First thing that popped into my mind today was "Damn! I don't have enough interviews!" And then I started counting all the interviews I had, and I'm stopping short at 9, which I know is not correct. I'm convinced I have more interviews at school that I don't have on my laptop, and I simply forgot to synch them. So I might go to school in a little while, and try to get those.
Second thing that popped in mind was "Lord help me, I don't wanna sit in that damn chair again for 12 hours again today!"
This process really sucks!
And here's my pep talk for the day:
I really think I should give myself HUGE pat on the back! It's definitely not easy to be here while everyone is out shopping, and trying to enjoy the holiday spirit. It's a stinky process, yet I to do it. That says a lot about who I am, and my determination to get this thing written and over with, so I can move to another project. If my committee decides to fail me at this point, it will say more about them, than about me. I want this thing to be brilliant, but I don't think it will, and we all have to live with that!
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- Day 16: FINISHED FIRST DRAFT!!!!!
- Day 16: Slowly but surely...
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- Day 14: Maybe....?
- Day 14: The "groove" escapes me
- Day 13: This is not moving any faster!
- Day 8: Running tally of whining and moping
- Day 8: I keep waking up in nightmares
- Day 7: More transcription woes
- Day 7: Comparison with VR
- Day 7: I DON'T WANNA!!!
- Day 7: This is SOOO annoying!
- Day 6: Transcriptions
- More day 6: Transcriptions
- Day 6 (cont): This discomfort is temporary
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My Writing Tracker
I estimate between 280-307 hours left of work to wrap up my dissertation. This is my tracker for that. Each $1 = 30 minutes of work starting 1/3/2010.

My time budgeting:
Qualitative Data:
-Code 7 interviews - 10-15 hours
- Scan/Type up fieldnotes - 5 hours
- Code fieldnotes - 5-10 hours
- Analyze interviews + fieldnotes - 20 hours
- Write 1st draft of data analysis - 20-25 hours
Quantitative Data:
- Gather quantitative data - 5-7 hours
- Organize quantitative data - 5-10 hours
- Analyze quantitative data - 10 hours
- Write 1st draft of quantitative data analysis - 20-25 hours
Write-up: - Incorporate literature I have into existing chapters - 40-50 hours
Editing: - Edit: 40-50 hours
- Edit: 30 hours
- Edit: 20 hours
- Edit: 10 hours
- Send to Editor
- Finish changes: 20 hours
- Send off to DA on Jan 26
Total Hours needed: 280-307
Qualitative Data:
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- Code fieldnotes - 5-10 hours
- Analyze interviews + fieldnotes - 20 hours
- Write 1st draft of data analysis - 20-25 hours
Quantitative Data:
- Gather quantitative data - 5-7 hours
- Organize quantitative data - 5-10 hours
- Analyze quantitative data - 10 hours
- Write 1st draft of quantitative data analysis - 20-25 hours
Write-up: - Incorporate literature I have into existing chapters - 40-50 hours
Editing: - Edit: 40-50 hours
- Edit: 30 hours
- Edit: 20 hours
- Edit: 10 hours
- Send to Editor
- Finish changes: 20 hours
- Send off to DA on Jan 26
Total Hours needed: 280-307
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