Good luck!

Can I ask you what work you've got done at this point? I'm part-time too and my supervisor has just told me that I'll need a bibliography, a draft chapter, and an outline of my thesis by my upgrade meeting. I'm in shock.

I'm having this problem, only I'm still in my first year and I'm part time, meaning I have big, BIG problems.

And I too am a bit embarrassed at the title. I wouldn't use it outside of academia.

I wrote 400 words last night! I'm feeling pretty pleased with myself. I think just posting this thread helped to give me a kick up the bum somehow.

Thanks for your tips, I'd never heard of mytomatoes.com, it looks really helpful. I've been advised before to write for an hour every day, but an hour can seem like a really long time, this seems a lot more manageable.

Hi, just wondering if anyone has any tips on motivation? I started my PhD part-time last September, and even though I find the subject interesting I just can't get going with it. I can just barely get myself to do some reading every now and then, but getting anything written down is murder. It's hard to get my teeth into it when I'm also having to work almost full time to pay my fees.

Any ideas? I'm worried that if I'm like this when I'm just starting out I'll be even worse towards the end. And I'm falling further and further behind, I need to do something about it now.