5:25 Have a plan, have a whiteboard 8:04 Pick your priority 9:38 Create the opportunity for good behavior 11:07 Make sure that the desk is clean 12:29 Each week construct seven writing priorities 13:28 Structurally stopping all distractions 13:51 Take breaks 15:16 Think about the people with whom you spend time 16:52 Consider your relationship with sound 18:17 Say no a lot 19:26 Address your dependencies 21:03 Make sure that you improve something every day 23:00 Stop the gothic self-talk 25:26 If you can't measure it, it doesn't exist 27:10 Pick your rabbit 28:55 Change your attitude to failure 30:08 Have the courage to be different 31:07 Schedule writing 32:01 Control what you can control

I want to imprint every single word of this vlog in my brain! Thank you Prof. Tara!!

Amazing vlog, dear professor Tara! Thank you so much for these amazing bits of advice. I find them extremely helpful and strengthening. I`m in my final year of PhD(the 6th) and I`ve wasted the past three years complaining, avoiding, in denial and in self-denigration. Hopefully, with your help, I will be able to overcome my fear of writing and finish to a PhD standard. God bless you!

I'm very impressed that a professor takes part of her time to give thise invaluable advice

I absolutely adore your personality. Thank you for sharing your content and perspectives.

My virtual mentor in academia. Thanks Prof and wish you the very best.

This is great information. I’m an undergraduate trying to get into academic writing to boost my finance career and my writing career. Thank you for the blessing.

Why didn' t I found Your vlog sooner!? 1 year to go... Thanks for all the great talks and best wishes from Sweden!

I love your vlogs! Can't thank you enough

This is exactly what my small ears wanted to hear.i can't thank you enough prof. May God bless you abundantly.

perfect timing ...i'm writing my thesis. Thank you so much.

Love your inspirational energy... that's what I needed to hear. Please talk about the pain and pressure when you do your studies in a foreign language and your supervisor needs you to write native-like

Watching this for about the fourth time. Brilliant!

Thank you so much. You're my honorary supervisor!!

I'm watching now nice sharing

its like you are in my head.. Slow Writing, Fast Writing and now this.. THANK YOU so much!!

Great video for ECRs as well - Thanks Tara!

女士， 您讲得很不错！谢谢您. Thanks ma'am. You really explain beautifully!

Going to listen to some of these on my headphones while I'm out walking :) thanks

Thank you so much. you tackled every spot of life basically, you are brilliant.

Hi Prof. very fabulous here! Amazing work you are doing inspiring and motivating lots and lots of people out here. Always looking forward to hearing your new talk. Indeed you have helped clean my desk.

this is a great video!! Unfortunately, due to the Pandemic, I got stranded at my parents house since March. So what had to be a quick visit has turned into half a year living with my parents (yay!). It has been beyond hard to get anything done. It is extremely difficult to make my family understand that I need a schedule, that I need quiet space, that I am not just "studying" (like for an exam)... ugh! This has been the least productive stage of my PhD and I've become more and more frustrated. I must learn to say NO often!! Thanks for all your wonderful tips and for sharing your knowledge with us!!!

I like this woman. Thank you so much 🙏🏼

Thank you Tara, this is fantastic! Not just tips for writing, but some good life advice as well!

This is so wonderful to watch, love to the professor :)

I want to say thank you, I’m taking my PhD and your insights helps me a lot.

Have told everyone who could benefit about your broadcasts! Thanks so much for sharing your incredibly helpful experience.

Really helpful, going to have to watch a few times!

Amazing discussions and Vlogs. I am doing a part time PhD student at University of Salford. Tha mnks for the help.

Very useful and motivational.. As I am now writing my chapters for PhD thesis....

Loved this vlog so much... really useful tips especially about the silence 💕 and saying no.

Great vlog! Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful information ! You are fabulous !!

perfect timing! thank you Prof. Tara. ♥️

This lady is fantastic.

Brilliant points of advice there...totally brilliant.

This is an awesome video. Thank you!

Thank you for a very educative talk. Stay blessed.

Thank you Tara. Very practical suggestions offered.

Awesome! Thank you, Tara!

This is just what I needed. Thank you for a great vlog as usual.

This is great - I'm sure i'll watch this again

very timely, thanks Tara!

This wonderful Professor terrifies me (I wouldn't hand in anything late if she were my supervisor), makes me laugh out loud and inspires me.. thanks (as always) for your thoughtful and interesting thoughts and pointers..

Brilliant ❤

Great timing in a week of global mayhem - make order of the disorder and pick your rabbit! Thank you!

Amazing vlogs as always. Best salutations from Morocco.

really love your vlog!

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Handy! Thanks Tara!

thank you Tara！

Thank you Maestra!

Thanks, there are too many people in my lab, I cannot concentrate................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... and these small sounds i cannot bear them

What you said at 11:08 caused emotional damage to your desk.

hi Tara, Thank you for another informative video. can you make one about how to deal with institutional microaggression for minority PhD students in a hyper hegemonic masculine university...

Gurl what works for you won't necessarily work for everyone/anyone else. Some people write better in a busy cafe. Some people need to alternate between the two...

Awesome! Thank you, Tara!