I noticed this week an interesting detail regarding the number of posts I've made and the amount of time left on the countdown timer. Just under 130 posts with around 250 days left... it's not precise, but it tells me that I am about a third of the way through my final year. This made me thing about what I've accomplished in this time, which was perfect as I needed to complete a six month report on my progress.
In the past few months, my work has come a long way. Two independent devices built and operational. With my colleagues, I've contributed to to patent applications based on this work and present talks at a meeting in Auckland and a workshop in Germany. Additionally, I've worked on other publications from experiments prior to my PhD. It's been a productive time and what's more is I have momentum to carry me over into the next year. This week I continued to collect data which will be key for my thesis and at least one journal contribution. I am also have other work waiting to be written up for a journal. Both of which I plan to dive into (start, no promises on completing) during the upcoming holidays. I have also begun work on hardware to take to a lab overseas. This work will also play a key part of my thesis. Additionally, I have a talk at an international conference next February.
I've continued to make progress in the lab this week, but I've also spent time taking stock of what I've done the past few months. Based on my track record so far during this "final" year, I am moving confidently towards my deadline.
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