However, since the preliminary submission, I could enjoy reading once again and I managed to tick a few books of my reading list. This turned out to be very useful, as I remember referring to these books a few times during my viva, despite the references not featuring in my bibliography.
I also remember being grateful for my colourful post-it notes.
At times, I could not find the words to express usa rcs data what I was thinking, but I knew I had carefully worded and thought through every sentence I wrote in my thesis. I was used to working with an electronic version, so searching for the words I wanted to find was easy.
During my viva, the post-it notes were my only go-to. This was useful, as I could read out fragments of my thesis, instead of re-creating my thoughts from scratch.
After what seemed like forever, one of my examiners said: “I think we’ve heard enough, so if you don’t have any more questions, please wait in the foyer and we will come to get you shortly.”
With my brain not fully caught up with what had just happened, I went to the foyer and called my boyfriend.