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Set the Wheels in Motion

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...

16 Tips for Speeding Up Your Productivity

by Christine Li | Jun 5, 2014 | Academic, Actions, All Posts, Techniques, Thoughts

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...

What to Do When You Don’t Know Everything, or, Tips for Every Day

by Christine Li | May 21, 2014 | Academic, All Posts, Feelings, Resistance, Thoughts

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...

We All Have So Much To Live Up To

by Christine Li | Mar 23, 2014 | Academic, All Posts, Feelings, Resistance, Theories, Thoughts

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...

On Working Too Hard

by Christine Li | Feb 5, 2014 | Academic, Actions, All Posts, Feelings, Resistance, Techniques, Theories

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...

Too Much To Do: The Foot-in-the-Door Technique

by Christine Li | Dec 22, 2013 | Academic, Actions, All Posts, Techniques

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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