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Reading, Writing, and Rest Days – Part 3

Dr. Rachna Jain — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 14:05:36 +0000

In Part 1 and 2 – we reviewed your Reading Days and your Writing Days. The 3nd Part of Reading, Writing, and Rest Days is Rest. You need to have days where you are taking a break or not worrying about your business or your dissertation or whatever you are focusing on. Those would be your rest days. Now, finally, the rest days as they sound are related to being able to unhook from your demands or your responsibilities and being able to just take a break sometimes.

Why You Put Off Your Dissertation Work

Dr. Rachna Jain — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 20:01:21 +0000

Planning to do the dissertation can sometimes be more fun than actually sitting down to work on it. When you feel this way, it's easy to procrastinate and avoid what you should be doing.

What Are You Doing This For?

Dr. Rachna Jain — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 19:00:00 +0000

Dissertation procrastination is a serious problem. You know it’s there when you constantly think about your dissertation, but never actually quite get around to sitting down and working on it. The reasons for procrastinating could be many; but the biggest problem is that you have a dissertation which is occupying a lot of emotional and [...]

Use the smallest block to get you started.

Dr. Rachna Jain — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 19:57:44 +0000

A good rule to remember is to use the smallest possible unit to get you started. This may mean spending as little as one to five minutes on your work, initially. If you have been procrastinating and avoiding your work, you need to âre-trainâ your perceptions to realize that this isnât that bad, and that [...]

Why are you procrastinating?

Dr. Rachna Jain — Tue, 15 Nov 2005 21:15:07 +0000

Procrastination on your dissertation usually means one of two things- either you don’t know HOW to do whatever you need to do next OR the payoff for doing it isn’t big enough. In the first case, procrastinating because you don’t know what to do next can be resolved, usually, by talking about your dissertation to [...]