“I Can't Stop Procrastinating": Executive Function Coaching for College Students in Boston

If you have ever typed “I can’t stop procrastinating” into Google at 1 a.m. with a paper due, you are not alone. You are in the right place.

Many of the students we work with are not struggling because they are lazy or do not care. Often, they care deeply. They know what they need to do. They may even think about it constantly. Yet somehow, getting started still feels impossible, so it waits. And waits.

One of the things we often hear is, “Once I get started, I’m usually okay.”

That can tell us something important. The problem may not be that you do not care or are not trying. You may be getting stuck at the point of activation: turning an intention into action and figuring out how to begin.

And starting is a skill we can teach.