Nearly every day I receive email from people who are making no or next to no progress on their dissertations. They are scared of the future and ashamed of having let so much time go by. They complain about feeling isolated–working far from their universities, having little contact with their advisors, and having no colleagues [...]
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To Make Progress on Your Dissertation, Stop Hiding Out
Posted in academic, accountability, advisor, dissertation advisors, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, fears, getting started, isolated, isolation, re-group, re-start, restart writing, self-sabotage, Smart Tips, write more easily, tagged connect with others, dissertation coach, hire dissertation coach, invest in your future, isolation while writing dissertation, Smart Tips for Writing, stop hiding out, writing coach on August 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Smart Tips for the Dissertation AWOL
Posted in academic, accountability, coaching, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, fears, getting started, procrastination, re-start, reasons for not writing, resilience, writing, tagged dissertation AWOL, Smart Tips for Writers, stop hiding out on May 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Have you gone absent from your dissertation? As far as your advisor is concerned, have you just disappeared? When did you last contact your advisor? Is hiding out weighing heavily on you? We all have reasons for putting off doing something as big and seemingly endless as writing a dissertation, but usually the reasons seem less important when [...]
