Welcome to the Attention Deficit Disorder Expert Podcast Series by Attitude magazine.

Hi, this is Wayne Callin for Attitude magazine. Today's topic

Solve the Procrastination Puzzle will put us on the road to

completing daily tasks and working toward our goals.

We've all said to ourselves many times, I'll do that later when I'm not quite so overwhelmed

or when I'm feeling a little better about myself.

A lot of readers in fact write into attitudes saying,

I know what I'm supposed to do, but I still don't do it.

We are very fortunate to have Dr. Tim Pitchill,

an associate professor of psychology at Carlton University in Ottawa.

He is the author of solving the Procrastination Puzzle, a concise guide to strategies for change. In fact you can read all of Tim's writings on the website

www procrastination.CA. Tim is a recognized authority on the subject of procrastination.

Welcome Tim and good to have you here with us.

Thanks very much Wayne. I'm happy to join you.

I want to start with a common misperception, Wayne, and everyone that's listening.

Welcome to everyone.

It's interesting to talk to so many people.

But procrastination is not a time

problem per se. And so often people, well-meaning friends will say, oh, you need to get a daily planner or you need to organize your time better.

And planning is necessary but far from sufficient, even from the kind of things Wayne was saying a moment. Planning is do it's about self-regulation failure because what we're doing with

procrastination is we're coping with our emotions at the time.

Usually some sort of a frustration or just a general feeling of,

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