#70DaysofPhD So it begins! Today I'm reworking the data analysis methods section - it needs organising, more clarity, & better justification. I've a day home alone ahead - no excuses!! I'm doing something every day. Join me to make big progress on #PhD journey. #PhDSky #EdD
September 22, 2025 at 6:23 AM
#70DaysofPhD So it begins! Today I'm reworking the data analysis methods section - it needs organising, more clarity, & better justification. I've a day home alone ahead - no excuses!! I'm doing something every day. Join me to make big progress on #PhD journey. #PhDSky #EdD
Well done you - brilliant when it goes right. I'm resting completely till Monday after my huge #70DaysofPhD, but during that, I did learn the value of momentum - if you have it capitalise on it!! #PhDSky
December 31, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Well done you - brilliant when it goes right. I'm resting completely till Monday after my huge #70DaysofPhD, but during that, I did learn the value of momentum - if you have it capitalise on it!! #PhDSky
#70DaysofPhD I did manage to grab an hour for planning yesterday, which was good - today I have a whole morning to write. Hope to complete the draft chapter today. Join me? I'm trying to do something every day for 70 days to make big progress. #PhDSky #EdD
September 26, 2025 at 5:32 AM
#70DaysofPhD I did manage to grab an hour for planning yesterday, which was good - today I have a whole morning to write. Hope to complete the draft chapter today. Join me? I'm trying to do something every day for 70 days to make big progress. #PhDSky #EdD
#70DaysofPhD Supervision day today so I hope that will set me on the best path for writing my Findings and Discussion chapter. Can't wait to get started on that as I love writing. #PhDSky
November 11, 2025 at 7:03 AM
#70DaysofPhD Supervision day today so I hope that will set me on the best path for writing my Findings and Discussion chapter. Can't wait to get started on that as I love writing. #PhDSky
#70DaysofPhD Even an hour of work yesterday helped my thinking & moved my data analysis on. Today, I've a good chunk of time available - maybe 3 hours for reading, more note taking & thinking Back to data analysis proper tomorrow. #PhDSky #EdD Join me & do something every day to make big progress.
September 28, 2025 at 6:32 AM
#70DaysofPhD Even an hour of work yesterday helped my thinking & moved my data analysis on. Today, I've a good chunk of time available - maybe 3 hours for reading, more note taking & thinking Back to data analysis proper tomorrow. #PhDSky #EdD Join me & do something every day to make big progress.
#70DaysofPhD An unexpected day off yesterday for a long family lunch - back on it today with an hour prep for a writing session tomorrow. Tryng to do something every day for 70 days to climb that #PhD mountain. #PhDSky
November 22, 2025 at 7:11 AM
#70DaysofPhD An unexpected day off yesterday for a long family lunch - back on it today with an hour prep for a writing session tomorrow. Tryng to do something every day for 70 days to climb that #PhD mountain. #PhDSky
#70daysofPhD A whole morning ahead to read & think about respect and leadership. I'm trying to do something every day for 70 days to climb the PhD mountain. #PhDSky
November 19, 2025 at 7:11 AM
#70daysofPhD A whole morning ahead to read & think about respect and leadership. I'm trying to do something every day for 70 days to climb the PhD mountain. #PhDSky
#70DaysofPhD A difficult day yesterday, but I made progress - sometimes writing is hard, isn't it? Chapt is shaping up. Today, I've to do my annual review, but it'll help me take stock & plan. I'm trying to do something every day to make big progress on the long #PhD road. Join me? #PhDSky #EdD
September 24, 2025 at 5:51 AM
#70DaysofPhD A difficult day yesterday, but I made progress - sometimes writing is hard, isn't it? Chapt is shaping up. Today, I've to do my annual review, but it'll help me take stock & plan. I'm trying to do something every day to make big progress on the long #PhD road. Join me? #PhDSky #EdD
What a positive week - I have made great progress with the momentum provided by #70DaysofPhD even a small thing each day helps. Today I haven't much time available ... but thinking is working. #PhDSky #EdD Walking the long #PhD road
November 1, 2025 at 7:57 AM
