Why Is It So Hard To Write Your Dissertation When You Have “All Day”? “I was writing more when I was stealing time from my research!” my student, Petra confessed. She was getting her PhD in Biology, and struggling to pull her data into a cohesive Dissertation. In hopes of finishing by the end of […]
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A Simple Tool to Get 500+ Words On the Page Even If You Have Writer’s Block
Why Traditional Advice For Dissertation Writing Doesn’t Work I had a dollar for every time someone had told me to “glue my butt to the chair” until I got a certain word count in my Dissertation, I would be flying on a private jet to Fiji right now! The sad reality was that gluing my […]
5 Steps to Stop Distractions From Derailing Your Thesis Writing
How Do You Deal With Distractions During Thesis Writing? Distractions can make your life seem out of control. Even if you lock yourself in a room to focus on your thesis writing, distractions in your mind will always be there. Thoughts pop into your head about your career, the bills, your family, and that thing […]
How to Write A Thesis When You Can’t Even Look At It Anymore
How to Write A PhD Thesis Even If You Feel Completely Stuck If you are wondering about how to write a thesis when you feel completely overwhelmed, I understand your dilemma. During my first five years in graduate school I envied senior students who were so close to the finish line. I imagined that once […]
How Do You Get a Job in a Bad PhD Job Market?
The PhD Job Market is Never Easy One of the interesting things about the PhD job market is that it’s never exactly “great.” Regardless of how the economy is doing, getting a PhD level job can feel like an uphill battle. There are many job you “could” do, but you are overqualified for them. Conversely, […]
Can’t Decide Between Academia and Industry After Your PhD?
How Do Make A Decision About Your Career When You Only Know What You Don’t Want? Undergraduates regularly fall asleep during lectures. But, how often do professors fall asleep while they are lecturing? My Biochemistry professor in my senior year in college had a reputation of speaking in incoherent sentences and looking like he was […]