Hey my dear Reader, it's nine weeks until the end of the year and as you read this, the PhDs in my Ph*ing Do it! PhD Finisher's challenge will be doing a thorough interim review of the progress they have been making towards their EOY goals since we started the challenge five weeks ago. I'm pretty sure, we'll be having a blast. I've been seeing them hit milestones every week and I'm pretty confident they will hit their goals by the end of the challenge. (Also, can I just say how much I'm...

Hey Reader, I thought I had a good idea for my email to you this week. But in the end, I decided not to write it and to write about not writing it instead (and if this opener doesn't have you hooked, I don't know how to help you 🤪). Ok, let's see if I can bring this one home: My process for writing this newsletter is simple: 1. I come across something that catches my interest. It may be something I read, something a PhD student says in a workshop or during coaching, or something that happens...

Hey Reader, Do you ever feel like you know exactly what you should be focusing on but you're too busy to make that thing a priority?In the past couple of weeks I've talked to a lot of PhDs whose goal it is to submit the PhD before the end of this year. They really wanna finish, I can see it and hear it in their voice. But when I ask if they are ready to commit to making it happen - for real, with a deadline - a reply I got way more often than I expected is some version of this: "I'm too...