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Nathan

No Plans

Daily Post, Sabbatical

It’s a public holiday in the UK. Unless your viva is 9am tomorrow you’re probably safe to relax for a day.

Rest. Take today for you.

Don’t read your thesis, scribble in margins, chat with your supervisor or look at one more paper.

Don’t make a big list of annotations to add to your thesis or commit your ten most valuable references to memory.

Don’t make a plan for the weeks leading up to your viva and what you might do over that period.

Rest is as important as all the reading, writing and rehearsing for the viva. You might need to do some or all of the things above in preparation but you don’t need to do it today.

 

Viva Survivors Summer Sabbatical: I’m taking July, August and September off from new writing to concentrate on other creative projects, so will be sharing a post from the archives every day throughout those months. Today’s post was originally published on August 30th 2021.

Nathan

A Free Day

Daily Post

Do you have a day off planned for today?

If not, then I hope you can at least find some rest with whatever else you have to do.

A free day might be exactly what you need between submission and your viva. A day to step back from everything. A day off work. A day off prep. A day away from your responsibilities.

A day to just say, “I did something big when I submitted… And soon I’ll do more when I have my viva.”

It might take a lot to get a totally free day, so take any time you can between your submission and your viva to rest, relax and reflect – because soon enough you’ll be working towards your next challenge.

Nathan

Rest Is No Joke

Daily Post

A Bank Holiday is a good reminder to rest.

Maybe today’s not the day. A Bank Holiday in the 2020s isn’t a guarantee that you can take a break! But rest is an essential part of how we get things done. Even if your viva is coming up and you feel a little pressure to do more to get ready, you still need to rest.

You need to read, you need to rehearse and you need to rest.

Don’t fool around. Make it part of your viva prep.

Nathan

No Plans

Daily Post

It’s a public holiday in the UK. Unless your viva is 9am tomorrow you’re probably safe to relax for a day.

Rest. Take today for you.

Don’t read your thesis, scribble in margins, chat with your supervisor or look at one more paper.

Don’t make a big list of annotations to add to your thesis or commit your ten most valuable references to memory.

Don’t make a plan for the weeks leading up to your viva and what you might do over that period.

Rest is as important as all the reading, writing and rehearsing for the viva. You might need to do some or all of the things above in preparation but you don’t need to do it today.

Nathan

9 Short Posts On A Break Day

Daily Post

Hopefully, as it’s a public holiday in the UK, you can have some downtime today. I hope you can rest. If your viva is coming soon and you want to think a little about it, here are nine little posts from the last three years that might help, and a micro-commentary on each:

But maybe just save them for tomorrow! Rest today if you can 🙂