16 Tips for Speeding Up Your Productivity
I have a habitual problem with slowness. Not with how I walk or talk, but how I get to things. And how I get to a point of being able to focus on what I am focusing on. It is a constant, daily exercise for me to work on these struggles, and I have learned a few...
The 5 P’s and 5 Items to Plan for Now
I recently inquired about my older cousin’s capacity for both calm and kindness and remarkable productivity. I was informed about his motto of the “5 P’s” which is: [Tweet "Prior Planning Prevents Poor Performance"] Makes sense to me. Just wish I were more of a...
What to Do When You Don’t Know Everything, or, Tips for Every Day
When I began my graduate school training to be a clinical psychologist, I was worried. In particular, I was worried because not only was I one of the youngest in my cohort, but because I also had almost no experience in psychology. I had never done or seen an intake...
13 Tips for Excelling at Words With Friends and Life
My friend Crystal Moody, who happens to have designed my lovely Procrastination Coach logo and site, just tweeted me a great article. It’s called Games and Your Brain: How to Use Gamification to Stop Procrastinating. You can read it here:...
Start Your Engines
The number one problem I see while working with Procrastinators is difficulty initiating work. That doesn’t surprise me because it takes a lot to initiate something. It takes willpower, creativity, timing, preparedness, and ignoring all other distractions. All at the...
Now It’s Personal
I have been thinking about what it means to be personal lately. The first thing that got me thinking was when my blogging coach Courtney Carver persuaded me to write from a personal vantage point on this blog. I really wanted to believe I had already been writing in...
Making Our Differences More Apparent
If there’s one thing I’ve learned from being a psychologist and working with patients it's that we are all of different speeds and intensities. No two of us are really alike in the ways I’m wanting to talk about here. Though we may be the same age, look like each...
If You Feel Irresponsible
I was sorting through the day’s snail mail, when I had the thought about how very responsible I was being, sorting out the day’s mail. It was a minor thought, but really the idea of being responsible is a pretty significant one for me. I grew up feeling I was...
Use Your Guilt Productively
Use Your Guilt Productively. Sounds like kind of a nutty blog post title to me. I feel guilty about that, but I will get over that and try to write. As a psychologist and a person with a guilt-checkered past, I am amazed at the types of guilt I see in myself and...
Validation is Nice, but Not Necessary
When we look outside of ourselves for confirmation of what we feel and do, we complicate matters a lot. We turn from knowing what we feel and do, to looking in other directions, away from ourselves. At times, we can look everywhere and anywhere else for any sign...
Let Your People Know
Let people know of changes in your life, both big and small. It will be calming for you and them. Here are some situations you might need to let others know about: Did you oversleep? Did you run overtime? Do you feel regretful over what you did? Did you change your...
A Quick Note on Insecurity
I think it’s interesting when I suggest to a psychotherapy patient that they should consider coming in twice a week for treatment instead of just once, if even for a short time, the answer most inevitably is, “You think I’m really that messed up?” From my...
Resources: Twitter in My Pocket
I have hesitated to post about using Twitter because I am very new to the Twitter scene and because I am pretty sure Twitter can be used as a method of Procrastinating, rather than a resource for avoiding Procrastination. That said, I am pushing forward with the post...
Talk In a Straight Line
I wholeheartedly believe one of the more major ways to beat Procrastination is to communicate well. There are myriad reasons we may feel unable to communicate well: wanting to be polite wanting to not seem pushy wanting to be agreeable wanting to not seem greedy...
We All Have So Much To Live Up To
We all start innocently enough. In childhood, I mean. Then life gets increasingly complicated. Very fast. My understanding of Procrastination includes a recurrent theme I see in my Procrastinating clients. Adult Procrastinators are so often just the adult form of...
Consider Yourself an Equal
Many times in my life, I have been nervous or afraid. Many times, these moments have been when I have been unsure of where I stand in a relationship. For instance: I have been afraid to call a psychiatrist, because well, that would mean I would need to say something...
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