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I must have written a million words, maybe more.

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I am in a period of reflection about my PhD. I don’t think that’s surprising as it took an enormous part of the last six and a half years of my life. If you include the preceding two years to complete Honours which was a precursor to being admitted into the PhD program, it has been the best part of a decade.

I still subscribe to blogs from various sources that provided inspiration, advice and support during my PhD. In my feed for today was Pat Thomson’s Patter where she discussed how much writing goes into completing a PhD.

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I’m almost there – Conferral awaits!

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Late last Friday afternoon I completed the final step in my PhD journey when I resubmitted a short abstract that for some reason the University could not find. It had originally been lodged at the time I submitted my thesis for examination, so lodging it again was not a big deal. However, it was a bit of an anticlimax from submitting my thesis with all the sign offs which I’d done the day before.

In any event, it’s all done now and conferral of my PhD should occur at the end of July.

Knowing it is all done, was a liberating feeling at first , followed by a sense of excitement that led to a difficult nights sleep helped by having the Tour De France to watch until the early hours of the morning.

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I’m still here just buried in my research!

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I love this pen!

When I started this blog it was part of my transition to retirement strategy and it was the vehicle I would use to write. A commitment that I would have to some imaginary group of people who might stumble on my blog and find it interesting.

My personal commitment was a post at least once a month and at least one thousand words. I’ve been pretty faithful to that commitment however in the last few months my PhD has taken over. I have a deadline and it is getting near. I’m writing every day and my PhD is coming together.

So for the next few months posts will be even more sporadic as I work on finishing my PhD.

The Drive for the line – completing my PhD thesis

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Back from an amazing 6 weeks in Israel and Europe, its now time to knuckle down and complete my PhD thesis.

While I was away I used siesta time and early in the day to work on a Book Chapter for a book on family business. The first draft is due for submission in the next week or so.

I have a final version of an article for submission and inevitable rejection.

After a meeting with my Supervisors, I have a timetable for submission of my thesis. So now its time to drive for the finish line.

Over the next few months, my blog will chart my progress to a mid-May final draft for my Supervisors for review and then to its submission for examination in the first week of July 2020.

To remind myself of life away from my PhD each post will have a photo from our recent trip!

The Natural History Museum, London