Adventures in Dissertating

Today I began to tackle the transcription for a case study (part of my dissertation). This is a summer goal, so it felt good to get a start on the last day of camp. This time has been productive--I wrote and submitted a conference proposal, got a good 10+ pages of text for one of my chapters, and started the transcription.... Hoping the rest of the summer is this productive!!

Had a productive day today! I realized I could incorporate something I did in a conference presentation into the chapter I'm working on, so I bought myself an entire extra page of text. :) :) :)

Well, I submitted the proposal I had been working on and I got on antibiotics yesterday, so things are looking up! Hoping to get more work done on the lit review today. I am meeting with my advisor at 2 and want to have something to show her!

Yesterday was a bit difficult because I was dealing w/ tooth pain--it reminded me of how important phyical health is for any part of our lives. It is nearly impossible to work when you are in pain. I did manage to get the rest of that proposal together yesterday--w/ ibuprofen as my assistant. Today I hope to make more progress on my narrative inquiry lit review in the methods section. A paragraph or two would be great.

Today I am going to read over what I did last week and re-orient myself. Next I hope to get a few more paragraphs together for my lit review.

I'm going to work a little more with the data today and then when I get burnt out on that, I'm going to return to the lit review and re-read what I wrote the first day. Perhaps revise it a bit.

Today was choppy but I did end up with a solid paragraph for the conference proposal related to my dissertation research.

Coffee & Cats   

 I don't know where to focus today. Part of me wants to go back to the Day 1 tasks. Another part wants to continue with Day 2. I might do an hour with one of them and then see how it goes and give myself permission to switch if needed. 

 Today wasn't as productive as yesterday.  I think working with data is more laborious for me than working on a lit review. That's part of it.  Also, I was up half the night with one of my kids, so that could be part of it.  I made some small progress-I'll take it. 

 

 Today I am going to review some of my data and start writing a conference proposal -- this is directly related to my dissertation, so I am hoping to kill two birds in 3 hours this morning.