Recently a dissertation coaching client said she had made a choice which would give her more time. That choice reminded me of Found Money. You know what Found Money is, right? Here’s an example: I bought a pack of those special money envelopes that are in the card racks [...]
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Found Time—Use it or lose it
Posted in choice, coaching, commitment, dissertation writing, hope, take stock, time, time management, writing schedule, tagged dissertation coaching, finding time to write, schedule writing, time management, writing on March 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Capture and save writing ideas online
Posted in coaching, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, strategies, writing, tagged capture and save ideas online, efficient writing strategies, email, Evernote, Instapaper, notes available across all of my computers, Online Tools, organize online information, writing on February 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
How often do you find, while at your day job, that you suddenly have a really good thought about your dissertation or a reference that you want to check further when you have some time? How do you capture that thought? Do you send yourself an email? Do you just hope you’ll remember? Or do [...]
Release those endorphins and write
Posted in coaching, creativity, dissertation coach, exercise, happiness, motivation, running, self-care, Smart Tips, tagged an exercise high, connection between exercise and writing, creativity, dissertation coaching, endorphins, good mood and writing, mind and body, motivation to write dissertation, writing on February 8, 2011 | 1 Comment »
“The idea for this post hit me today when I was at the gym, sweating profusely,” writes Larry Brooks in a blog post called “Blood, Sweat and Words: How Badly Do You Want This?” As I read his guest post on the blog “Write To Done,” I was reminded once again with how often we [...]
Breaking the all-or-nothing mentality
Posted in academic, boundaries, coaching, dissertation boot camp, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, perfectionism, perseverance, planning, realistic goals, Smart Tips, strategies, using your strengths, writing habit, writing schedule, tagged all-or-nothing distortion, all-or-nothing thinking, daily writing habit, dissertation boot camp, goal, patience and writing, Smart Tips for Writers, thesis, write consistently, Writer, Writers Resources, writers' retreat, writing on February 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
You’re frustrated that it is taking so much time to get to the dissertation finish line. Do you minimize your efforts and withhold any sense of accomplishment for the work you’ve done to get this far? Each week you look back and dismiss your work “Is that all? Well, really, that wasn’t good enough.” [...]
How Much Writing Did You Do Today? Track How You Are Spending Your Time
Posted in academic, accountability, boot camp, coaching, commitment, discipline, dissertation boot camp, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, getting started, mental toughness, planning, productivity, resources, self-discipline, Smart Tips, take charge, take stock, time, time management, tagged accountability, Doctorate, spend time on writing, Thelma and Louise, thesis, Time, track your time, use small chunks of time to write your dissertation, write your dissertation in the time available, Writer, writing on January 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Perhaps what is true for one of my dissertation clients is also true for you. She says that sometimes a day will pass, and she hasn’t done any writing. How do you use your time? How are you spending your time? Do those two questions mean the same thing? It seems to me that we [...]
To focus on your writing, get a cat
Posted in advice, boundaries, coaching, commitment, courage, determination, discipline, dissertation coach, distractions, flow, focus, mental toughness, self-discipline, start writing, take charge, trusting yourself, write more easily, tagged cat's effect on a writer, focus, Murial Spark, Publishing, trusting the process, writer's self-discipline, writing on November 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Can’t concentrate? Having trouble getting into flow with your writing? Get a cat! Advice to writers can come from the most interesting places. An unexpected, but most entertaining source of advice is A Far Cry from Kensington, a novel by British writer Muriel Spark. A Far Cry takes place in 1954 London. Mrs. Hawkins, the narrator, has a job in publishing. And yes, [...]
Recording TV shows is a hazard to your writing
Posted in academic, accountability, anxiety, choice, coaching, determination, discipline, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, distractions, email, habit, Internet, mental toughness, momentum, perseverance, productivity, self-care, self-deception, self-discipline, self-sabotage, strategies, television, time management, time theft, write more easily, writing models, writing, dissertation, tagged digital stress, recording tv shows, tv torpor, watching tv instead of writing on November 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A dissertation coaching client said that she stopped watching TV and picked up her writing pace in order to meet a deadline. Now that she has met the deadline, she worries that she will be sucked into watching all of the TV shows that she recorded during her heavy-duty period of writing. Do you record TV shows? It’s [...]
FutureMe–The one who met her dissertation deadlines
Posted in academic, accountability, coaching, commitment, deadline, determination, discipline, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, distractions, email, finishing the dissertation, focus, following through, Lizard Brain, perseverance, planning, resources, self-discipline, self-sabotage, tagged accountability, check up on yourself, dissertation and accountability, do what you said you would do, focus, praise, support on October 17, 2010 | 1 Comment »
How do you keep focused on your writing goal? Our Lizard Brains can make it all too easy to let a goal slip, and with each deadline or marker you miss, it’s that much longer before you finish your dissertation. FutureMe at www.futureme.org is a helpful tool for accountability as you write your dissertation. You can [...]
The Writer’s Pain
Posted in coaching, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, exercise, self-care, setbacks, struggling, writing breaks, tagged back pain and writing, exercise and anxiety, exercise and writing, sedentary work on October 10, 2010 | 1 Comment »
How does your back feel? If you’re like many writers of dissertations, you sit scrunched in front of your computer for far too long with far too few breaks. And by those last 15 minutes of writing you feel the spasms of pain in your lower back. You might be surprised at the number of my [...]
