5 Back-to-School Productivity Apps for You to Consider
In my constant quest for ways to be more efficient, I've tried out my fair share of apps and programs. Below are a few I thought might be helpful if you are on your way back to school or looking for new ways to stay focused and connected. 1. Drafts -- This app works...
Make Hard-Working Checklists to Save Time and Energy
Checklists don't get a lot of respect. My purpose here is to convince you to develop some well-constructed checklists to ramp up your efficiency and your purposefulness in your day. What's the big deal? -- it's just a checklist... I once read "The Checklist...
14 Tips for Keeping Yourself in Flow
The following list is an excerpt from STEPPING INTO COLLEGE, an e-book I recently published with Diane Elkins. Although the list was originally written to assist students about to head off to college, I believe the points are relevant for us all. In fact, I think if...
The Importance of Micro-Movements
Micro-movements are so important. Doing a to-do list Checking you have all the right ingredients for a recipe before you start baking Figuring out how much time you want to spend on finishing a project Sorting your ideas for an essay into categories before you start...
Set the Wheels in Motion
Often when we are stuck in a large, multi-faceted project or task, there is good reason. We get: deflated distracted uninterested bored consumed by something else perfectionistic and over time, we forget the need to have this task be done. So much for the task. In my...
Announcing the Release of My E-Book STEPPING INTO COLLEGE!
I couldn't be more proud to let you know that I have recently launched my first e-book, STEPPING INTO COLLEGE, co-written by my good friend and colleague Diane Elkins. CLICK HERE TO BUY OUR NEW E-BOOK (AUTHORS: LI & ELKINS) - $5.99 STEPPING INTO...
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...
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