Steve Tippins Ph.D. talks through the doctoral grind: trust your own timeline, don't compare yourself to others, lean on your cohort or a GroupMe group for support, schedule writing time, and take care of yourself. The process works if you stick with it.
Trust the process. Thing is, it is a process and you gotta go at your own pace. You know, don't compare yourself to others in your cohort or class. Life be lifin'. So just stay encouraged, be encouraged. Find a cohort or group that you can stay connected with. I will say I stayed connected with the cohort that I started. Some of them, I mean, not everybody in my cohort, but we still had a GroupMe. So if you can connect with them, that'd be great. Get in the community as well. I think it's important if you can get someone that's in the same boat. I think that's been helpful, but Trust the process. There is a light at the end of the tunnel. Like, if I can do it, I know others can do it. And yeah, just be encouraged. It's worth it at the end. So if you can keep going, set aside writing time, yeah, on your schedule. I think that's important. And self-care. I always say make sure you get some self-care in there too. Yeah, stay strong and trust the process. I'm gonna keep saying that because it is a process. Like I said, I wouldn't have thought I'd be wearing, but I made it. And I'm sure y'all have seen so many.
