Journaling Prep
Keep a tiny journal for your prep. Every time you do something, add it to a growing list of what you’ve done in pursuit of being ready. Lots of viva prep tasks don’t have a visible output: when you have...
building confidence
Numbers Matter
Since July 2010 I’ve delivered sessions about the viva to over 6000 postgraduate researchers. I have the 300th Viva Survivor session in my diary for early 2022. Shortly after that I’ll mark the five year anniversary of this daily blog....
Every Day Is A Restart
Not just the 1st of January. Not the 2nd, once you finish celebrating New Year’s Day! Every day is a chance to look at what you do, how you do it, why you do it and think, “What else…?” What...