Hayden Finch PhD

Yeah, it's a great question. And my thesis is that it's less about time management. and more about emotion management. So poor time management, to be clear, poor time management can certainly affect procrastination and improving those skills can definitely be helpful.

So those are things like planners and setting priorities for the day and having some goals and getting organized, all of that, that can certainly be helpful. But ultimately, overcoming procrastination requires that you address the deeper emotional stuff that's going on.

So those are things like planners and setting priorities for the day and having some goals and getting organized, all of that, that can certainly be helpful. But ultimately, overcoming procrastination requires that you address the deeper emotional stuff that's going on.

So those are things like planners and setting priorities for the day and having some goals and getting organized, all of that, that can certainly be helpful. But ultimately, overcoming procrastination requires that you address the deeper emotional stuff that's going on.

Well, for one, you have to identify it. So when you're looking at the kinds of things that you're procrastinating, you have to be honest with yourself about what's going on here. Why is it so hard for me to get my documentation done at work? Oh, for one, I just don't want to, right? That I don't want a feeling. documentation just isn't fun. And so I just put it off.

Well, for one, you have to identify it. So when you're looking at the kinds of things that you're procrastinating, you have to be honest with yourself about what's going on here. Why is it so hard for me to get my documentation done at work? Oh, for one, I just don't want to, right? That I don't want a feeling. documentation just isn't fun. And so I just put it off.

Well, for one, you have to identify it. So when you're looking at the kinds of things that you're procrastinating, you have to be honest with yourself about what's going on here. Why is it so hard for me to get my documentation done at work? Oh, for one, I just don't want to, right? That I don't want a feeling. documentation just isn't fun. And so I just put it off.

But two, I also feel kind of ashamed that a lot of documentation has stacked up. And that doesn't feel good. I don't feel good about the job that I've done. I also feel really overwhelmed by how much has stacked up. And I feel scared because... Maybe you're a doctor, right? I don't get paid unless this documentation is submitted. And so I'm actually losing out on income for me, my staff.

But two, I also feel kind of ashamed that a lot of documentation has stacked up. And that doesn't feel good. I don't feel good about the job that I've done. I also feel really overwhelmed by how much has stacked up. And I feel scared because... Maybe you're a doctor, right? I don't get paid unless this documentation is submitted. And so I'm actually losing out on income for me, my staff.

But two, I also feel kind of ashamed that a lot of documentation has stacked up. And that doesn't feel good. I don't feel good about the job that I've done. I also feel really overwhelmed by how much has stacked up. And I feel scared because... Maybe you're a doctor, right? I don't get paid unless this documentation is submitted. And so I'm actually losing out on income for me, my staff.

It's hard to pay my overhead. And so they're all of those emotions. And unless you address that anxiety and the overwhelm and these other emotions that I mentioned, you're going to have a really hard time sitting down and getting that documentation done because it's not as simple as just sitting down and doing it.

It's hard to pay my overhead. And so they're all of those emotions. And unless you address that anxiety and the overwhelm and these other emotions that I mentioned, you're going to have a really hard time sitting down and getting that documentation done because it's not as simple as just sitting down and doing it.

It's hard to pay my overhead. And so they're all of those emotions. And unless you address that anxiety and the overwhelm and these other emotions that I mentioned, you're going to have a really hard time sitting down and getting that documentation done because it's not as simple as just sitting down and doing it.

It's like confronting the shame and it's confronting the anxiety and it's confronting like the real mass of the problem that is piled up in front of you.

It's like confronting the shame and it's confronting the anxiety and it's confronting like the real mass of the problem that is piled up in front of you.

It's like confronting the shame and it's confronting the anxiety and it's confronting like the real mass of the problem that is piled up in front of you.

For sure. That's definitely going to be a key piece of it. Like, yes, yes. The task is not going to be done unless you engage with it. What we want to do is make it so that you can engage with it. What a lot of us do when we're dealing with procrastination is we have the idea like, oh, yeah, I need to sit down and go through the mail. Oh, yeah, I need to get my documents together for my taxes.

For sure. That's definitely going to be a key piece of it. Like, yes, yes. The task is not going to be done unless you engage with it. What we want to do is make it so that you can engage with it. What a lot of us do when we're dealing with procrastination is we have the idea like, oh, yeah, I need to sit down and go through the mail. Oh, yeah, I need to get my documents together for my taxes.

For sure. That's definitely going to be a key piece of it. Like, yes, yes. The task is not going to be done unless you engage with it. What we want to do is make it so that you can engage with it. What a lot of us do when we're dealing with procrastination is we have the idea like, oh, yeah, I need to sit down and go through the mail. Oh, yeah, I need to get my documents together for my taxes.

We have that idea. And so we know that we need to do it. But what keeps us from getting from that idea?