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 [...]
The Top 7 Tips to Help You Re- Start Writing Your Dissertation
Posted in academic, choice, creativity, decluttering, discipline, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, focus, following through, getting started, grateful, gratitude, mental toughness, momentum, perseverance, procrastination, re-group, re-start, regret, regrouping, restart writing, restarting, self-sabotage, Smart Tips, top strengths, writing, writing breaks, writing, dissertation, tagged bad attitude, catastrophizing, creativity, decluttering, gratitude, momentum, perseverance, procrastination, re-start dissertation, regret, Smart Tips, successful writing on December 28, 2007 | 2 Comments »
1. What is the key to perseverance? Getting started is the key. The first step is the hardest. Sit down and then stay there. 2. What is sending you right over the edge? You are– Catastrophizing only raises your blood pressure. Who needs the drama? Remember: Catastrophizing is just another form of procrastination. 3. Who [...]
How I’ve Allowed Fun-Sized Snickers to Help Me Procrastinate on My Writing
Posted in academic, choice, coaching, determination, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, distractions, exercise, focus, goals, planning, procrastination, restart writing, self-deception, self-sabotage, start writing, time, writing, writing, dissertation, tagged eating Snickers as a substitute for writing, exercising is an aid to writing, procrastination on October 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been frittering, frittering away the time I set aside for writing. Not only have I been frittering it away, but I’ve been putting one of my vices in its place. This is a dangerous time of the year. Not only is it Halloween, heralded in grocery stores and drug stores by rows upon rows [...]
