Step of the Day: Take Care of Something or Someone Else
One of the most defining things about Procrastination is that it is isolating. When we begin to Procrastinate, we take ourselves away from other things we want to be doing and other people we want to be with. And so, it makes sense that one of the best actions you...
Don’t Be Afraid To Change Tacks
Some definitions of the word "tack" in The Free Dictionary are: "The act of changing from one position or direction to another." "A course of action meant to minimize opposition to the attainment of a goal." The phrase "to change tacks" refers to the action...
Techniques To Try: Utilize Your Morning Energy
I have been recommending my patients learn how to use their morning time more productively for a long time. In working with many Procrastinators, I had noticed most struggled with finding time during the day to work and then also lost additional time trying to find...
Escape from Idea Purgatory
[Tweet "One idea brought to fruition is worth 1000 in idea purgatory."] I am so pleased right now. A moment ago, I tried a new plug-in called "Click to Tweet" for my blog. And as you can see from the Tweet invitation above, it worked. When I installed the plug-in,...
Hiding
Hiding is a pretty critical part of being a Procrastinator. By describing some of the different types of hiding Procrastinators do, I hope to help you figure out your own modus operandi so you can start living without hiding again soon. Hiding in Plain Sight...
What Constrains Us
This post was written (and published earlier this week) as a guest post for Positive Workspace, a wonderful site replete with useful and thoughtful information and resources on developing a positive relationship to work. I hope you like it. It’s funny how sometimes...
When Disorganization Leads to Procrastination
There are some days when it is not our Procrastination that causes delay, but our disorganization. It may be those ink cartridges that keep running out. It may be you can't locate the flash drive your work is on. It may be your checkbook is not where you thought...
Step of the Day: Allow Yourself Some Breathing Room
Procrastinators tend to be involved in messy situations. Maybe not so much illicit affairs as much as having one project blend into another, and another, and another. There are many reasons for this, such as: problems setting start and finish times difficulties...
What To Do When You Feel Depleted
Sometimes we get overwhelmed by what we have planned for ourselves. When those times come around, we often believe we have no way around what is happening to us. It is when we feel most stuck that we need the most help. Here are a few things you can do when you...
Step of the Day: Tie Up a Loose End
Our capacity to focus is a precious and limited resource. One way to protect your ability to concentrate on larger issues is to take care of more minor issues that have been sticking around on your To Do List for quite some time. This may seem counterintuitive as we...
Techniques to Try: Toggling — An Easy Way to Keep Your Focus
There are often times where we may need to balance different activities and projects, large and small, over the course of a single day. Many of us, myself included, have problems maintaining the level of focus needed to complete any one task in one fell swoop. We...
Step of the Day: Do Your Laundry (without Agony)
I guess one thing we can always rely on is we will always have laundry to do. There. I said it. It's the truth. Can't believe I just typed that. Given laundry is an everlasting affair, I decided to lend some encouragement for how to get some of it done without...
Taking a Different Look at Anxiety Via the Anxiety Reduction Equation
The power of anxiety cannot be understated. And therefore, it is important for us to combat our anxieties as they arise, whenever they arise, and no matter how freaked out we may be by them. When we do not manage our anxiety, our anxiety takes over. It consumes our...
Step of the Day: Straighten Up Your Workspace
You may have come across a recent article "What a Messy Desk Says About You" in The New York Times on the debate about clean vs. cluttered desks. Where do you fall on this continuum? I, am a bit messy. This article made me feel a little bit better, because it says...
Stop Skipping
When we skip things we are supposed to be doing, we often do so without a second thought. No problem. No one will notice. I'm only skipping this one time. I'll make it up somehow. I'm far enough ahead so I don't have to worry about missing some lecture material. ...
Step of the Day: Make an Appointment
I hope this post will save you many stress points in the future. Step of the Day: Make an Appointment Schedule that _________________ appointment. You know, that dreaded appointment, that forgotten appointment, that pain-in-the-butt appointment, that uncomfortable...
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