Do we see words such as fun and laughter get along with PhD scholars? Presumably, the life of a PhD scholar is so gruelling that all things that related to relaxation and fun fly out of the window and everything that links to stress and anxiety becomes your partner for that duration. However, we see the trend changing, people know and agree that productivity can be improved and enhanced in a fun filled social writing. Scholars around the world are trying and testing the means to meet in a social gathering. This helps to create that subtle peer pressure because of which the scholar cannot depend upon lame excuses for procrastination of PhD work.
The idea behind meeting in a social group from time to time with likeminded people who are also working on writing regularly and sometimes struggling with being regular in getting the desired productivity from their work. If you haven’t tried one yet, it is a good idea to do it. What you need to do is, make a group of people who are upbeat on joining and set aside regular time period at least once in a week to sit and write together at a location that is away from the usual location, in pleasing and sociable environment. A café is a good option. You would be excited to go there as it would be an opportunity to meet people, drink and eat and know the progress of other people. It can be constructive motivation. Make sure you set some rules for this session. It should be away from email, phone calls, social networking and other such distractions. It should be a social interaction opportunity that should progress further into enhanced productivity in terms of your writing goals. Even if you are able to do it for one hour once in a week, the inspiration and motivation that you draw from it should last you for the remaining days of the week. Keep your group big or small, as per your preference and where you find your productivity surfacing to the best possible level. And yes, remember that you need to maintain the positivity in group so regular and consistent feedback is important so that everyone is at the desired comfort level and is able to derive the kind of output desired from joining the group.
Happy fun filled writing in a social group!!!
