{"id":46617,"date":"2019-01-21T11:12:15","date_gmt":"2019-01-21T19:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/world.edu\/?p=46617"},"modified":"2019-01-21T11:12:15","modified_gmt":"2019-01-21T19:12:15","slug":"deep-into-writing-the-thesis-dont%e2%80%8b-forget-to-yodelayeehoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.edu\/deep-into-writing-the-thesis-dont%e2%80%8b-forget-to-yodelayeehoo\/","title":{"rendered":"Deep into writing the thesis? don\u2019t\u200b forget to yodelayeehoo"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It\u2019s the time of the year when writing the thesis gets pretty serious for a lot of PhDers. The endpoint is there in the distance, but there is still so much to do. So many words. So many pages. So much more to sort out.<\/p>\n

Is this you?<\/p>\n

The timetable to completion is tacked above your desk along with your research questions. It seems clear and do-able. But\u2026 but\u2026<\/p>\n

Your supervisor is very focused on the text and what needs to happen when. They exercise their red marker a lot, and ask questions that seem to muddy, as much as clarify, your thinking. They count down along with you and sometimes you think that they are just as anxious as you are about when you\u2019ll get done. (They are.)<\/p>\n

It\u2019s true. Thesis writing can be a very lonely stage. No-one else can write the text for you. No-one else can sort through the muddle of ideas that still exist around some sections of the work. You can easily feel \u2013 and become \u2013 very isolated as you shut yourself away to get completely free from distractions.<\/p>\n

While your family may be very supportive and do whatever they can to help, they may find it hard to identify with your growing and overwhelming obsession with the text. That waking up in the middle of the night with a thought. That getting up at 4 am because there is no point lying there anymore. The new biscuit and ice cream habit you seem to have developed. The lack of attention to your gym regime.<\/p>\n

Seriously. Now is the time to make like\u00a0the lonely goatherd and yodelayeehoo<\/a>\u00a0very loudly. Loud enough for other PhDers to hear.<\/p>\n

The friends you made earlier in grad school are now crucial. Often you just\u00a0need to commiserate \u2013\u00a0for the life of me I can\u2019t work out what to write in the discussion, do I have a claim at all?<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 and to celebrate the small victories \u2013\u00a0I sorted out how to write about the tricky ethical issue, I finally worked out how to finish off this chapter, start this chapter, what to put in the appendix. Yay! Go me.<\/em><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a good time to reconnect with a scholarly group too \u2013 to feel part of a larger cohort. So thesis boot camps and shut up and write sessions now provide a much-needed sense of community as well as a time to write. You are not the only person feeling all on your own. Here, lots of other people are also beavering away.<\/p>\n

PhDers at a similar stage can be very helpful to you. Other goatherds high on their own thesis mountains, but not yet at the top, know exactly what you\u2019re going through.<\/p>\n

Those things that you feel silly telling your nearest and dearest? You can now say them out loud. Just want to moan and vent? Go ahead, do it together. Want to make a pact to exercise at regular intervals \u2013 nothing like a colleague who also spends far too much time seated at the keyboard.<\/p>\n

Think seriously about taking the initiative too \u2013 perhaps organising regular meetups at the pub or local coffee shop. Meet outside of the university. Make it social. Make it supportive. Whatever works.<\/p>\n

Breaking the loneliness of the long-distance thesis writer is important. It not only helps you to finish, but also means you\u2019ll be in MUCH better mental and emotional condition when you do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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