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,...
by Christine Li | Dec 16, 2013 | Academic, Actions, All Posts, Techniques
The majority of my patients are college students, and working with this group of people is a great privilege. I get to watch people grow in leaps and bounds and rework and refine their personal styles of interacting with the world as they go. I have found that...
by Christine Li | Dec 10, 2013 | Actions, All Posts, Feelings, Resistance, Theories, Thoughts
We don’t really ever have as much control as we’d like or as much as we think we need. We spend a lot of time and energy trying to forget that. We try to permify the present by compiling mementos, snapping pictures, filing things, writing in journals,...
by Christine Li | Nov 28, 2013 | Actions, All Posts, Feelings, Techniques
Procrastinators can have a difficult time getting around to feeling grateful. They may be chronically stressed, perpetually depleted, constantly bemoaning their plight. Feeling grateful may just seem like a ridiculous waste of time. I think the trick about feeling...
by Christine Li | Nov 25, 2013 | Actions, All Posts, Resistance, Social, Steps of the Day
One of the most defining things about Procrastination is that it is isolating. When we begin to Procrastinate, we take ourselves away from other things we want to be doing and other people we want to be with. And so, it makes sense that one of the best actions you...
by Christine Li | Nov 21, 2013 | Actions, All Posts, Resistance
Some definitions of the word “tack” in The Free Dictionary are: “The act of changing from one position or direction to another.” “A course of action meant to minimize opposition to the attainment of a goal.” The phrase...