Comments on: On Transition and Change http://pos-psych.com/news/dana-arakawa/20071014444 Positive Psychology News Daily - Daily boost of research-based happiness. Authored by University of Pennsylvania graduates of the Master of Applied Positive Psychology program (MAPP). Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:35:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: furniture » Blog Archive » On Transition and Change http://pos-psych.com/news/dana-arakawa/20071014444#comment-9012 furniture » Blog Archive » On Transition and Change Sun, 21 Oct 2007 14:59:48 +0000 http://pos-psych.com/news/dana-arakawa/20071014444#comment-9012 [...] Read the rest of this great post here [...] […] Read the rest of this great post here […]

]]> By: Psychiatry » Blog Archives » Inside Higher Ed: Ethics Rebellion in Psychology http://pos-psych.com/news/dana-arakawa/20071014444#comment-8887 Psychiatry » Blog Archives » Inside Higher Ed: Ethics Rebellion in Psychology Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:35:20 +0000 http://pos-psych.com/news/dana-arakawa/20071014444#comment-8887 [...] for me to move on to a distinctly different phase of … Posted in Psychiatry | Trackback | del.icio.us | Top OfPage [...] […] for me to move on to a distinctly different phase of … Posted in Psychiatry | Trackback | del.icio.us | Top OfPage […]

]]> By: Margaret http://pos-psych.com/news/dana-arakawa/20071014444#comment-8876 Margaret Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:01:20 +0000 http://pos-psych.com/news/dana-arakawa/20071014444#comment-8876 Dana, I'm so happy you decided to write about what you're experiencing and I look forward to your next post on your adventures in Peru. When it comes to procrastination I like to imagine that I have already completed the task (visualization) and then I think about how good it will feel and what I will do to reward myself. You know me, I'm all about "getting it out the door" -- borrowing from Prochaska's change cycle -- the time we spend in "preparation" is critical to ultimately taking "action". Adios amiga, Margarita Dana, I’m so happy you decided to write about what you’re experiencing and I look forward to your next post on your adventures in Peru. When it comes to procrastination I like to imagine that I have already completed the task (visualization) and then I think about how good it will feel and what I will do to reward myself. You know me, I’m all about “getting it out the door” — borrowing from Prochaska’s change cycle — the time we spend in “preparation” is critical to ultimately taking “action”. Adios amiga, Margarita

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]]> By: Caroline Miller http://pos-psych.com/news/dana-arakawa/20071014444#comment-8869 Caroline Miller Mon, 15 Oct 2007 21:31:55 +0000 http://pos-psych.com/news/dana-arakawa/20071014444#comment-8869 Hi Dana, Congratulations on this huge step in your life, and don't forget to teach everyone how to say aloha in Peru! I love the topic of procrasination, and spent a day studying it at the Albert Ellis Institute with Dr. William Knaus, who wrote some great books on procrastination. The best thing I got from that day was understanding that we all have a procrasination "sequence" that we enter into when we are beginning to put off something important that needs to be done. Our sequence is unique to us, and involves actions, thoughts, and other behaviors that we need to understand and break in order to make progress on changing it. Going to Peru is on my list of things to do before I die (www.your100things.com) so beware of strangers visiting with goodwill and goals! Aloha, darling, and be well on your big voyage. Caroline Hi Dana,
Congratulations on this huge step in your life, and don’t forget to teach everyone how to say aloha in Peru! I love the topic of procrasination, and spent a day studying it at the Albert Ellis Institute with Dr. William Knaus, who wrote some great books on procrastination. The best thing I got from that day was understanding that we all have a procrasination “sequence” that we enter into when we are beginning to put off something important that needs to be done. Our sequence is unique to us, and involves actions, thoughts, and other behaviors that we need to understand and break in order to make progress on changing it.

Going to Peru is on my list of things to do before I die (www.your100things.com) so beware of strangers visiting with goodwill and goals!

Aloha, darling, and be well on your big voyage.

Caroline

]]> By: Doug Turner http://pos-psych.com/news/dana-arakawa/20071014444#comment-8867 Doug Turner Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:26:54 +0000 http://pos-psych.com/news/dana-arakawa/20071014444#comment-8867 Dana: What an exciting adventure you are about to take. I lived in South America for two years (in Uruguay) and fell completely in love with the people, the culture, and the language. I am sure you will master the language in no time. I must admit to a little envy here. I remember 25 years ago when I moved to Washington, DC. Everything I owned was in the truck of my little Toyota Corolla - including my black and white TV! I remember thinking as I drove across country to DC that I could literally take any exit off the interstate and put down roots and grow! I was a self-contained-unit. Congratulations on taking this exciting exit! What great experiences you have in store. All the best, Doug Dana:
What an exciting adventure you are about to take. I lived in South America for two years (in Uruguay) and fell completely in love with the people, the culture, and the language. I am sure you will master the language in no time. I must admit to a little envy here. I remember 25 years ago when I moved to Washington, DC. Everything I owned was in the truck of my little Toyota Corolla - including my black and white TV! I remember thinking as I drove across country to DC that I could literally take any exit off the interstate and put down roots and grow! I was a self-contained-unit.

Congratulations on taking this exciting exit! What great experiences you have in store.

All the best, Doug

]]> By: Dave Shearon http://pos-psych.com/news/dana-arakawa/20071014444#comment-8864 Dave Shearon Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:39:10 +0000 http://pos-psych.com/news/dana-arakawa/20071014444#comment-8864 Dana, as a lawyer, I sometimes think I'm a "trained" procrastinator. Remember the intervention we did in James' class in the fall where we created a personal positive portfolio that was aimed at helping us experience a particular emotion or cognition? I put together a playlist of music that I called "Courage and Daring" but that could just as well have been "pull the trigger" or "quit dithering and do it already!" I still put on the headphones and listen to them when, in Margaret's terms, I need to "get it out the door." Dana, as a lawyer, I sometimes think I’m a “trained” procrastinator. Remember the intervention we did in James’ class in the fall where we created a personal positive portfolio that was aimed at helping us experience a particular emotion or cognition? I put together a playlist of music that I called “Courage and Daring” but that could just as well have been “pull the trigger” or “quit dithering and do it already!” I still put on the headphones and listen to them when, in Margaret’s terms, I need to “get it out the door.”

]]> By: Senia http://pos-psych.com/news/dana-arakawa/20071014444#comment-8858 Senia Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:51:04 +0000 http://pos-psych.com/news/dana-arakawa/20071014444#comment-8858 Dana, What a fabulously interesting article. Thanks for giving me a new tool for my toolkit. I had never heard of this cycle of change. So thoughtful of you to be able to step back, and say, "this is what's going on." I think I wold be too harried and too running around. Thanks for this mucho cool perspective. I very much look forward to hearing how you are when you come back! Very very best to you in your travels! S. Dana,

What a fabulously interesting article. Thanks for giving me a new tool for my toolkit. I had never heard of this cycle of change.

So thoughtful of you to be able to step back, and say, “this is what’s going on.” I think I wold be too harried and too running around. Thanks for this mucho cool perspective.

I very much look forward to hearing how you are when you come back! Very very best to you in your travels!

S.

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