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 [...]
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Is Your Dissertation One of Your Big Rocks?
Posted in accountability, coaching, dissertation boot camp, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, distractions, following through, mental toughness, planning, self-deception, self-sabotage, showing up, structures, take charge, time management, tagged Big Rocks, dissertation, distractions, late summer chaos, prioritize, self-sabotage, summer writing, time management, where you have control on August 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »
August can be a time of scrambling A friend who was taking her family on a trip to Europe was rushing to get everything done. She said, “All I have to do is just get to the plane.” I know what she means—what a wonderful feeling it is to settle in and stare into space, [...]
Assess Your Dissertation Writing Habits and Make Some Changes: Time for Spring Cleaning
Posted in coaching, academic, distractions, productivity, self-sabotage, dissertation coach, determination, choice, courage, perseverance, writing, dissertation writing, getting started, discipline, time, self-deception, re-start, re-group, restart writing, regrouping, restarting, following through, start writing, time theft, mental toughness, housecleaning, cleaning, take stock, accountability, showing up, time management, take charge, write more easily, finishing the dissertation, habit, practice writing, writing schedule, tagged change writing process, develop a writing habit, distractions, find time to write, make time to write, mentally tough, self-sabotage, take control, time management, write daily on dissertation on March 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Change is happening in the Washington DC area, not just in Congress, but here in my backyard. Spring is here. Tulips are pushing their way above ground. The trees are dropping all sorts of little colored pellets on my deck and front walk. The first days of Spring are a great time to assess your [...]
Drama in Your Life? How Do You Refocus and Get Back to Producing Text?
Posted in academic, anxiety, dissertation coach, distractions, focus, life, re-group, re-start, regrouping, restart writing, restarting, setbacks, using your strengths, tagged distractions, emotional responses, life getting in the way of writing, setbacks, small problems, using your strengths on July 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Are you negotiating some of life’s bits and pieces today in order to write your dissertation? Has something gotten to you today or this week? It happens. We’re knocked about every day, but we keep going, even with pressures about fitting everything into our schedules, uncertainties about jobs, and, if you commute to work, traffic. [...]
Road Blocks to Finishing Your Dissertation: Slacking off, Celebrating too Soon, Determined to be Perfect
Posted in academic, advisor, coaching, discipline, dissertation advisors, dissertation boot camp, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, distractions, finishing the dissertation, following through, getting started, mental toughness, perseverance, productivity, reasons for not writing, resilience, restart writing, self-deception, self-sabotage, setbacks, using your strengths, tagged challenges, completing, distractions, finishing the dissertation, letting your strength get you in trouble, messing up, momentum, overwhelm, paralyzed, perfectionist, slacking off, slowing down on July 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When the end of your dissertation is in sight, what will you do? If you’re struggling just to get started on your dissertation, the question “What will you do when the end is in sight” must sound rhetorical at best and silly at worst. Nevertheless, I’ve learned from my clients that minefields await writers when [...]
Just about Anything Feels Better than Writing Your Dissertation
Posted in anxiety, distractions, fears, Lizard Brain, reasons for not writing, self-deception, self-sabotage, time theft, You Tube, tagged anxiety, behaviors that protect you, distractions, fear on March 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
How was your Sunday? Productive? Or another day with only good intentions? If you don’t have much to show for the day, would you say that anxiety did you in? You know the signs of anxiety. You know when you’re getting high-jacked by a fear of one kind or another commonly associated with writing. [...]
Whatever You Do, Don’t Open Your Email
Posted in choice, coaching, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, getting started, mental toughness, planning, restart writing, self-sabotage, Smart Tips, time management, writing, writing, dissertation, tagged dissertation, distractions, email on May 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been carrying a black L.L. Bean bag filled with writing projects. I keep thinking that I will surely have a moment here or there when I can dive into my bag. That write-now moment just does not jump out from my current what-the-heck-is-going-on-here life. So what do I do when I can hide out for [...]
