I'm back. I feel very deflated, and it's all my own doing. I just had to break down in tears. I just don't feel like I have a handle on anything right now, and I keep entertaining giving up.
My DH called me to give me a "pep talk", and said "the 4 monkeys are looking for a stimulus. Give it to them. After they've had that stimulus, they'll tell you what's wrong with it. You make the changes, and walk out. That's all you have to do" It's a funny image to see my committee as monkeys looking for a stimulus, but there it is.
It doesn't have to be perfect, it has to be DONE!
Ugh.
I'm already thinking about how the study and the analysis should have been, and I have to keep in mind that it's too late for that change now. I simply cannot do it. I just have to tell them what I did, why I did it that way, and what I'll be doing later. Other than that, I don't need to tell them anything.
Just coming on here makes me feel a little better. The only way is forward.... and all of that!
Ok.... plan.
About to make a tomato salad. 6 to start with.
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- Day 26: Inconsistency
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- Day 22: I dread everything these days
- Day 22: DON'T PANIC!!!
- Day 22: Bloody hell!
- Day 21: Nothing. Nada. Absolutely zilch!
- Day 20: Stuff to do today
- Day 20: I'm tired... So very very tired
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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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