My dissertation online!

Hi All,

My dissertation has recently been published online in the ETD dissertation holdings.

Here it is:

Thankful Learning: A Grounded Theory Study of Relational Practice Between Master's Students and Professors

Cheering you on in your work!

Harriet

More on time managment

My friend Melanie Booth also writes a blog for students. Yesterday she posted the question "What can you do differently?" Melanie notes that typically when adults go back to school, they are asked "what will you give up?". She suggests that instead of giving up that which is important to us, we can instead change how we do things, thus finding that extra time that we need for school.

One of the changes that I made to snag more time for school was to use my lunch hours more constructively. Melanie talks about using her lunch hours for exercise. Throughout much of my degree program, I used a gym that wasn't near campus. I had gotten in the habit of eating lunch at my desk and spending random time online. So instead, I used a few lunch hours a week for "study hall." I took my lunch and school reading and found a quiet corner in our university center and completed a good chunk of reading.

Melanie's post is definitely worth reading, so check it out:

http://melaniebooth.wordpress.com/

Cheering you on!

Harriet

Time management

How specifically do you plan your study time? Do you determine ahead of time what you will work on, and when? Or do you just sort of know what you need to do and when you plan to work?

I have done both... there are times when I keep a mental list of projects and know when my work times are and then just start working.

I also reach times where I'm overwhelmed (or avoiding a specific piece of work!) and then I plan more specifically... marking time slots in my calendar for specific pieces of the work.

What works for you?

Cheering you on!

Harriet

Saturday matinee

Today instead of a cartoon, I'm posting a video. Enjoy! Happy Saturday! And good luck with the work.

How Popcorn Works

cheers

Harriet

THANK YOU!

Greetings. Consider this post to be electronic greeting card.

Think of someone who has helped you along your academic journey... send her or him this post to say:

THANK YOU!!!

(just click on the little envelop with the arrow on it at the bottom left of this post, to forward it to someone else)

Photo by HLS

where to work?

Ok, I'm riffing off my friend Lisa's blog. A few posts ago she noted that her favorite work environment is somewhere beautiful, that she loves working when she can see the ocean or the mountains. I agree, those settings are ideal.

My question is... what are our ideal every day work settings? When we aren't traveling, but are at home, doing work in the midst of family and job obligations and we are working in the early morning, or evening or weekends... what are ideal work environments?

Keep at it!

Harriet

A wonderful blog for doctoral and other grad students

Howdy, My close friend and colleague, Lisa Goldstein Graham, has begun working on her dissertation and is blogging about her process. Along the way, you'll see Lisa tackle serious issues like the pressure to write like an academic while you also enjoy her wonderful sense of humor. Check it out:

http://bhamgraham.wordpress.com/

Cheers,

Harriet