Life is work, work is life....or should it be 'life is a beach'? I just don't know anymore....most days here at our beach home are the same right now. I am not working in a full time position, and yet I work full time. I would like to be working (money is a...

It's raining....again....the Northern Rivers area of New South Wales has had an unusual second half Spring season with cooler temperatures and lots of rain. Good for our water-thirsty garden - but not so good for my ambition to walk on the beach this morning. Oh...

It's Tuesday morning again....7:30am....I have already been working for 2 hours, but not on my PhD work (unfortunately), on marking papers (I teach at the Masters degree level, and final assignments are challenging to mark and deserve alert responses). In my GMail...

Kathy talked a lot about the use of strong nouns and verbs and using them to build description. She stated we should reduce the verb 'to be' and passive constructions to about 10% of the page. So....the problem is...how do I identify a 'passsive verb or construction'?...

Last week I attended a 2-day workshop, Qualitative Research, with Kathy Charmaz. Kathy is a retired professor of Sociology at Sonoma State University. She is known for her research and writing, in particular her work on Grounded Theory. "Constructing Grounded...

It is still Tuesday somewhere in the world - so here I go - another PhD Journey blog post. I have 15 minutes before my next online meeting...... BTW - my husband is continuing to refine his bird pictures - now he has found the Canon lens he bought 6 years ago - and...

I spent the weekend buried in Saldaña's book on coding. Yes, I had browsed it before, but for some reason this time it really started to make sense! Just realised I have the 2009 edition from USQ - wondering if I should chase up a more recent edition....? My PhD...

Of course it was predicted what would happen - I start blogging one early Tuesday morning about my PhD and vow to do this every Tuesday morning......and now it is Tuesday, but later in the afternoon and I almost forgot! Anyway I am here now, and this is my second PhD...

I am a PhD student at the University of Southern Queensland. This is my 5th year of study (part time!) and my very first blog post about this study. Completing a PhD is a surreal experience - and as everyone has been telling me, it is a journey. I am only just...