Happy New Year!

The New Year is a time for reflection and to consider what you have done in the last year and where you going in the new one. Take a few moments to think about what you accomplished on your dissertation in 2016- go back and look at your files and actually examine the evidence. Then let's set some realistic goals for the new year.

What are realistic writing goals? Writing a couple of pages a week is probably realistic, but plan to work at least a little while on it every day. Why do I say that? Because it so easy to get out of the habit of thinking about it and working on it… before you know it a week or two have gone by and you have done nothing. Then the tendency is for students to sit down and try to write 10 pages in two days, which are a mess, and have to rewritten.

This type of writing takes planning, reflection, and a lot of effort. Be kind to yourself, work a little on it every day. Rearrange your day so the time is built in, get up an hour early or stay up an hour later. You can do this. Make it a priority for 2017! 

Next time we will continue our review - Chapter 4 Analyses: Mixed Method. Do you have an issue or a question that you would like me to discuss in a future post? Would you like to be a guest writer? Send me your ideas! leann.stadtlander@waldenu.edu

Blog Index

2016, Current to 12/28

Topic	Dates of Posts
Dissertation, general	4/8, 4/11, 5/11, 6/20, 8/29, 9/2
Dissertation calculator	4/15
Selecting a Topic	9/7
Committee Members	8/10, 9/19
Mentor Interviews	9/21, 9/23, 9/26
URR
Center for Research Quality
Overview of Process
Premise
Prospectus	2/3
Proposal	2/5
Research questions	4/13
Research design
Theory	2/1, 4/27, 5/2, 5/4
C. 1	3/23, 10/1, 10/3, 10/5, 10/7, 10/10, 10/12
C. 2 (literature related)	1/4, 1/6, 1/8, 1/11, 1/13, 1/15, 1/20, 1/22,1/25, 2/10, 3/7, 3/9, 7/11, 7/13, 8/22, 10/14, 10/17, 10/19, 10/21, 10/24
C. 3	3/21, 3/25, 10/26, 10/28, 11/7, 11/9, 11/11, 11/14, 11/16, 11/18, 11/21, 11/25, 12/2, 12/3, 12/5, 12/7, 12/8
Defense
IRB	3/28, 4/4
Data Collection	6/3, 6/6, 6/8, 6/10, 6/13, 6/15, 6/17
Quantitative	11/9, 11/11, 11/18, 11/25, 12/21
Qualitative	5/16, 5/18, 5/20, 5/23, 8/1, 11/2, 11/4, 11/16, 12/3, 12/5, 12/7, 12/19, 12/26
Mixed Methods	11/2, 11/4, 11/18, 11/25, 12/5, 12/7, 12/16, 12/19
C. 4	9/16, 12/12, 12/14, 12/16, 12/19, 12/21, 12/26
C. 5
Appendixes
Final Defense
Career	9/9
Goal Form
Motivation	5/9, 7/1, 7/4, 7/6, 7/8, 7/15, 7/20, 7/22, 7/25, 8/8, 8/15
Organizing	2/22, 2/24, 2/26, 3/4
Secondary Data
Support, Getting	8/17
Resilience	5/25, 5/27
Writing	3/11, 3/14, 3/16, 6/24, 7/18, 8/3, 8/5, 8/12, 8/26
Other	1/1, 1/17, 1/29, 2/12, 2/15, 2/17, 3/2, 4/1, 4/6, 4/18, 4/20, 4/22, 4/25, 5/6, 5/13, 6/1, 6/22, 6/27, 7/27, 8/17, 8/19, 8/24, 9/12, 9/14, 9/19, 9/28, 11/23, 11/28, 12/23

