The Thesis Momentum Map

Your thesis can move in loops and still be moving.

Some weeks you write ten pages. Some weeks you cannot open the file. Returning often means trying to remember where you stopped, what you decided, and what comes next.

The Thesis Momentum Map gives you a place to hold that information.

A practical tracker for thesis work that moves through stalls, surges, rest, and restarts. Made with ADHD, autistic, and other neurodivergent graduate students in mind. No diagnosis needed.

Inside the map

• The whole-thesis map: see every chapter’s status, next action, and last point of contact on one page.
• Momentum tracking: notice patterns across surge, steady, stall, and rest weeks.
• Chapter weather reports: name what feels clear, uncertain, stressful, or frozen—and identify what would help.
• Next-action lanes: sort work into Thinking, Making, Fixing, and Admin, then choose a step that fits your energy.
• Supervisor meeting support: prepare questions, record decisions, ask for what you need, and turn feedback into concrete actions.
• Stalled-section triage: work out whether you need clarity, information, support, rest, or a response from someone else.
• Restart cards and parking notes: leave a way back into the work after a break.
• Filled-in examples: see how the tools work in everyday research life.
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Start with the map and one chapter weather report. Add other pages when they become useful. You do not need to complete the whole workbook to use it well.

What you receive

A 40-page digital PDF in A4, Standard edition, with guidance, reusable worksheets, and filled-in examples. Includes fillable worksheet fields for digital use. Print the pages you need again for your own use.

Quiet colors, clear headings, generous space, and plain language.

Digital download. No physical product will be shipped. For personal use only.

Coming back is the skill. Not never leaving.

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