Thesis Ranting and a List of Things To Do
May. 18th, 2011 06:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bare_bearThis is so frustrating. I..no, super Super wanted me to have my literature review done by today. She told me this on Monday. And I was also supposed to have my conclusions and recommendations chapter, which she knew I was starting that day, done by yesterday.
I worked on my lit review for a month in March-April, and by the time I gave up on it and moved onto something else, it was utter utter crap. And she knew this. Opened it up yesterday, and it's still a disaster. (I sort of hoped it wasn't as bad as I thought.)
So somehow I was supposed to write 2 complete chapters in 2 days. Well, I hit a wall on Monday afternoon, and it lasted until most of yesterday. Didn't get my conclusions chapter done, despite knowing exactly what to write. And looking at my lit review heightened the wall by about another 6 feet.
I don't know how I'm going to do this. Super Super is leaving on Thursday night to go visit her daughter, and doesn't want to take anything with her. I need to get her the ENTIRE thing by Monday night to submit the final draft on Tuesday. And I still have 2 chapters to write.
*headdesk*
Whatever. My lit review will be written overnight tonight. Hopefully she'll have time to look at it before she leaves. I don't care about the quality anymore. I just need to write something in the empty half of the document.
Here's my planned schedule for the next few days. Written out to keep me on task:
Wednesday:
Finish Lit Review. Fuck the quality. Get it done by Thursday morning. ETA: 2/3rds done by Thursday morning - getting super Super's input, and will complete it Thursday night/Friday morning. Also, can't fuck the quality. Damn my perfectionist tenancies! *le sigh*
Thursday:
Send Lit Review to super Super.
Write draft of Conclusions chapter.
Maybe edits from Grammar Fiend Friend on Discussion.
Compete draft of Lit Review
Friday:
Review and edit Conclusions, send to Grammar Fiend.
Write addition (short) section in Results chapter
Write short blurb about this section in Methods
Maybe edits from Grammar Fiend Friend on Discussion (if not done on Thursday)
Appendices
Saturday:
Edit/rewrite Lit Review
Reference List (remove unneeded, add additional needed)
Whatever else (EDIT THIS LIST AS NEEDED HOMG)
I'll add to this as needed. Maybe this will help when I start floundering.
For now, I'm going to go treat myself to a coffee at Starbucks, then MAD WRITING FOREVER.
I worked on my lit review for a month in March-April, and by the time I gave up on it and moved onto something else, it was utter utter crap. And she knew this. Opened it up yesterday, and it's still a disaster. (I sort of hoped it wasn't as bad as I thought.)
So somehow I was supposed to write 2 complete chapters in 2 days. Well, I hit a wall on Monday afternoon, and it lasted until most of yesterday. Didn't get my conclusions chapter done, despite knowing exactly what to write. And looking at my lit review heightened the wall by about another 6 feet.
I don't know how I'm going to do this. Super Super is leaving on Thursday night to go visit her daughter, and doesn't want to take anything with her. I need to get her the ENTIRE thing by Monday night to submit the final draft on Tuesday. And I still have 2 chapters to write.
*headdesk*
Whatever. My lit review will be written overnight tonight. Hopefully she'll have time to look at it before she leaves. I don't care about the quality anymore. I just need to write something in the empty half of the document.
Here's my planned schedule for the next few days. Written out to keep me on task:
Wednesday:
Thursday:
Write draft of Conclusions chapter.
Friday:
Review and edit Conclusions, send to Grammar Fiend.
Appendices
Saturday:
Edit/rewrite Lit Review
Reference List (remove unneeded, add additional needed)
Whatever else (EDIT THIS LIST AS NEEDED HOMG)
I'll add to this as needed. Maybe this will help when I start floundering.
For now, I'm going to go treat myself to a coffee at Starbucks, then MAD WRITING FOREVER.
