by Christine Li | Jul 30, 2014 | Actions, All Posts, Resistance, Techniques
Micro-movements are so important. Doing a to-do list Checking you have all the right ingredients for a recipe before you start baking Figuring out how much time you want to spend on finishing a project Sorting your ideas for an essay into categories before you start...
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 | 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...
by Christine Li | May 15, 2014 | Actions, All Posts, Resistance, Techniques
My friend Crystal Moody, who happens to have designed my lovely Procrastination Coach logo and site, just tweeted me a great article. It’s called Games and Your Brain: How to Use Gamification to Stop Procrastinating. You can read it here:...
by Christine Li | May 6, 2014 | Actions, All Posts, Resistance, Techniques
The number one problem I see while working with Procrastinators is difficulty initiating work. That doesn’t surprise me because it takes a lot to initiate something. It takes willpower, creativity, timing, preparedness, and ignoring all other distractions. All at the...
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...