You can come up with a gazillion reasons for avoiding your dissertation —too tired, too busy, too stressed, too, too, too. And you are all of those things. However, any reason you come up with for not getting to work on your dissertation will seem paltry when put up against the Big 3 Goals: 1. [...]
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The Big 3: Goals to Pull You Out of Dissertation-Writing Limbo
Posted in academic, accountability, coaching, commitment, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, getting started, goals, motivation, procrastination, realistic goals, reasons for not writing, restart writing, Smart Tips, tagged dissertation writing, getting started, goals, procrastination, reasons for not writing on February 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Are There Ever Good Reasons Not to Write Your Dissertation?
Posted in academic, coaching, dissertation advisors, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, exercise, getting started, motivation, procrastination, re-start, Smart Tips, tagged dissertation writing, lack of motivation, procrastination, unsure of direction on February 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There are lots of reasons not to write, or so I hear: 1. Midwinter blahs. If you live in an area where January and February are gray and cold, it can be hard to push ahead on your writing. 2. Seasonal fatigue—oh, wait, that was the roadblock in December. No longer an excuse! 3. Low [...]
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 | Leave a Comment »
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, [...]
What Do You Call That if Not Perseverance?
Posted in academic, coaching, commitment, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, following through, goals, perseverance, planning, realistic goals, tagged dissertation writing, following through, perseverance, pinpointing and completing small tasks on October 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
What is it that you think you don’t have, but if you had it, your work would be so much easier? What is the difference between you and that PhD on the tenure track at a great school? Over and over, what comes up as my dissertation clients and I talk is the question of [...]
