You’ve just returned from a trip? What can you do to move quickly into your writing, with no resistance?
Try these steps:
1. If you didn’t leave a clean desk, clean it now. Sort the mail, the bills, and the magazines quickly and remove them from the desk.
2. If you haven’t made a plan for what you will do right now (the day/night of your return), make a plan now. Is it important to create more order for yourself? Do you need to unpack now and do laundry?
3. If you aren’t going to do any writing now (the day of your return), make sure that you review where you will start tomorrow. Be ready to start fresh on the following day. Make this a planning time— do what is necessary to eliminate email and other distractions.
4. Now it’s time to write. Email can wait.
5. Open your files; breathe deeply; settle in. This is all abut getting back into the text, but you need to slow everything down so that you can center and focus
6. Read what you wrote during your last writing session in order to settle into your text, but gear up to write. Be ready to move forward.
7. Set your timer—what is the minimum length for this writing session?
Good luck! You’re off and running.
Welcome back!
All the best,
Nancy
P.S. How’s your summer writing progressing? Do you have any tips to share on what is working for you? I’d love to hear from you.
Nancy Whichard, Ph.D., PCC
Your International Dissertation and Academic Career Coach
www.nancywhichard.com
www.dissertationbootcamp.net
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