December 12, 2018

Tim Pychyl on Procrastination

40 minutes

Tim Pychyl is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Carlton University and hosts a podcast called I Procrastinate. 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

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In This Interview, Tim Pychyl and I Discuss…

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

That procrastination 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 procrastinate we delay getting on with our lives

Being an active member or your own life

The two ways procrastination compromises our health

Stress

Fewer wellness behaviors

Treatment delay “I’ll look after that later”

Procrastination being 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?

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 Links

Homepage

Twitter

Tim’s Psychology Today Page

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