Five Step Plan

Written Piece
Include the following in your 1-2 page five-point written plan. (Be sure to use sources to support your ideas.)
• Motivation
o Explain how you plan to stay motivated in your work within the courses in your program.
• Time Management
o Describe your time management plan including: a schedule of activities for each week of a course, how much daily time you will spend on your work including the day of the week planned, when you plan to ask any clarifying questions of your professor during the week, and how you plan to avoid time crunches before big deadlines.
• Work/Life Balance
o Explain how you plan to effectively fold your work within the program into your life.
 Include how you plan to incorporate socializing (with friends and family), self-care (mind/body/spirit), fun, and regular sleep, among other things, into your life as you continue the journey toward your PhD.
• Finding Support and Help
o Describe the NCU services, as well as any others, you have discovered in this course that you know you can turn to for help when you need it.
• Building Relationships
o Explain how the mentorship within this course has helped you to rethink your relationship with your professors.
 Describe how you plan to build relationships with your professors in future courses to have better interactions with them and be more successful in their courses.
Upload your 5-Point Plan document and click the Submit to Dropbox button.
Professor feedback: Your professor will review your 5-point plan and provide written feedback for you. Be sure to carefully review this feedback as it may assist you in being more successful in your career as a PhD student.