What a positive week - I have made great progress with the momentum provided by #70DaysofPhD even a small thing each day helps. Today I haven't much time available ... but thinking is working. #PhDSky #EdD Walking the long #PhD road
#70DaysOfPhD Final day of my big push and I have a couple of free, quiet hours to get on with editing lit review. Trying to do something every day for 70 days to go some distance on the #PhD road #PhDSky
November 30, 2025 at 9:41 AM
#70DaysOfPhD Final day of my big push and I have a couple of free, quiet hours to get on with editing lit review. Trying to do something every day for 70 days to go some distance on the #PhD road #PhDSky
#70DaysofPhD A few days ahead of thinking, planning, memoing as I review my data analysis to date. It's a very busy day today (busy week actually) so not a lot of time, but always remember 'thinking is working'! Snatching an hour here & there when I can. #PhDSky #EdD
October 6, 2025 at 6:33 AM
#70DaysofPhD A few days ahead of thinking, planning, memoing as I review my data analysis to date. It's a very busy day today (busy week actually) so not a lot of time, but always remember 'thinking is working'! Snatching an hour here & there when I can. #PhDSky #EdD
#70DaysofPhD A good writing morning yesterday, so I'm happy to park that for a bit and move back to my data. Today I'm going to get an hour of reading in around other family things. But trying to do something every day to make a big push in final year of #PhD journey - Join me? #PhDSky #EdD
September 27, 2025 at 6:40 AM
#70DaysofPhD A good writing morning yesterday, so I'm happy to park that for a bit and move back to my data. Today I'm going to get an hour of reading in around other family things. But trying to do something every day to make a big push in final year of #PhD journey - Join me? #PhDSky #EdD
Good advice for me in my big push towards the goal #PhDSky
#70DaysofPhD Trying to do something for my #PhD Today, not much time available, but hopefully an hour later on values in leadership. My presentation yesterday was well received.
#70DaysofPhD Trying to do something for my #PhD Today, not much time available, but hopefully an hour later on values in leadership. My presentation yesterday was well received.
Don’t forget to eat regularly. Take a break from your work and fuel your body and mind.
November 5, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Good advice for me in my big push towards the goal #PhDSky
#70DaysofPhD Trying to do something for my #PhD Today, not much time available, but hopefully an hour later on values in leadership. My presentation yesterday was well received.
#70DaysofPhD Trying to do something for my #PhD Today, not much time available, but hopefully an hour later on values in leadership. My presentation yesterday was well received.
More thinking today - visiting family this weekend so getting much done will be tricky but that's fine. Thinking is working! #70DaysofPhD Climb that #PhD mountain 👍🏻
October 11, 2025 at 6:53 AM
More thinking today - visiting family this weekend so getting much done will be tricky but that's fine. Thinking is working! #70DaysofPhD Climb that #PhD mountain 👍🏻
Day 14 of #70DaysofPhD I made some good decisions about my data yesterday, thanks to a blog I posted yesterday. Today I'm writing about that so I don't lose the rationale etc. Maybe just an hour but step by step I'm doing something every day to make big progress on the #PhD journey. ##PhDSky #EdD
October 5, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Day 14 of #70DaysofPhD I made some good decisions about my data yesterday, thanks to a blog I posted yesterday. Today I'm writing about that so I don't lose the rationale etc. Maybe just an hour but step by step I'm doing something every day to make big progress on the #PhD journey. ##PhDSky #EdD
This has appeared at exactly the right time for me. In my big push #70DaysofPhD I'm wading though data trying to make sense of it & this blog is helpful- Thankyou #PhDSky #EdD Today - just some time for thinking about this and my data while driving so I'm prepped to get stuck in next week.
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October 4, 2025 at 6:50 AM
This has appeared at exactly the right time for me. In my big push #70DaysofPhD I'm wading though data trying to make sense of it & this blog is helpful- Thankyou #PhDSky #EdD Today - just some time for thinking about this and my data while driving so I'm prepped to get stuck in next week.
