Ensure Your Own Comfort
Severe Procrastinators are caught in a cycle of distress and delay, even when they are not actively thinking about what they are avoiding. Chronically severe Procrastinators unfortunately are locked in that state, depleted from important needed elements of living...Stay True to Your Own Style
Last week I posted about doing a group project and learning how to work quickly. If you missed the post, you can read it here. I’m writing today because I learned some more after all was said and done. I had learned how to take shortcuts, how to think on my...The Trap of Perfectionism
Okay, so the holiday season is pretty much over, and we are headed back into work mode, routine mode, busy, busy mode. Right now, I feel pretty good about going back to work, because I learned (inadvertently) a trick or two about working while I was on my two-week...Looking Forward to 2014 (More Calmly)
As the New Year 2014 approaches, I’m finding I want to use the time remaining in 2013 to wrap up some loose ends. That is my typical approach to facing the new year changeover. I actually try to finish a few things. I have never been good at either making...Too Much To Do: The Foot-in-the-Door Technique
When I help students figure out how to get through a week or two of multiple assignments for different classes, I teach them my version of the Foot-in-the-Door technique. I learned the technique when I was in my Social Psychology class in graduate school. The idea,...
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