Your dissertation will always matter the most to you.
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard graduate students complain that nobody seems to care about their dissertation and that very few people appreciate their topic. This always makes me smile when I hear it, because who ever said your dissertation was...Travel lightly.
When you are planning your summer work, be sure to travel lightly. This means that you only take with you those items you are actually planning to work on. You don’t travel to the coffee shop with large tomes that you never get around to reading. You don’t...Use your vacation days at milestone markers.
Once you’ve identified your days of rest and relaxation, try planning backwards from these dates so you’re sure to meet important milestones just before them. This accomplishes two things: First, by planning backwards, you are likely to have a...Build in rest and relaxation days first.
As you are planning your summer work schedule, build in some days of rest and relaxation at the beginning, again in a few weeks, and repeat until the end of summer. It’s important to structure in regular breaks and time off. If you have a family vacation...Be reasonable in your planning.
If you’ve been reading for a while now, the idea of being reasonable in your planning is probably something you’ve heard (read) me say before. As I mentioned, it’s easy (and seductive) to look ahead to the long, unscheduled days of summer and plan in...Dissertation Mug: ABD But Not For Long!
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