Coaching practices for Panic Surfing in a New Job
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- My whole job search is just refreshing job boards and firing off applications into the void, competing with hundreds of strangers for whatever happens to be posted
- The instant a notification or a "quick question" lands I drop everything and chase it, like it’s an emergency
- The same situations set me off every time
- The second the work gets hard my hand is already reaching for my phone before I’ve even decided to
- When I try to jump straight from a meeting or a call into focused work, my head is still stuck in the last thing, and I sit there half-present, unable to drop into the new task at all.
Practices that may help
- Panic Surfing
Panic surfing is the practice of allowing panic to peak and pass without fighting it, fleeing the situation, or using safety behaviors — based on the understanding that panic attacks are physiologically self-limiting and cannot escalate indefinitely. The approach is drawn from panic treatment research and from acceptance-based models; it is one of the most effective behavioral components of modern panic disorder treatment. - Build and work a target list of roles and organisations
Replace passive job board browsing with active research into specific organisations you want to understand.
Informational Interviews: Career Research That Builds Your Network - Triage interruptions before acting on them
When something interrupts you, categorize it as urgent-now or capture-for-later before deciding whether to switch.
Context Switching Cost: Why Task Switching Wrecks Focus - Plan ahead for predictable triggers
Decide in advance how you will surf the urges you know are coming.
Urge Surfing: Riding the Wave of a Craving - Use mindfulness to notice the urge to delay without acting on it
Observe the impulse to switch tasks or check your phone as a transient sensation, not a command.
Procrastination as Emotion Regulation - Urge Surfing: Riding the Wave of a Craving
Urge surfing means treating a craving like a wave — observing it rise, peak, and fall instead of either fighting it or acting on it. Drawn from Alan Marlatt’s mindfulness-based relapse prevention, it works because urges are time-limited and pass on their own when not fed. It is a well-established clinical technique for everyday cravings; for serious addiction, it belongs alongside professional support, not instead of it. - Build a two-minute transition buffer between activities
Leave a short blank buffer between any prior activity and the work that needs to start.
Task Initiation: Overcoming the Start Problem - Know and mark the edges of your circle
Label the boundary clearly: 'inside my circle’ vs 'outside my circle’ vs 'I am not sure.'
Circle of Competence - Default new requests to tomorrow
Unless something is genuinely urgent, new work goes to tomorrow — not today.
Do It Tomorrow, Made Practical - Surf the urge to avoid instead of obeying it
Treat the avoidance impulse as a wave to observe and outlast, not a command to obey.
Embracing Discomfort: Turning Resistance Into Growth
Related concerns
- Panic Surfing At Work
Panic surfing is the practice of allowing panic to peak and pass without fighting it, fleeing the situation, or using safety behaviors — based on the understanding that panic attacks are physiologically self-limiting and cannot escalate indefinitely. The approach is drawn from panic treatment research and from acceptance-based models; it is one of the most effective behavioral components of modern panic disorder treatment.
- Panic Surfing After A Setback
Panic surfing is the practice of allowing panic to peak and pass without fighting it, fleeing the situation, or using safety behaviors — based on the understanding that panic attacks are physiologically self-limiting and cannot escalate indefinitely. The approach is drawn from panic treatment research and from acceptance-based models; it is one of the most effective behavioral components of modern panic disorder treatment.
- Panic Surfing As A Caregiver
Panic surfing is the practice of allowing panic to peak and pass without fighting it, fleeing the situation, or using safety behaviors — based on the understanding that panic attacks are physiologically self-limiting and cannot escalate indefinitely. The approach is drawn from panic treatment research and from acceptance-based models; it is one of the most effective behavioral components of modern panic disorder treatment.
- Panic Surfing As A Parent
Panic surfing is the practice of allowing panic to peak and pass without fighting it, fleeing the situation, or using safety behaviors — based on the understanding that panic attacks are physiologically self-limiting and cannot escalate indefinitely. The approach is drawn from panic treatment research and from acceptance-based models; it is one of the most effective behavioral components of modern panic disorder treatment.
- Panic Surfing During A Big Change
Panic surfing is the practice of allowing panic to peak and pass without fighting it, fleeing the situation, or using safety behaviors — based on the understanding that panic attacks are physiologically self-limiting and cannot escalate indefinitely. The approach is drawn from panic treatment research and from acceptance-based models; it is one of the most effective behavioral components of modern panic disorder treatment.
- Panic Surfing For My Teenager
Panic surfing is the practice of allowing panic to peak and pass without fighting it, fleeing the situation, or using safety behaviors — based on the understanding that panic attacks are physiologically self-limiting and cannot escalate indefinitely. The approach is drawn from panic treatment research and from acceptance-based models; it is one of the most effective behavioral components of modern panic disorder treatment.
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