Treating your dissertation like a "marathon" is why you're burned out

[Duckduck]

Marathon runners collapse at the finish line. You need to have a life during the dissertation, not just after .

The Part-Time Job Method:

• Time-blocking, not "work until it's done": Set 4-hour blocks. When the block ends, you stop. Even mid-sentence. Leave a note for tomorrow's self .
• The 300-Word Floor: Not "write chapter 3." That's terrifying. "Draft 300 words on methodology limitations." That's doable .
• Anticipate interruptions: Life will happen. Build margin into your timeline. The 3-year plan is a myth; the 4-year plan is reality.

Hard truth: You will never "find time." You have to make time and defend it like it's your job—because it is .

How many hours a week are you actually writing? Not thinking about writing. Writing.