# Mission complete - thesis submitted today! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 10, 2009, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mission-complete-thesis-submitted-today/502613 "2009-07-10T22:37:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lars\_Aruns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Lars\_Aruns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lars_Aruns)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mission-complete-thesis-submitted-today/502613/1 "2009-07-10T22:37:39Z")
Today, after years of hard work, I finally submitted my PhD thesis. Hooray! It was very hard in the last few months, when I had tons of data, algorithms and theories but had to tie them all up together and write a hefty tome about it. That was the longest thing I ever wrote, ever, clocking in at 118 pages - single spacing! That’s not the end of it, of course; my viva is going to be on the 11th of August. Let’s cross fingers, and if everything goes well I can book my next flight as Dr Aruns 😃 And in the meantime, I’ll take a well-deserved break. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mission-complete-thesis-submitted-today/502613/2 "2009-07-10T22:43:38Z")
Congrats! I know how much work it is getting to this point. Enjoy the break till the viva! ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mission-complete-thesis-submitted-today/502613/3 "2009-07-10T22:59:09Z")
Congratulations! Enjoy the break. How many words in the title? Just out of curiosity. ---
**Author:** ![Lars\_Aruns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Lars\_Aruns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lars_Aruns)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mission-complete-thesis-submitted-today/502613/4 "2009-07-10T23:02:03Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > How many words in the title? Just out of curiosity. Eight words. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mission-complete-thesis-submitted-today/502613/5 "2009-07-10T23:38:47Z")
Woohoo! Congratulations! Good luck. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mission-complete-thesis-submitted-today/502613/6 "2009-07-11T00:42:01Z")
Congratulations! I remember my daddy working on his … he would lock himself in the bedroom for hours on end. We kids practically didn’t see him for a year. ---
**Author:** ![Sonnenstrahl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Sonnenstrahl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sonnenstrahl)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mission-complete-thesis-submitted-today/502613/7 "2009-07-11T04:33:15Z")
Congratulations! And eight words is a wonderfully pithy title. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Myrrajh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/87869e/32.png) [@Myrrajh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrrajh)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mission-complete-thesis-submitted-today/502613/8 "2009-07-11T05:54:18Z")
Congrats, and I hope everything goes well for you in August. That’s a lot of hard work! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mission-complete-thesis-submitted-today/502613/9 "2009-07-11T13:27:57Z")
Congratulations! (And, just out of curiosity – whose tip in the other thread was the one that got you over the final hump? :D) ---
**Author:** ![Lars\_Aruns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Lars\_Aruns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lars_Aruns)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mission-complete-thesis-submitted-today/502613/10 "2009-07-11T13:59:32Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > (And, just out of curiosity – whose tip in the other thread was the one that got you over the final hump? :D) I think the one that was useful to me was the one about setting uo a rewards system. I also tried very hard to stop looking at the clock as often as I used to, so that I could keep up the momentum when I got going. That, I think, was the thing that saved me. As for the others, well, they were less directly relevant, as I already had all the ideas I needed and just had to write them all up. Finding new things to tinker with would have been a killer, I’m sure my supervisor would have been upset - he might have even _raised his eyebrow_.