by Christine Li | Oct 31, 2014 | Actions, All Posts, Feelings, Social
Procrastinators are real drags. We complain. We mope. We are heavy in spirit. We have lost the pleasure of having fun because we feel like we are behind time. As if time is running ahead of us. That is certainly not a fun feeling. Others around us don't really know...
by Christine Li | Sep 25, 2014 | Actions, All Posts, Social, Theories
Since I spend my days working as a psychologist, I spend a lot of time thinking about, participating in, and looking at communication and communication dynamics. I think about: what people are saying what they are not saying what they want to say what I want and...
by Christine Li | Sep 16, 2014 | All Posts, Resistance, Resources, Social
I've been having some difficulty getting my act together regarding this blog lately. I haven't been posting consistently, and some days it feels like the well has run dry. What I've realized in thinking about this current situation is that running a blog is kind of...
by Christine Li | Jul 22, 2014 | Academic, Actions, All Posts, Resistance, Social, Techniques
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...
by Christine Li | Apr 30, 2014 | Actions, Feelings, Social, Techniques
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...
by Christine Li | Apr 23, 2014 | Actions, All Posts, Feelings, Resistance, Social, Theories, Thoughts
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...