Procrastinating on finishing your dissertation’s conclusion? If so, you have company. Writing the conclusion can be a time when many people clutch.
Needing Feedback?
One reason why many dissertation writers start to slow down when they’re at this point is that they aren’t getting feedback from their advisor or mentor. If you don’t have a sense that [...]
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6 Tips to Help You Stop Procrastinating and Finish Your Dissertation’s Conclusion
Posted in Smart Tips, academic, advisor, coaching, criticism, dissertation advisors, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, following through, getting started, perseverance, procrastination, re-group, re-start, regrouping, restarting, start writing, writing, writing, dissertation, tagged diplomacy in dealing with your committee, procrastinating on writing conclusion, writing conclusion to dissertation on September 7, 2008 | No Comments »
An Academic’s Well-Lived Life: Perseverance, Loyalty, Gratitude, Love
Posted in academic, advisor, brave, choice, coaching, courage, creativity, criticism, dissertation coach, following through, football, grateful, gratitude, perseverance, positive psychology, top strengths, using your strengths, tagged perseverence, model for a professor, teaching by example, others matter on July 27, 2008 | No Comments »
By now, you’ve probably heard that Randy Pausch died Friday at the age of 47.
Though known in the field of computer science, he had gained world-wide fame from his wise, clever “last lecture” at Carnegie Mellon in the fall of 2007. At that time he had been told that because of aggressive pancreatic cancer, he had [...]
How I Avoid Writing: Procrastinating on the Dissertation
Posted in academic, coaching, discipline, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, distractions, following through, goals, mental toughness, perseverance, procrastination, re-group, restart writing, self-deception, self-sabotage, top strengths, writing, writing breaks, tagged dissertation, procrastination, self-regulation, self-sabotage, writing on June 19, 2008 | No Comments »
This morning as I was reading a paragraph here and there in Newsweek, I swear I saw the words “put off finishing his dissertation” rise off the page in 3-inch-tall block letters, or so it seemed.
Procrastinating on one’s dissertation isn’t unusual, but to get your name in Newsweek because what you’re doing to procrastinate is [...]
How Are You Doing with Your Summer Writing?
Posted in academic, coaching, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, following through, getting started, goals, planning, re-start, resilience, restart writing, structures, tagged finishing the dissertation, making it easier to write, moving into writing, planning ahead on June 9, 2008 | No Comments »
If you’ve been teaching this past year, isn’t it a joy not to have to work on lectures or grading? Maybe you have the house/apartment/office to yourself.
So–how are you doing on your summer writing?
If you are almost ready to get started, but not quite there yet, perhaps you had a project dumped on you as [...]
Writing Matters and Others Matter—Prioritizing Fights Procrastination
Posted in Smart Tips, academic, anxiety, brave, choice, coaching, commitment, courage, determination, discipline, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, following through, getting started, goals, mental toughness, motivation, productivity, reasons for not writing, relationships, self-sabotage, start writing, time, time management, using your strengths, writing, writing, dissertation, tagged dissertation coach, international coach, priorities, prioritizing, procrastination, responsibility to others, time management on March 19, 2008 | No Comments »
If you’re like me, you don’t have uninterrupted time for writing.
Maybe you work full time in a demanding job or work two demanding part-time jobs or you take care of your children.
And when you get to the point when you do have time to write, you’re exhausted. Just brain dead.
And that, of course, is the [...]
3 Strategies to Thwart Writer’s Flight and Emotional Eating
Posted in Lizard Brain, Smart Tips, academic, anxiety, brave, coaching, courage, determination, discipline, dissertation coach, fears, following through, mental toughness, perseverance, procrastination, self-deception, self-sabotage, top strengths, using your strengths, writing, writing, dissertation, tagged dissertation, dissertation coach, emotional eating, fear of failure, fear of success, feeling anxious, flee, making progress, procrastination, writing on March 9, 2008 | 4 Comments »
When my writing starts to come together, I am relieved, but I’m also anxious about what comes next.
My first response to those feelings of relief and a fluttering of anxiety almost always is to flee and to eat.
Be grateful if you don’t feel these urges. Or pat yourself on the back if once you would [...]
Feel the Anxiety and Keep the Writing Going
Posted in Lizard Brain, academic, anxiety, brave, coaching, courage, determination, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, fears, following through, mental toughness, perseverance, self-sabotage, writing, dissertation, tagged dissertation, dissertation coach, fear of failure, fear of success, feeling anxious, making progress, writing on March 1, 2008 | No Comments »
Feeling anxious is no picnic, but it’s pretty common among writers.
When I’ve been struggling with my writing and finally feel that the fog may be starting to lift, here’s what comes up for me:
1. I feel relief.
2. And I feel anxious.
I feel relief because once again I’ve made it through. And getting to that point [...]
2 Huge Benefits to the 4-Step Plan for Greater Productivity
Posted in Smart Tips, academic, accountability, choice, coaching, commitment, deadline, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, exercise, focus, following through, goals, momentum, perseverance, planning, productivity, realistic goals, self-care, time, writing, writing breaks, tagged calm, exercise, fulfilled, greater productivity, low-stress, meet deadlines, no anxiety, plan, stick to plan, write daily on February 10, 2008 | No Comments »
Want to feel calm, even fulfilled, while increasing your productivity? And meet a dissertation deadline? Read on.
Recently, I blogged about how a client achieved greater productivity in her writing.
She and I had collaborated over what steps would most likely yield success. Sticking to her plan gave her the success she wanted–she met her deadline by increasing her [...]
4 Reasons to Keep Writing Even if You’re Not Sure You’re Going in the Right Direction
Posted in Smart Tips, academic, demands, discipline, dissertation advisors, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, distractions, following through, goals, hope, momentum, re-start, reasons for not writing, restart writing, showing up, strategies, tagged dissertation writing, establishing hope, finishing the dissertation, fixing the writing habit, momentemum, setting goals on February 4, 2008 | No Comments »
Dissertation writers occasionally come to an impasse, unsure of which way to go next. You’ve probably been in this position. You want to move forward, but it may seem prudent to wait—wait to see what your committee chair or mentor says, wait until you have a lot more time to read or go through your [...]
