Fiona Smith

The year started for me with all data collection completed. Here’s hoping to a great year of analysis and write up!

Banding friends! Looking for players who have played in UK or Norway contest brass bands for a focus group! If you think you might be interested, please see my article on 4barsrest that was published today for more details! 4barsrest.com/news/62681/how… Please share 😊

Progression Monitoring 2 Viva today - another part of my journey complete 😊

Mild relief and mild panic… just submitted my progression monitoring 2 for my PhD. Can’t believe how quickly this has come round!

@BigPictureLivin Congratulations 😊

Finally… it’s official!!! 🥳🎉👩🏻‍🎓 #PhDone #PCOS #PhysicalActivity #obesity #walking #wellbeing #positive #psychology

Little one started school today. I admit found it a tad emotional waving him off in the morning, but he had a fantastic day, which obviously makes it that little bit easier 😊

@DrGtrombone Ps. Happy birthday @DrGtrombone !

@DrGtrombone I resisted the urge to buy one for ages as I love a good paperback, but 3 years ago I also took the plunge and to be honest, I’ve enjoyed using the kindle (also handy for holidays!), but there are some things I refuse to not have in paperback also 😂

I have taken the plunge and my birthday pressie is a Kindle. Simply not enough house space for more books.

@BigPictureLivin I’ve been here before with my masters by research, so thankfully it’s slightly less daunting than it could have been! Though when I have my full data set, it will be larger than my said masters work, so this time it’s definitely more intense! But I find analysis fun 😂

@littlefeefee87 I remember that stage… 📝

You know you’re at an intense (but very much enjoyable) analysis stage of your PhD when more post it notes are purchased 😂 #AcademicChatter #PhD #AcademicTwitter

@LucyGoBag @ZJAyres @WHO Thank you - he’s now a thriving 4 year old about to start school in Sept!

@littlefeefee87 @ZJAyres @WHO And great to hear about your son x

This is horrible, punishing, dictatorial and unhelpful ⁦@WHO⁩ - your comms go from bad to worse.

Love this - many will have experienced this also I would think 😂 @AcademicChatter @Momademia

@Dunstonb3 Congratulations Dr!

Today marks a massive milestone in my life. 2018 I was diagnosed with specific learning difficulties. Today I am a Dr of Philosophy. I couldn't have done it without the support of my amazing husband and family. #LGBTQ #nhsemployers #leadership#neurodiversityatwork

Performance anxiety study published 4barsrest.com/news/60786/per… Promoting my masters work and recent publication to the brass band community finally 😊

As a bit of a tea drinking mug enthusiast, there was only one thing I insisted on getting to celebrate my first academic publication (I had also seen this done before and thought it was a great idea!)…

Never really been thrilled by growing flowers, till now 😊 Looking pretty, and there’s more to come!

@DrBeckyMcCarthy Thank you - yeah, it angered me more than anything that if I weren’t that strong minded person; it could have really upset! But nope!

@littlefeefee87 Read this and got annoyed, don't listen to whoever said that. You have done brilliantly and should be really proud of yourself for all your achievements 😁

Had someone tell me already my work shouldn’t be celebrated… Well a hearty up yours to you mate. Surely success is subjective, so personally, I feel I’ve done alright for myself thank you!

First academic journal publication accomplished! So excited to share the paper of my masters work into ‘Exploring and comparing differences in contesting and non-contesting brass band players performance anxiety and coping strategies’ 😊 #IJMHW tinyurl.com/36esmuap