Brilliant - good luck today. Even my hour of reading made me have new insights into my data, so even a little bit each day moves us on! #PhDSky #70DaysofPhD
September 27, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Brilliant - good luck today. Even my hour of reading made me have new insights into my data, so even a little bit each day moves us on! #PhDSky #70DaysofPhD
#70DaysofPhD Today I'm going to read back over my research journal to follow the trail of how my ideas over the data have evolved. I'm trying to do something every day to make great progress on my #PhD Walking that long path #PhDSky #EdD Join me?
October 14, 2025 at 4:38 AM
#70DaysofPhD Today I'm going to read back over my research journal to follow the trail of how my ideas over the data have evolved. I'm trying to do something every day to make great progress on my #PhD Walking that long path #PhDSky #EdD Join me?
#70DaysofPhD Yesterday I had a short but useful session with my new big piece of white card mapping out my thoughts from the data analysis to date. Sent my draft chapt. to my supervisor & did lots of thinking while driving around. Today I've about an hour for more work on data. Join me? #PhDSky #EdD
October 2, 2025 at 6:11 AM
#70DaysofPhD Yesterday I had a short but useful session with my new big piece of white card mapping out my thoughts from the data analysis to date. Sent my draft chapt. to my supervisor & did lots of thinking while driving around. Today I've about an hour for more work on data. Join me? #PhDSky #EdD
Day 58 of #70DaysofPhD Another day working on elements of my lit review - a couple of hours this morning to spend on it smd maybd later this afternoon. Every little helps. #PhDSky
November 18, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Day 58 of #70DaysofPhD Another day working on elements of my lit review - a couple of hours this morning to spend on it smd maybd later this afternoon. Every little helps. #PhDSky
#70DaysofPhD I'm happy with y'day's progress. Another few hours this morning to carry on data analysis. Supervision meeting next week - will I be ready to start writing the Discussion chapter after that? It's possible! 🎉 Feeling pleased & under control - this effort has been worth it #PhDSky
November 7, 2025 at 8:03 AM
#70DaysofPhD I'm happy with y'day's progress. Another few hours this morning to carry on data analysis. Supervision meeting next week - will I be ready to start writing the Discussion chapter after that? It's possible! 🎉 Feeling pleased & under control - this effort has been worth it #PhDSky
Not sure this is the spirit of #70DaysofPhD but I have managed to spend 25 out of the last 48 hours writing and thinking. Progress made. Back to the day job tomorrow. #PhD #PhDSky #EdD
September 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Not sure this is the spirit of #70DaysofPhD but I have managed to spend 25 out of the last 48 hours writing and thinking. Progress made. Back to the day job tomorrow. #PhD #PhDSky #EdD
#70DaysofPhD Really good morning on data yesterday & more planned for today. I've realised there are themes I can't progress - they're potential research studies in their own right. Feel this is a big learning point that will move me on. You can't discuss everything! #PhDSky Big Push for the prize
October 29, 2025 at 7:06 AM
#70DaysofPhD Really good morning on data yesterday & more planned for today. I've realised there are themes I can't progress - they're potential research studies in their own right. Feel this is a big learning point that will move me on. You can't discuss everything! #PhDSky Big Push for the prize
#70DaysofPhD I snatched time to read a useful article and spent time thinking about how the ideas applied to my data. A useful short session that I am going to continue thinking about today. Trying to fo something everyday to climb that #PhD mountain. Join.me? #PhDSky #EdD
October 9, 2025 at 5:08 AM
#70DaysofPhD I snatched time to read a useful article and spent time thinking about how the ideas applied to my data. A useful short session that I am going to continue thinking about today. Trying to fo something everyday to climb that #PhD mountain. Join.me? #PhDSky #EdD
#70DaysofPhD Another thinking and note taking day yesterday, and planning the same today. Lots of prep for a big writing session next week. I'm trying to do something every day to make a big push along that #PhD road.
October 10, 2025 at 7:13 AM
#70DaysofPhD Another thinking and note taking day yesterday, and planning the same today. Lots of prep for a big writing session next week. I'm trying to do something every day to make a big push along that #PhD road.