Welcoming you in to the secrets, techniques and taboos around succeeding in a Research Higher Degree
All of this works because we start doing the work. By not delaying the real work through endless reading and procrastination, we start working towards our end goal, in ways that actually contribute to our goals. That is, we start making words on the page that can be added to and refined until you have enough good enough words to submit a passable PhD thesis.
But I’m just submitting my third book manuscript in a year (not to mention a book chapter, two commissioned poems, a book review, some peer reviews, and a short non-fiction piece that I also submitted in the last 12 months). So it’s not that I’m excluded from super-productivity, it’s that I’m benefiting from it and succeeding at it and I’m concerned by it.
Inger just wrote a really good post over on the Thesis Whisperer blog, about how, right now, we are in … More
Lots of people are suddenly having to transition to working from home at the moment, and responses have been mixed. … More
Longtime readers of the blog will know Research Degree Insiders is a big fan of time off — there’s a … More
Sometimes I realise that an important idea I’ve been talking about, almost since the beginning of the blog, has never … More
Your progress might feel slow, but that might just be the normal speed of trying to learn new things, or experimenting (and … More
So How to Fix your Academic Writing Trouble has just arrived in the publisher’s warehouse, which means it’s nearly ready to send … More
I’ve wanted to have the chance to regularly work from home for years, but it was never an option in … More
On this blog, and in programs I’m involved in like Thesis Boot Camp and Shut Up and Write, we frequently … More
