Dissertation Help: How to Move Past Lack of Motivation When Writing a Dissertation or Thesis?
I find that doctoral students frequently face many challenges with motivation, especially when they come to the end of their doctoral journey and are primarily working on their dissertations. Maintaining consistent motivation with doctoral writing while working on dissertations or theses is especially challenging when your personal life includes family, full-time work, aging parents, health issues, etc. Lack of motivation happens to most people somewhere along the journey. This article is one of a series offering dissertation help to doctoral students faced with the challenges of graduate work and it focuses on the frequently asked question, “What tools will help me move past my lack of motivation?” There are two situations when your work is likely to bog down: when outside life challenges distract you from your doctoral work, and during the writing process itself when you are just bored with it, or think it will never end. Both situations and several tools are considered in...