BReaking Up with procrastination
Join me for a free virtual workshop for adolescents on procrastination and how to most effectively manage it, especially if you have a differently-wired brain.
Please Note: The workshop will be geared towards teens, but family members are welcome too.
PLEASE NOTE: Workshop cancelled due to low enrollment
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Procrastination sometimes feels like the friend who’s helping you out . . .
until it doesn’t.
It tells you to wait because you work better under pressure. Because your life is truly enriched by hours on that sub-Reddit for your favorite anime. Because you really, really don’t want to do that thing you have to do. If you wait, maybe you’ll get inspired tomorrow, right? And you wouldn’t want to deprive yourself of all the feelings! There’s the motivation and anxiety you feel when you’re down to the wire. And there’s the elation when you pull something off, and the guilt when you know you’ve cobbled together something that’s not nearly as good as it could have been.
In the moment, procrastination makes you all kinds of promises. “Hey, “ it says, “you don’t need to worry about that now, you can just do it later. It’ll be great!” And you think, cool, I can do this other thing that’s so much better than my math homework. But then you’re left holding the bag at midnight, still wrestling with polynomials, and the mood boost you got from listening to procrastination is long gone.
Let's talk about breaking up with your procrastination frenemy.
Because sure, you could give up and resign yourself to always being behind and beating yourself up about it, or you could try this workshop. Here’s the thing: this isn’t your average “just get started” advice session—because you’ve heard that before, and it didn’t really work. Instead, we’ll dig into why procrastination is your brain’s favorite avoidant coping mechanism and how executive function challenges add their own special flair to the chaos. And we’ll learn a framework to help you figure out where you’re getting stuck and how to work through it.
Think about the things you have the most trouble getting done and bring them with you. Through interactive exercises and some slightly uncomfortable self-reflection (don’t worry, we’ll survive) we’ll tackle the challenges around your most frustrating tasks. Sorry, the workshop won’t do the work for you, but it will introduce you to some new tools that will treat you much better than procrastination ever has.
So if you’re ready to ditch the stress and start actually getting stuff done (at least more of the time), join us. Your future self will thank you. Probably.