One Weird Trick
I can’t believe I’ve never shared this before!
It’s this one weird trick that helps with the viva!!
One thing that universities, examiners and PhD graduates don’t want you to know!!!
Whatever discipline you are in, however long you have to go before your viva and whatever you feel about your viva, this one weird trick will help!!!!
Are you ready?
Do the work.
That’s it, the one weird trick that helps with the viva: do the work.
Take your time, but do the work. Feel frustrated, but do the work. Procrastinate, but take the time to do the work.
Have questions? Do the work to find out the answers. Unsure about something? Do the work to ask someone who can give you certainty. Feel unprepared for your viva? Do the work to feel ready.
And sometimes it’s really hard! Sometimes it is hard to get up and do the work you need to do because you’re tired, or you’re nervous or you just don’t know what you want or where you’re going.
There are even times where you know you need to do something but you don’t what that something is!
Then you have to do the work to figure it out.
Ask for help. Plan your prep. Rehearse for your viva. Explore expectations. Maybe finish your thesis first!
But do the work.
Do the work because it’s the one weird trick that really will help with everything.