Hi all,
I work with a lot of graduate students, and one thing I see every year is that summer sounds like it should be the perfect time to make big dissertation progress, but it can actually be one of the easiest times to drift.
There is more time, but usually way less structure.
So I put together a couple of free tools that might be useful if you are trying to make progress on a dissertation, thesis, article, proposal, comps, etc.:
- a Summer Planning Toolkit to help you figure out what this summer is actually about and build a more realistic weekly rhythm
- a Daily Reflection Starter, which is basically a simple morning/evening check-in you can try for a week
They are free, there is no sign-up, and no email gate.
You can find them here: ScholarlyLearning.org/resources
They are adapted from a journal I made for grad students, but the free resources work completely on their own.
Hope they are useful to someone here. Happy to answer questions too if anyone wants to talk summer planning, staying on track, or getting restarted after a rough week.