my scholarships covers only my tuition fees).

Being in a Humanities subject and hence not having regular hours also helps to combine both things.

Unfortunately the department I am registered in doesn't take undergrads: only MA students and PhD's. So in my first year I am unable to teach or mark: it would have been a defacto condition of my fees studentship- but the university absolved me of it since my department effectively can't have me teach

I have thought about tutoring school age students privately: but to be honest, I only flowered in education post 18- so I don't think parents are going to want me to tutor their kids in 'A' Levels and GCSE's when mine were only average

Thanks...I'll do a bit of digging around and see what turns up...

lol Bibi, re: selling myself. Hmmm since starting this PhD the constant snacking and grazing whilst reading/ and for comfort, is taking its toll on my hitherto trim frame....my body is becoming increasingly less *ahem* marketable.

Hi (first post...) - also tired. As to the teaching idea... Well, I teach full-time (secondary) and am studying for my PhD part-time and, here I am, one year in and it feels like my PhD is going down the drain. Any tips for kick-starting myself (currently wallowing in the mires of methodology) most welcome!

Bibi, one tip I had with writing mountains was to 'see what's in front of you' rather than 'what lies ahead of you'. Dunno, maybe it'll help. Something like take one chunk at a time.

I'm really tired and I finished my PhD about four weeks ago. But I'm still knackered. Think I need to go on a four year sabatical. Maybe to a plentifully supplied desert island