Milestones

On holiday but still thinking about this dissertation.  I decided to give myself some milestones - which were agreed to by Dr. Z:

My proposed schedule is this:

• Proposal (version 3) submitted to Dr. Z by 20 August
• Proposal approved by Dr. Z and sent to Dr. S for his approval by 31 August
• Chapter 1 (Introduction) completed - 22 September
• Chapter 2 (Lit Review) completed - 13 October
• Chapter 3 (Design and Methods) completed - 3 November
• Chapter 4 (Results) completed - 24 November
• Chapter 5 (Conclusions, Implications, and Recommendations) completed - 15 December

As Dr. Z pointed out, "it mostly hinges on [me] being able to complete it."  True enough.  But I'm certainly going to give it a go.  We planned this holiday around what was supposed to be a celebration of this thing being finished.  I'm so ready for it to be done.