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...
Asking for Help
Asking for help can conjure up a lot of feelings. We can feel stupid, burdensome, out of place, out of line, incompetent. Great list of feelings, ey? No wonder Procrastinators, who are often feeling these feelings anyway, have difficulty knowing how and when to ask...
Step of the Day: Improve Your Financial Situation
With this post, I am introducing the first of what I hope will be a very long line of "Steps," each of which I think you can do in one day. As Procrastinators, we tend to get lost in thoughts of how things are just not doable. My goal is to help you break out of the...
To Tell the Truth
"Liar, liar, pants on fire!" -- Unknown Whoever came up with that saying was a bit of a genius, I'd say. The truth is a great, solid, knowable concept, but Procrastinators have a tendency to shy away from it. Procrastinators lie to themselves, e.g. when they tell...
Do Things Quickly
Do things quickly. This is one of my favorite tips of all time. When you are feeling down, curmudgeonly even, you can still decide to get it done lickety-split. This can apply to cleaning. Speed clean and toss things back to their homes and feel spiffy instead of...
Move Toward the Task
Always, as much as possible, move toward the task. I mean with all the parts of yourself -- physical, spiritual, emotional, and cognitive. All these different components of you are part of your capacity to work towards your goals. It does not suffice to come up...
Embrace Transition
Over the past year, I have learned to value the importance of transition. I don't know why it has taken me this long, but now that my eyes are open to the importance of transition, I cannot help but see people in transition wherever I look. Since I work primarily...
Perfectionism Dreams: Part 2
So, in between the last post and this one, you've stopped being a perfectionist, right? Just a little joke to empathize with the reality that perfectionism is a really hard habit to break. I recommend you think about dropping this maladaptive style of doing things. ...
Perfectionism Dreams: Part 1
Dreaming of being perfect. One of my favorite pastimes. I still do this despite the fact that I know better. I know better because I know perfectionism hurts, and I know I am really prone to acting imperfectly. That said, I thought it would be helpful to share...
Zero-Value Thoughts
Oftentimes, while we are procrastinating, we launch into a series of thoughts about our work or our predicament that seems worthwhile...like -- if only I had my red pen, then I would be able to do this better last year would have been a much better year for me...
Uncertainty
Uncertainty. Quite a blog topic. Uncertainty can make us crazy. Can make us worry. Can make us dread. Can make us stop dead in our tracks. There will be times when we are more aware of Uncertainty with a capital "U": when we make transitions when we think about...
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