It is very important to preserve a sense of balance related to your health, relationships, and well being while writing a dissertation. As we say, dissertation is a major and long-term commitment; therefore a student should have the resources and the energy to uphold their momentum from start to finish. As everyone has their own personality hence each person’s balance is different. There is a need to choose the right balance for you. One has to examine continually that what is vital and what they need to change so that they stay on their path.
There is no perfect solution as how to balance your dissertation, and the rest of your life. Some people like to work and choose to put their life on hold and let the dissertation become their life so that they will be able to complete the process as quickly as possible.
It is always better to take your counselor help if you facing any problem, sometimes they may advice you to postpone all delight until your dissertation is finished and sometimes not. It all depends upon person to person, their nature, behavior, and attitude.
In most of the cases, it is always better to be in touch with family, friends, your day to day activities. Getting away from the people and activities in your life may cause you to end up with everlasting scars from the dissertation process.
Therefore, it is always advisable to be full of life where you can combine your work and family, also you can work upon your dissertations too. But one risk factor is here, that is this path may lead to a much longer time to complete your dissertation.
To summarize what all we can say, you will have to be realistic about your commitments, and work. Be practical; try to maintain a right balance between work and family and other activities. Be relaxed, think but not too much.
