{"id":4033,"date":"2015-05-26T12:19:22","date_gmt":"2015-05-25T23:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesislink.aut.ac.nz\/?p=4033"},"modified":"2016-08-01T10:08:05","modified_gmt":"2016-07-31T21:08:05","slug":"finishers-wisdom-tip-6-find-ways-to-relax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesislink.aut.ac.nz\/?p=4033","title":{"rendered":"Finishers&#8217; Wisdom: Tip #6 &#8211; Find Ways to Relax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Recent doctoral thesis finishers Emma Kelly and Wendy Moore got together at the latest AUT Postgraduate Writers\u2019 Retreat to collate their 10 top tips for working on a PhD thesis. ThesisLink is publishing their insights over two weeks in our latest blogging event: Finishers\u2019 Wisdom! Enjoy.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tip #6: I watch Supernatural, Midsomer Murders and Antiques Roadshow, alright?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When you\u2019re feeling stressed you can feel guilty for taking time to do a few things you love. It can feel self-indulgent. But I continued to read novels, watch films, exercise and enjoy my favourite TV shows.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesislink.aut.ac.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/tv.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4106\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesislink.aut.ac.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/tv.jpg?resize=504%2C335&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"tv\" width=\"504\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesislink.aut.ac.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/tv.jpg?w=4912&amp;ssl=1 4912w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesislink.aut.ac.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/tv.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesislink.aut.ac.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/tv.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesislink.aut.ac.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/tv.jpg?resize=1024%2C680&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesislink.aut.ac.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/tv.jpg?w=2340&amp;ssl=1 2340w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesislink.aut.ac.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/tv.jpg?w=3510&amp;ssl=1 3510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I needed time out for my brain and I needed to share a relaxing activity with my poor partner whom I had looked at as if he\u2019d slaughtered the puppies when he offered me a cuppa. For your wellbeing, and for the sake of your relationships, find ways to relax and look after your body and mind.<\/p>\n<p>The Tip: You still have to have a life.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Emma Kelly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent doctoral thesis finishers Emma Kelly and Wendy Moore got together at the latest AUT Postgraduate Writers&rsquo; Retreat to collate their 10 top tips for working on a PhD thesis. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6725,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[70],"class_list":["post-4033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-category-3","tag-worklife-balance"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p83npQ-133","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesislink.aut.ac.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesislink.aut.ac.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesislink.aut.ac.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesislink.aut.ac.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6725"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesislink.aut.ac.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4033"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thesislink.aut.ac.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4107,"href":"https:\/\/thesislink.aut.ac.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4033\/revisions\/4107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesislink.aut.ac.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesislink.aut.ac.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesislink.aut.ac.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}