Re-Release: Tim Pychyl on Being a Procrastinator

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🗓️ 29 December 2019

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Are you ready to make some changes in your life in 2020? Click Here to book your Free Strategy Session with Eric! Tim Pychyl is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Carlton University and hosts a podcast called I Procrastinate. We discuss how to go from being a procrastinator to someone who gets things done. His book that we discuss in this episode is on that very topic – it’s called Solving the Procrastination Puzzle: A Concise Guide to Strategies for Change In This Interview, Tim Pychyl and I Discuss Being a Procrastinator and… His book, Solving the Procrastination Puzzle: A Concise Guide to Strategies for Change How it’s in the getting on in life that makes a life Being a procrastinator can be an existential matter What he tells his children: I didn’t ask what you want to do or how you feel, I told you it’s time to make your bed. When we are procrastinators we delay getting on with our lives Being an active member or your own life The two ways being a procrastinator compromises our health Stress Fewer wellness behaviors Treatment delay “I’ll look after that later” Being a Procrastinator is a problem of self-regulated behavior I won’t give in to feel good Goal Intentions and Implementation intentions When….then… Giving the monkey something to do What’s the next action? Keeping it small Hacks to work around our irrational thinking Motivation and then Action or Action and then Motivation The meaning behind our goals Meaning and Manageability Asking what will this cost me if I put it off? Being a Procrastinator Prefer tomorrow over today Thinking “I’ll feel like doing it tomorrow” Affect forecasting Thinking of your future self as a stranger Developing empathy for future self Self-handicap to preserve self-esteem Tim Pychyl Procrastinator Episode Links Homepage Twitter Tim’s Psychology Today Page See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, happy almost new year. This is the next in our series of behavior and habit related
0:07.2	re-releases to ring in the beginning of 2020, a new year and a new decade. Today's is with Tim
0:16.7	Pitchell, who is a professor who studies procrastination. In this interview, I've really thought about a
0:22.4	lot of things that was said in this interview. I think it's a really good one, but one of the things
0:26.6	that he said in the interview is that he thinks procrastination is a problem of emotional regulation.
0:32.6	And that really made a lot of sense to me. And emotional regulation is something that I've been
0:37.3	thinking a lot about this year and working with my clients a lot this year on. Because really,
0:42.4	it's kind of the whole ball of wax in some ways, right? It's about, can I decide what's important?
0:47.2	And then when my emotions come up, can I stay with what I've decided is important in my life?
0:52.5	Not what my emotions are pushing or pulling me to do right now. Can I allow the emotions to be there,
0:59.0	process them, and then act according to my values? And that's really procrastination, eating well,
1:04.4	stopping, drinking, all the different things that a lot of us want to do in life, keeping up
1:08.2	a meditation practice. It really takes that emotional regulation piece. It's not the only piece of
1:13.5	behavior change, but it is an important piece. So this interview from Tim is really great. If you'd
1:19.2	like to get some more help with emotional regulation as well as all the other aspects of behavior
1:24.2	change, then sign up to talk to me for a 30 minute call. And I'll tell you a little bit more about
1:30.3	the program. I'll learn what's going on with you. I'll give you an actionable piece of information.
1:36.0	And if the program makes sense, we'll talk about moving forward. And if it doesn't, we will
1:42.2	be friends after talking for 30 minutes. And I'll have gotten to know you a little bit better.
1:45.8	You can go to errickzimmer.coach slash application for that. And here is the interview with
1:52.0	Tim Pitchell. I hope you enjoy it. It is in the getting on with life that makes our lives.
1:58.0	And that procrastination in a very real sense is an existential issue of not getting on with life itself.
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