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This Is Your Year

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It’s just begun. Off in the distance is the finish line and there’s no-one racing but you.

You get to decide how fast you will go.

You get to decide when you pause.

You get to plan how you will go, where and when.

You get to decide what obstacles you’ll avoid and what you’ll take head on.

Perhaps your race will include your viva: in which case, you have time to find out what you need to know and what you need to do. This is your year. You don’t have to decide today how you’re going to get to the finish line – but the sooner you decide the sooner you can act well to get there.

I’ll be publishing a new post every day this year to help with the viva. Subscribe and get it sent to you rather than have to remember to check it out.

This is your year. I really hope it’s a great one.

 

(image found at the public domain image site Pixabay and colour-filtered by me using Edit.Photo, a free photo editor site)

Nathan

Five Minutes of Reading

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A few years ago I used a little bit of code to make a random post link: use the link and you find yourself reading one of the 1700+ posts I’ve written! I just did that five times and got the following results:

If you find yourself with five minutes to spare one day and are looking for something to help with the viva, then the random post link could be interesting.

If you want to spend five minutes every day reading something to help your viva then subscribe and get each new post sent to you when it goes on the site.

Nathan

The Best Of The Best Of Viva Survivors 2021

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Between Christmas and New Year I shared some of my favourite writing from 2021. In case you missed those posts here are links to each with a piece that particularly stands out to me.

Best of Viva Survivors 2021: Viva Prep – lots of practical posts but the one that jumps out as always-relevant is Kind Prep. You need to be kind to yourself as you get ready, whatever practical tasks you have to complete.

Best of Viva Survivors 2021: Long Posts – after many interactions with PhD candidates in webinars over the pandemic, Space To Feel was a post I had to write.

Best of Viva Survivors 2021: Short Posts – one of the most helpful framings I’ve found in describing questions in the viva is treating them as Opportunities To Engage. No tricks, no traps, each question is an opportunity.

Best of Viva Survivors 2021: Confidence – I set myself a little challenge in writing The Basics. Confidence comes from many places. A key source could simply be understanding what the viva is all about and realising that, given the situation, you can do well.

2021 was not an easy year and 2022 has not started very well.

I’m always hopeful, but we still live in interesting times. Who knows what the rest of the year will bring?

From me, there will be another year of Viva Survivors posts! Subscribe if you’d like to get them sent to your inbox every day 🙂