Comments on: How to embrace idea doubt

By: Daphne Gray-Grant

Daphne Gray-Grant — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 13:06:00 +0000

In reply to mom2luke. Yes, many people feel this way and I know that is somewhat comforting. But think about how much BETTER you will feel if you can skip step #4 (I am crap) all together. There is no need for you to feel that you are crap. Retrain yourself to see the DRAFT (not yourself) as crap. And know that the draft is something you can fix!

By: mom2luke

mom2luke — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 01:13:00 +0000

In reply to Daphne Gray-Grant. But it is how I feel when I struggle w/ a piece... I was so relieved to know I'm not the only one who feels that way! And it DOES get better

By: Daphne Gray-Grant

Daphne Gray-Grant — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 20:40:00 +0000

In reply to Blanca Guizar Moran. Thanks for your kind words, Blanca. I am not the only person with such thoughts, but they do seem to be rare in a university setting!

By: Daphne Gray-Grant

Daphne Gray-Grant — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 20:37:00 +0000

In reply to mom2luke. Yikes! Please delete the "I am crap" line. No one needs to go there, even temporarily!

By: mom2luke

mom2luke — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 18:09:00 +0000

Yes! I printed this out when I first discovered it and taped it to the top of my laptop:
The Writing Process:
This is awesome
This is tricky
This is crap
I am crap
This might be okay
This is awesome –
🙂
Good tips and, sure, I’d love to win a book , or a chance for one, just by commenting…. it’s persisting to awesome that is the hard part. deadlines help!

By: Blanca Guizar Moran

Blanca Guizar Moran — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 17:38:00 +0000

In reply to Daphne Gray-Grant. Thank you so much, sometimes it feels like you are the only one out there with such thoughts. Thank you :)

By: Daphne Gray-Grant

Daphne Gray-Grant — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 14:29:00 +0000

In reply to Julie. :-) :-) I had food poisoning last week, so I can relate!

By: Daphne Gray-Grant

Daphne Gray-Grant — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 14:28:00 +0000

In reply to Blanca.

Hi Bianca, I suggest you stop worrying about being “ground-breaking” or outstanding in any way and just determine the bare MINIMUM steps you will need to take to be published. You are quite right that publishing is important so concentrate on that. You do not have to be amazing (or in any way “perfect”) to be published. Put those thoughts out of your head and just focus on the work. The “I am crap” feeling is so common among academics (grad students in particular) but here’s the deal: IT HOLDS YOU BACK. Don’t let yourself get stuck down this rabbit hole. Do the work. Concentrate on the work. Stop thinking about yourself. It’s not about you. It’s about the work.

By: Blanca

Blanca — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 11:52:00 +0000

Hi Daphne, thank you for this post. I found you by chance in a video at the Learning how to learn course from Dr Oakley and I just loved your approach to mind mapping. I am a PhD graduate in Economics, and I am struggling with the extension of a chapter of my PhD thesis to submit to a paper in Energy Economics journal. In my case is not just the writing, is the coding, the programming, the urge to prove my results are amazing and you have never seen anything like this. I think I am forever stranded on step 4, to be honest. On top of that, I am in the job market, and Economics is so competitive that my only fighting chance to get a job is to publish something pronto. Do you have any suggestions for me, a penniless graduate that just wants to publish ASAP? Thank you! Blanca

By: Julie

Julie — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 01:04:00 +0000

In reply to Daphne Gray-Grant. Having the flu is showing in my writing. Talk about needing to edit! I should probably reread the contract I wrote earlier today.