Daily viva help for PhDs
Don’t wait and start your viva prep in the week of your viva.
Don’t wait to ask your supervisor about something important until a few days beforehand.
And don’t wait until the last minute before your viva to think about how you feel about it all!
Sooner, rather than later, think about how you’ll get ready.
Sketch plans. Ask questions. Reflect on your PhD and how you’ve developed both yourself and your research.
Don’t save your viva prep for the day before your viva.
Save that day for reminding yourself of your successes.
Save that day for reinforcing that you’ve come as far as you have by becoming more talented, more knowledgeable, more capable.
Save that day for remembering that you couldn’t have produced your thesis by being lucky – you must be good.
Save that day for relaxing.
Last minute viva prep can be stressful. Save those last minutes for looking back and simply reflecting. Remember that you’re good.