Waiting

There are many wait times while going through the dissertation process, waiting for faculty, waiting for the IRB, etc. etc. What is your waiting style? Jed (on left) and Mandy are demonstrating their waiting styles. Jed ignores everyone and everything and takes a nap, while Mandy uses the downtime to keep an eye on things. Which is more like you? I hope you use Mandy's example during your waiting times and work ahead on your project, check the current literature, and read more articles. If you find yourself more of a Jed, using waiting times as a chance to get away from your paper, you may want to consider that you are wasting both time and money. Every day not working on your dissertation is costing you tuition money and lengthening the time until graduation. Use your waiting times productively!

Next time, I will discuss control. 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