Wrong? What??? She's not a girl, get a grip people. My only objection is that scholars are quite nerdy, not my type.

Go get him, woman, there's nothing wrong in it. I may be a little old fashioned here, but perhaps you should wait until he makes a move, otherwise it would be a disaster, PhD wise

Take it easy, and it's not that you're are gonna use any of your early stuff, well maybe some of it, but what really counts is the last 6 months. I can understand you thou...

Try to get, say, one new thing finished by the end of each day?

Try to see it as a 9 to 5 job? That should help, little inspiration is required at the start.

wow,go for it, why would you thou????

- Funding: Even if you were one of the lucky ones, your funding will probably run out after the 3rd year. Now, a few chapters still to go, you really need the money.

- Time: the end of the 3rd years seemed so far away...

- Supervisor: the laid back, super cool supervisor you used to have turns into an evil academic monster.

- Family: they never understood what you did. Still a student?, they thought. You are supposed to be finishing, things slow down, but you find yourself telling your mum on the phone: I'm looking for a part-time job, in a library or something... And now they really think you have a Peter Pan complex.

- Girfriend/boyfriend: She or he has a proper job, earns a salary and pays for your take aways. You used to buy her or him ice creams and the occassional £25 dinner. Now she or him becomes more like your mum or dad. You find yourself constantly borrowing £5 from her/him. Her or his friends, of course, are all graphic designers or something, and go to places where a beer is £5.

- And, finally, the thesis: it is shite.