Not too long ago, when my adult son mentioned how busy his work and life have become, my husband was reminded of an annual planning session he had attended at which a facilitator presented a workshop on how to organize your time. As my husband drew a diagram from that workshop, I realized that he [...]
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How to Meet Your Writing Goals
Posted in academic, accountability, advisor, children, choice, deadline, demands, dissertation advisors, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, distractions, email, exercise, family, finishing the dissertation, focus, getting started, goals, grading, habit, perfectionism, perseverance, planning, productivity, reasons for not writing, relationships, research, restart writing, restarting, self-care, showing up, strategies, success, take charge, time management, time theft, writing schedule, writing to a deadline, writing, dissertation, tagged dissertation coach, dissertation writing, make time to write, meeting a deadline, meeting goals, planning to write, planning writing session, protect your time, schedule, showing up, Stephen Covey, time management, what's important in your writing life on April 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
What was I thinking?
Posted in academic, anxiety, demands, dissertation boot camp, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, distractions, family, goals, planning, re-group, realistic goals, relationships, teaching, time management, writing, writing schedule, tagged calendar, daily goals during holiday, dissertation, end of semester overwhelm, family conflict, holiday stress, insensitive relative, perfect person, plan, schedule on December 17, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Did you think you had much of your shopping done for the holidays, but now you can’t find key presents? Are you wondering where that stocking- stuffer stuff is? In the multiple piles of boxes that you have around your bedroom and basement? Did you really buy them…or maybe not? Did you schedule your holiday gathering [...]
Decision Fatigue: When It’s Finally Time to Write, What Have You Got?
Posted in commitment, demands, determination, discipline, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, distractions, finishing the dissertation, following through, getting started, mental toughness, motivation, perseverance, planning, productivity, re-start, resilience, self-discipline, self-sabotage, using your strengths, write more easily, tagged decision fatigue, dissertation, dissertation coaching, ego depletion, John Tierney, mental toughness, Roy F. Baumeister, self-discpline, willpower, writing on September 25, 2011 | 2 Comments »
When did you first hear of “decision fatigue”? Perhaps, like me, it was when the New York Times Magazine published an article on decision fatigue and you started getting emails from your friends and family with links to that article. In fact, you probably received many links, and maybe the term “decision fatigue” has even [...]
Yes, Virginia, you do have time to write this week–and then, enjoy your holiday!
Posted in demands, determination, discipline, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, distractions, family, goals, grading, mental toughness, planning, self-discipline, teaching, time management, write more easily, writing schedule, tagged finish grading, write during Christmas week, write early before you're frazzled on December 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
For Christmas celebrants, we’re down to the final week. What are your goals for the week? 1. If you’re teaching, have you turned in your grades? Don’t belabor the choices. This isn’t the time to give lengthy comments on a writing project. Wind it up. 2. If you’re trying to get in a few more days of writing and [...]
Happy Fourth of July: Put Your Writing on Hold and Get on the Road
Posted in demands, family, joy, life, memories, play, relationships, self-care, travel, writing, writing breaks, tagged celebrate family, flyover country, Fourth of July, North Carolina, road trip, take a break from writing, traffic on July 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It’s time again for the Annual Road Trip. Most road trips I’ve been on over the last few years end with our creeping along Interstate 95, wondering when there is going to be a break in the traffic. Road trips aren’t what they used to be. That is, not unless you get far away from I-95. [...]
7 Tips to Increase Writing Productivity Before the Holidays
Posted in academic, accountability, anxiety, boundaries, coaching, commitment, deadline, demands, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, distractions, getting started, goals, planning, productivity, realistic goals, showing up, start writing, time management, writing breaks, tagged hiring a dissertation coach, meeting a deadline, taking responsibility for your writing, writing productivity on December 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Trying to finish a dissertation draft or an article or a chunk of writing before the holidays? Also trying to keep on top of your daily job or finish your grading? And don’t even mention that you have kids. Did you mention that you’re sleep-challenged? And struggling with the real need to eat sweets just [...]
5 Tips on How to Have Your Dissertation Over and Done With, Even if You’re Teaching
Posted in academic, boundaries, demands, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, finishing the dissertation, goals, perseverance, planning, positive psychology, productivity, reflection, strategies, structures, take charge, take stock, travel, writing, writing, dissertation, tagged dissertation coach, find ideas for writing while teaching, finish your dissertation, grateful to be teaching, make writing the priority, say no to extra work on August 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Does the end of August mean the start of a school year for you? Are you teaching this coming term? My clients who are returning to teaching this fall are determined to learn from their past mistakes and also to build on their successes. It’s great to hear their optimism as they plan for a [...]
Find Motivation in a Dissertation Boot Camp with its Elements of a Hard Deadline
Posted in academic, children, commitment, deadline, demands, dissertation writing, family, getting started, mental toughness, perseverance, structures, time management, writing, dissertation, tagged dissertation boot camp, Getting ready for Christmas, hard deadline on December 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Christmas with the intensity of family, gifts, and travel can blot out everything else. Just Sending Cards can balloon into a fast-paced skit that ends with husband driving wife to the Post Office while wife continues to stamp, apply return label, and seal the final 15 cards that could possibly arrive before Christmas. Christmas is [...]
To Keep Your Writing Going, Put Your Energy Around What You Want
Posted in academic, boundaries, demands, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, family, momentum, relationships, self-care, Smart Tips, take stock, writing, dissertation, tagged communication, demands, dissertation, focus on what you want, hard choices, keep the writing going, positive focus, reframing, relationships, self-care, writing on February 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If you put your energy around what you want, that’s what you’ll get. One client told me that she had been ambivalent about all of the questions her dad had about her dissertation. But she decided to make a positive out of the parental interest. She saw that her dissertation could be a bridge in [...]
