Here we go...

... let's get started.  My name is Tim Brox and I am a PhD student working on his PhD in physics at Victoria University of Wellington.  As of today, it has been 872 days since I officially began my studies in New Zealand and I plan to submit my thesis within 365 days (± 1 year)*.

This blog is my attempt at monitoring and recording my progress over the next year as I work towards submitting my thesis for examination.  I apologise if at any point you (the reader) feel that my posts do not have a mass appeal, but honestly this blog is primarily a tool for myself.  That said, I welcome you to join me over the next year and share in the ups and downs of the next 365(-ish) days.

For those of you who know me, you are most likely aware of my poor track record when it comes to maintaining a blog.  In the past I've maintained a blog (Words from the Field) while performing field work in Antarctica, but there was only a total of maybe a dozen posts.  Also, when my wife and I moved to New Zealand to undertake our PhD studies, we started a blog (Hither and Yon) to describe our life in a foreign country.  However, I have contributed only a handful of posts while my wife does a fantastic job at documenting our adventures.  Despite these past failures, my goal over the next year is to reliably post every day.

To reach my post per day quota, my updates will mostly be quick and simple. Keeping to that plan, let's pause the writing here. To be continued...

* As a physical scientist I like to include an estimate of uncertainty in values I report