tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766590194563153974.post3380972077924615806..comments2023-04-30T05:22:17.583-07:00Comments on i hate my phd: Summer daysUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766590194563153974.post-82468329331134998842013-07-25T09:43:35.719-07:002013-07-25T09:43:35.719-07:00I can't go off your blog now. I first have to ...I can't go off your blog now. I first have to read all the other comments below. And after that maybe some more of your (or mine?) blogposts. <br /><br />It is however nice to know that I am not the only one suffering (unless you ARE me, then I am still alone). Katohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17255155073349820899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766590194563153974.post-20405762286045340222013-07-24T23:50:22.709-07:002013-07-24T23:50:22.709-07:00ps did I mention your comment made me laugh and ma...ps did I mention your comment made me laugh and made me very happy?... Thanks for stopping by!... :)cloud ninehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15713510404207220388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766590194563153974.post-18614247850714367062013-07-24T23:48:58.546-07:002013-07-24T23:48:58.546-07:00mwahahahaha.... maybe i AM you, and you are me... ...mwahahahaha.... maybe i AM you, and you are me... oh God, we both clearly have far too much unstructured time on our hands. Get off this blog now and go write a small bit of your PhD for ten minutes without stopping. (by the way, thanks for commenting, this really means a lot.) Xcloud ninehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15713510404207220388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766590194563153974.post-86646884923677681462013-07-24T23:45:33.831-07:002013-07-24T23:45:33.831-07:00AAaagh!... I saw this comment on my phone and I ha...AAaagh!... I saw this comment on my phone and I had unfortunately already locked myself away in a place with crappy internet (to do some PhD), so could not reply. I wanted to rush to the nearest functioning computer and say: STEP AWAY FROM THE DIRTY CARPET, GET OUT OF THE HOUSE!... Either walk over the clean patch several times in your wellies, or else wait for a housemate or lover to eventually notice it and get cleaning. it might take them a while, but they'll do it, I promise. If you can't stand the thought of not cleaning it, write it down on a 'wish list' and promise yourself that you get to do it as soon as you've finished your task for the day/ as soon as it's 4 pm (also put on wish list other things you fancy doing: make coffee, go swimming, go for a walk.) Promise yourself that you're allowed to do it after your working day is over, as a special treat. This might have the effect of making that task sound a lot less desirable once you're done working for the day... :)<br /><br />(my procrastination that day: washed bedsheets, washed dishes, spent half-hour tidying belongings as I tried to settle down. But I DID get down to work eventually. Woohoo!)<br /><br />Whenever you want to do a task that involves scrubbing or cleaning: please think of me, think of my poor worn-out wrists, which I wrecked precisely by doing pointless cleaning tasks like that, and which now have to last me til the end of summer, and beyond (seeing as the world's economy seems based on two things - lifting things and typing - I fear for my broken wrists when I get a job, I do...) Do not end up like me. Do not clean the house. I wish you a dirty and happy life.cloud ninehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15713510404207220388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766590194563153974.post-59534308276662185992013-07-24T05:49:15.149-07:002013-07-24T05:49:15.149-07:00Thanks for writing this blog update, it matches ex...Thanks for writing this blog update, it matches exactly what I have been going through recently (as has your whole blog) :) Just thought I would share today experience when I was going to finish off my results section, including formatting and making the graphs look good etc. This is however done with a lot of procrastinating on my part, not quite able to concentrate, part of the problem being that I keep finding problems in the code and so I keep having to re-do results. <br /><br />Today my procrastination took the form of cleaning the stain on our carpet in the hallway, possibly red wine or that odd pink punch made at New Year. Immense satisfaction at a non-stained carpet soon turned to a quandary. The area that I had cleaned up was now noticeably cleaner than the rest of the carpet around it. Trying very hard at the moment to convince myself that there is no good going to come of me cleaning the entire hall carpet.....<br />stephiephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04729288613967377270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766590194563153974.post-65191442574920709972013-07-23T04:53:11.657-07:002013-07-23T04:53:11.657-07:00I just came across your blog during one of my endl...I just came across your blog during one of my endless surfing-the-web sessions while I should actually be writing my PhD thesis and all I can think is: OH MY GOD. ARE YOU ME?Katohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17255155073349820899noreply@blogger.com