Doing a PhD
Comments(0) Greetings, after a bit of a hiatus from me may I present a wordle word-cloud of my thesis in its entirety. Woo hoo!
I’ve had a crazy e.o September updating, re-drafting, and proofing, working late into the night most nights. It really brought home the notion that writing a thesis is sometimes an endurance test. By Thursday morning of last week when I was sat with the reprographics guys watching it fly off the press, I felt v wobbley; something close to acute jetlag. ( note to self: don’t try and make an original contribution to knowledge on 4 hours sleep).
And, I was so tired after I signed off all the paper work, I celebrated by going home , eating a take-way curry with the Italian, and sleeping for a gargantuan 14 hours.
Finally 2 bound copies of the actual thesis are with the academic registry. Yes sireeee! And just in the nick of time with only 3 days off, before teaching started.
Hopefully in the next few weeks or so, I shall post some reflections on the process and the trials and tribulations of submission.