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will find that instances may occur during your dissertation when you too must
accept some difficult news. Common ones for students are that a committee
member wants more revisions or you must take an additional quarter to finish, even
if it means paying out of pocket. Fighting such things, kicking and screaming,
simply does not change the inevitable. You must accept there are times when you
must put up with delays.
The feeling of a lack of control can be
frustrating, painful, and make you angry or depressed. It can stop you in your
tracks and make you throw things at the computer. It doesn’t help. The sooner
you can accept that this too is a part of life and the process of getting a
doctoral degree, the sooner you can move forward. Take it one step at a time
and claim what control that you can. What step can you do today? Even if it is
nothing more than making a list, take the next baby step toward acceptance.
Next time, we will consider getting feedback.
Do you have an issue or a question that you would like me to discuss in a
future post? Send me an email with your ideas. leann.stadtlander@waldenu.edu
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