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...
Try These Techniques to Reduce Your Distractibility
We are immensely creative beings, we humans. And for that, sometimes we pay dearly. We make ourselves crazy with running around, trying to cover everything and not forget everything, while also making sure we never miss a Facebook post or the latest tweet. It’s...
I Imagine Dragons Now
Imagine Dragons Video - "It's Time" At the risk of sounding like a teenager, I write today’s post. Over the weekend, I had the good fortune to be able to attend the Imagine Dragons concert. I almost missed out on this opportunity, because I had a lot of work to...
Adding the Awesomeness of Momentum
My new favorite concept and word is momentum. I looked up the word and one definition that appeals to me is this one: “strength or force gained by motion or by a series of events.” I do think it is an interesting idea, that once in movement you get more movement. ...
Write Your Own Equations
So often making a change involves changing our old equations. By equations I mean the stories we tell ourselves about how we are supposed to do things. For instance, if I am going to feel important, I must be involved in as many activities as I can possibly get...
Guest Post: Starter Tips for Making a Life Less Busy
I'm very excited to introduce a new friend of mine, Liz Smith, who has recently started a lovely and heartfelt blog called The Less Busy Life. The following guest post from Liz will help us all learn how to free up our lives by simplifying, making choices, and going...
When Your Mind Goes in Circles
I am writing this post because of a few recent minor events which happened to me and to my blogging efforts. One thing that happened was one of my older posts was re-sent to subscribers to this blog. So readers received the same thing twice. The next thing that...
Amplify Your Presence
I've spent a good deal of my life struggling with feeling invisible. In different ways. As someone in my earlier days who had more ideas than ways to articulate them. As an ethnic minority unsure of how to represent myself in my community. As someone insecure about...
How Simplicity Leads to Well-Being
Live Simply. Easy for you to say. It seems a great irony to me that living simply needs to be the more intentional way of living these days. It is an active process of removing unnecessary items and matters from your life, and then having more room for what you...
On Working Too Hard
It has struck me lately the irony that procrastinators work too hard. After all, the common perception of procrastinators is we're not working at all. But that common perception is really only partially true. I think all procrastinators know that. We are hard-core...
Be Braver Than You Think You Are
Working as a psychologist for many years has its perks. And I am not talking 401(K)-type benefits. I tend to think of them as my own private perks. Here's a sampling: I hear people tell me things they have never spoken openly about before. Perk for me: I get to see...
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