You want to be at a good place with your writing at summer’s end? You can absolutely do that, especially if you approach the summer with a bit of urgency and heat.
Get a picture of yourself in your mind’s eye of you taking charge. What would your taking charge look like?
1. See what’s the big [...]
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Keep Your Head in Your Dissertation This Summer
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During Your Dissertation Daze, Bravely Isolate the Unimportant
Posted in academic, brave, choice, cleaning, coaching, commitment, courage, decluttering, demands, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, family, housecleaning, planning, self-care, teaching writing, time theft, tagged choose family, compartmentalize, cutting corners on teaching, decide what is important, dissertation writing, housekeeping chores, let go of the unimportant, speed clean on December 9, 2007 | No Comments »
When I was writing my dissertation, I tried my best to let go of all that was unimportant.
I always wanted more time to be with my kids and to do that I had to let go of all but the essential aspects of my teaching. I wasn’t perfect. Even though I tried to compartmentalize, class [...]
