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Category: Procrastination
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Resistance Isn’t Laziness, It’s Energy-Guarding: Understanding Analysis Paralysis Through a First-Principles Lens
Resistance is the nervous system’s desire to conserve energy due to lack of hope that expending energy is going to net a reward.
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When Knowledge-Seeking Becomes Your Emotional Regulation Tool
Awareness without support, tools, or scaffolding for new ways to move forward can add to distress. The brain can only hold so much awareness and knowledge before it starts collapsing under the weight of everything you’re trying to hold.
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Harnessing the Zeigarnik Effect: The Art of Opening and Closing Loops
Why Loops Matter We all know the feeling: unfinished tasks, unresolved decisions, or unmet goals quietly lingering in the background, consuming mental energy. These “open loops” create cognitive tension that makes it hard to focus on what matters most. But here’s the opportunity: when we can master the art of moving through life intentionally opening…
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Building Momentum with a Sufficiency Mindset: Tackling Procrastination, One Step at a Time
In our last post, we explored Dr. Russell Ramsay’s “Touching the Task” approach—a powerful tool for initiating action by physically engaging with a task, even in the smallest of ways. But what about when the root of procrastination isn’t just about not wanting to start—it’s the fear that you lack the capacity to begin and…
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Dr. Ramsay’s ‘Touch the Task’ Method To Overcome Procrastination
“Touching the task,” a strategy coined by ADHD expert Dr. Russell Ramsay, helps combat procrastination by focusing on small, physical actions rather than mental negotiation.
