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		<title>The To-Do List, Your Dissertation, and Intervals</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Whichard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is there too much to do?  Are you not getting enough done? Do you jump from task to task on your to-do list but never seem to make progress on your main writing goals? Is your dissertation still on your to-do list? As a client said to me, “Which end of the tube am I squeezing?” [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=successfulwritingtips.com&#038;blog=1220450&#038;post=2264&#038;subd=successfulwritingtips&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Living in the Construction Zone&#8211;Writing the Dissertation</title>
		<link>http://successfulwritingtips.com/2012/01/15/living-in-the-construction-zone-writing-the-dissertation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 06:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Whichard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A giant construction project disrupts the lives and the commute of many people who use the Washington DC (or Capital)  Beltway and the business routes between the Beltway and the Dulles International Airport.   This same construction project also raises hope among many travelers that one day they can take the metro the full 30 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=successfulwritingtips.com&#038;blog=1220450&#038;post=2232&#038;subd=successfulwritingtips&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>No Excuses</title>
		<link>http://successfulwritingtips.com/2011/11/08/no-excuses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 03:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Whichard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is there a writer who isn’t lured and waylaid by the distractions of the internet and email? Is there a writer who hasn’t written about those same distractions? How about you? How well did you do today? Did you stay on task and reach your writing goal for the day? Or did procrastination and Facebook [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=successfulwritingtips.com&#038;blog=1220450&#038;post=2185&#038;subd=successfulwritingtips&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Decision Fatigue: When It’s Finally Time to Write, What Have You Got?</title>
		<link>http://successfulwritingtips.com/2011/09/25/decision-fatigue-when-it%e2%80%99s-finally-time-to-write-what-have-you-got/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2011 20:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Whichard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=successfulwritingtips.com&#038;blog=1220450&#038;post=2149&#038;subd=successfulwritingtips&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What you need to finish your dissertation</title>
		<link>http://successfulwritingtips.com/2011/09/20/what-you-need-to-finish-your-dissertation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Whichard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You have a long-term goal—say, writing a dissertation or a book.  And the going gets tough.  This is one huge project. It’s a long haul—it may mean months or years of coming back to that same project. It’s been going on for quite a while.  Have you stuck with it?  Have you kept coming back [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=successfulwritingtips.com&#038;blog=1220450&#038;post=2143&#038;subd=successfulwritingtips&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Summer Writing Goals</title>
		<link>http://successfulwritingtips.com/2011/08/12/summer-writing-goals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 09:06:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Whichard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How has your summer been so far?  Are you meeting your writing goals?  Or are you uneasy as you look at the calendar?   Unfortunately, the best of intentions at the beginning of summer can sometimes get waylaid.  If you have met your writing goals or if you are on track to meet them, congratulations and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=successfulwritingtips.com&#038;blog=1220450&#038;post=2129&#038;subd=successfulwritingtips&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What’s mental toughness got to do with it?</title>
		<link>http://successfulwritingtips.com/2011/07/03/what%e2%80%99s-mental-toughness-got-to-do-with-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jul 2011 11:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Whichard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many readers of Successful Writing Tips are looking for help with motivation.  And they also are interested in what mental toughness has to do with motivation. As a dissertation writer, you may often find yourself in chaos, frustrated, with no easy way out.  You’re not alone.  Many other writers find themselves in a similar predicament. A [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=successfulwritingtips.com&#038;blog=1220450&#038;post=2085&#038;subd=successfulwritingtips&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Manage your fears and write</title>
		<link>http://successfulwritingtips.com/2011/04/06/manage-your-fears-and-write/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 01:40:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Whichard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most people I know speak of a recurring nightmare: &#8211;Having to take a test you haven’t studied for &#8211;Having to give a talk, but being unprepared &#8211;Not being able to get to the location where your talk or test is to be given &#8211;Feeling under great tension and wearing yourself out trying to accomplish something [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=successfulwritingtips.com&#038;blog=1220450&#038;post=1822&#038;subd=successfulwritingtips&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Linchpin and location, location, location</title>
		<link>http://successfulwritingtips.com/2011/02/20/the-linchpin-and-location-location-location/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2011 15:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Whichard</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Holding it all together]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you feel that you’re like that woman in online advertisements who seems to be turning in one direction, but then all of a sudden, even while you are looking at her, has turned and is now going in an opposite direction?  Do you need something holding you and your intentions together? You need a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=successfulwritingtips.com&#038;blog=1220450&#038;post=1685&#038;subd=successfulwritingtips&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Typing with two fingers takes true grit</title>
		<link>http://successfulwritingtips.com/2011/02/01/typing-with-two-fingers-takes-true-grit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 04:28:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Whichard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing is not for the weak of heart.  Writing is often a dangerous act, requiring all of the mental toughness and grit you can muster. And no one knows that more than my clients—those writing dissertations and those who are now pushing on with writing their books or writing grant applications or articles. Some of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=successfulwritingtips.com&#038;blog=1220450&#038;post=1468&#038;subd=successfulwritingtips&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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