Previous Years

Topic	Dates of Posts - 2013	Dates of Posts - 2014	Dates of Posts - 2015
Dissertation, general	7/5, 8/16, 8/19, 9/27, 10/2	6/25, 12/5	1/7, 3/6, 11/20, 12/16
Dissertation calculator		9/5	3/9
Selecting a Topic	4/23, 7/8, 7/10	4/28, 5/9, 8/25
Committee Members	4/17, 5/3, 6/10, 7/19, 8/21	5/7, 10/8, 12/22	9/14, 10/14, 12/18
URR	5/8, 5/27
Center for Research Quality	12/9
Overview of Process	4/19, 9/18, 12/13
Premise (no longer used)	4/17, 9/6
Prospectus		4/4, 4/7, 4/9, 4/11, 4/14, 4/18, 4/21, 4/23, 4/25, 4/28, 5/2, 5/5, 8/27
Proposal	4/22, 9/9	9/8, 11/3, 11/5
Research questions	10/9	4/18	6/19
Research Design			6/15, 6/22, 6/26
Theory			6/15, 6/17
C. 1	5/6, 10/21, 10/23, 10/25, 10/28, 11/1	11/7	3/11, 3/13, 3/16, 3/18, 3/20, 9/18, 9/21
C. 2 (literature related)	4/26, 5/29, 6/3, 6/12, 6/17, 6/28, 9/16, 10/11, 11/4, 11/6, 11/9, 11/15	6/9, 6/11, 6/16, 9/10, 9/15, 9/17, 9/19, 9/26, 9/29, 11/10, 12/26	1/9, 3/23, 3/25, 3/27, 4/3, 4/8, 9/23, 10/21
C. 3	5/1, 10/16, 10/28, 11/18, 11/20, 11/22, 11/25, 12/2, 12/4, 12/6, 12/11, 12/16, 12/18, 12/20, 12/23, 12/27	1/3, 1/6, 1/13, 11/12	4/10, 4/13, 4/15, 4/17, 4/20, 4/22, 4/24, 4/27, 4/29, 5/4, 5/6, 5/8, 5/11, 5/13, 5/15, 5/18, 9/25
Defense	4/23, 5/8		9/28
IRB	5/10, 10/14	1/10, 1/15, 1/17, 1/20, 1/22, 1/24, 1/27, 1/29, 2/3, 2/5, 2/7, 2/10, 2/12, 2/17, 2/19, 2/21, 2/24, 10/13, 10/15, 10/17, 10/20, 10/22, 10/24, 10/27	6/24 10/5
Data Collection	5/13, 5/15, 10/16		6/24, 11/23, 11/27, 12/4, 12/7, 12/9
Quantitative	5/17, 7/24, 7/26, 7/29, 7/31, 8/2, 8/5, 10/4, 10/7, 11/20, 12/2, 12/4, 12/6, 12/18, 12/23, 12/27	1/3, 2/26, 3/12, 7/9, 7/14, 7/16, 7/18, 7/21, 7/23, 7/25, 7/28	5/4, 5/8, 5/11, 5/13, 5/15, 7/1, 7/6, 7/8, 7/13, 7/15, 7/17, 7/20, 7/22, 7/24
Qualitative	5/20, 11/20, 11/22, 11/25, 12/11, 12/16	1/6, 3/14, 10/29, 12/12, 12/15, 12/17, 12/19	1/5, 1/12, 10/19
Mixed Methods	5/22, 11/18, 11/20, 11/22, 11/25, 12/11, 12/20, 12/23, 12/27	1/3, 1/6	4/10, 5/6, 5/8, 5/11, 5/13, 5/15
C. 4	5/17, 5/20, 5/22, 7/17	3/5, 3/10, 3/12, 3/14, 3/17, 3/19, 3/21, 11/14	5/20, 5/22, 5/25, 5/27, 6/3, 6/5, 10/7
C. 5	5/24, 9/20, 10/11	3/21, 3/24, 3/26, 3/28, 11/19	6/5, 6/8, 6/10, 6/12, 10/9
Final Defense	4/23, 5/27/ 9/11		10/12
Career	7/12	8/18, 8/20
Goal Form	8/12	5/23, 5/26, 6/2, 8/15, 11/24
Motivation	6/5, 6/26, 7/1, 8/16, 8/23, 9/2, 9/18, 10/18, 11/8, 11/27	1/1, 6/4, 6/6, 7/4, 7/11, 9/22, 10/10, 12/3	1/21, 3/2, 7/3, 7/10, 9/2, 9/4, 9/7, 9/9 9/11
Organizing	4/22, 10/2	8/1, 8/4, 8/6, 8/8, 8/11, 8/13, 12/8	7/27, 7/29, 8/3, 8/5, 8/10
Secondary Data	5/31	2/24
Support, Getting	4/26, 6/5, 6/24, 8/16	5/21	1/26
Resilience			2/6, 2/16, 2/18, 2/20, 2/23, 2/25, 3/4
Writing	4/26, 4/29, 6/12, 6/21, 7/3, 8/9, 8/14, 9/4, 9/23,9/25	5/16, 5/19, 6/16, 6/18, 6/20, 7/2, 7/7, 8/27, 12/10	1/14, 1/23, 2/9, 12/11, 12/14
Other	4/18, 6/7, 6/14, 6/19, 6/24, 6/26, 7/1, 7/8, 7/15, 7/19, 7/22, 8/7, 8/16, 8/19, 8/26, 8/28, 8/30, 9/2, 9/13, 9/18, 10/18, 11/27, 12/13, 12/25	2/14, 3/3, 3/7, 4/16, 5/12, 5/14, 5/28, 6/2, 6/13, 6/23, 6/27, 8/22, 9/1, 9/3, 9/12, 10/3, 10/6, 11/17, 11/26, 12/1, 12/24, 12/29, 12/31	1/16, 1/19, 1/28, 1/30, 2/4, 2/11, 2/13, 4/1, 4/6, 6/1, 8/12, 8/14, 8/19, 8/21, 8/24, 8/26, 8/31, 9/16, 10/2, 10/16, 10/23, 10/26, 10/28, 11/2, 11/4, 11/6, 11/9, 11/11, 11/13, 11/16, 11/18, 11/25, 12/2, 12/21, 12/23, 12/25, 12/28

Next time we will celebrate the new year! Do you have an issue or a question that you would like me to discuss in a future post? Would you like to be a guest writer? Send me your ideas! leann.stadtlander@waldenu.edu