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Friday 21 November 2008
Welcome to Friday--have a good one and thanks for being here!
courage hope serenity wisdom I can keep starting and even a small step counts
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Saturday afternoon for Convalalria.
MIT/MUT for this weekend is to get 6 classes of reports substantially writtten and on line.
It is 12.30pm.
I have been up since 5am and not done anything towarda the MIT/MUT.
Surfing the web is not a MIT
Some small triumps so far:
Now:
4.00 pm Did above but also wasted 75 minutes sufring and eating.
Trying again:
Onwards in hope!
"Recovery from procrastination means doing what you say you're going to do, when you say you're going to do it."
Convalaria, strength to your
Convalaria, strength to your elbow...rooting for you from the chatbox
Convalaria
Good job! Keep plugging away at it: little bites make the meal!
I don''t know if you have used the Instant Boss tool or not, but it helps me limit my breaks and keep going. It can be downloaded off the net.
Recycler CI 5:55pm EST
Hi!
I'm getting ready to go to one of my 12-step meetings, and wanted to check in.
Last night I took a Benadryl for an allergy reaction I am having. While I slept well and got up on time, I didn't get up early enough to do an extra project before going to the gym. Anyway, showered at the gym & got ready for work. Did projects this morning, & we had a birthday cake for a coworker. Had early lunch, so could get back and cover the office while my other coworker left to drive on her vacation. Did projects in afternoon. I got all the deadline projects done, and made a list of projects for Monday. Now: saying a prayer for Pro, and going to my meeting.
Have a great night, everyone! :)
Recycler
Thank you, gals & guys, for being here! :)
GeorgeSmiley 3:20 PM ci
Had a standing breakfast this AM with friends (different from the Thursday one) and then worked for a half-shift at my PT job. Now have about 2 hours to do work in my home office before the weekend.
MIT#1: Weekly overview
MIT#2: Advance the ball on Project D-G.
The Hero's Code:
Show up. Pay Attention. Speak the Truth. Let Go of the Outcome.
Agnus really late ci today
Already knocked down 2 MITs. Last MIT: finish AP calls today. Commit food. Be on time for haircut appt. Find out time/loc of cheerleading finals. Have a plan for the weekend (feels too scary having all that free time without a plan!)
Journey 12:30 Update 2:30 5 pm
MITS 1-3 are done, 3 to go. My email inbox is also *empty* yay!
The infernal interminable monthly meeting is at 1 pm, so I'm taking a 1/2 hour break til then.
2:30 The meeting is over, thank goodness. small break, then MIT #4.
5 pm. MIT #4, which was to work on the boring tedious project, is done. Made major progress today although the end is still a long way off.
#5 is to work on my online coursework - I haven't done anything on my class this past week because I was in speech writing mode. Making this an MIT so I will get at least some done each day. Half an hour a day would be awesome.
#6 is an errand I MUST run on the way home, then I'm golden.
No chores tonight, it's Friday! So this is probably checkout for me unless I need a booster shot of motivation from you guys before I leave work today.
Have a blessed weekend all!
Jo
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye." - Miss Piggy
ScottK CI update 10:44
Prepare conference notesComplete PT profile & get offConference callPrepare EBR release web versionContact people for panel discussionwe are self supporting
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tiptree CI 9:40
MITs:
- omaha munge from soup to nuts
- call re medical records
- 1433 submitted for testing
- UPenn thing
- set up wiki for IE issue
- 1448 - coordinate testing w/ Todd/ examine logs
additional tasks:
- 1436 tinymce
- 1438 case claim edit
- 1376 - get access to vcu
- 1254 - exam date as patient identifier
- clean off desk
- clean/vacuum office
- practice guitar
- clean bedroom
- read 50 pp
- read ch. work-related book
- read The Nation + The New Yorker
- exercise
- gtd dump
- budget
- clean in basement
- mop kitchen
- email L.
Journey 9:45 Update 11:15 11:38
Good morning! I'm not quite as gung ho as I was yesterday, but I'm here and it's Friday. I've been to the gym, read email, set my mits. Coffee break time.
Is it really 11:15. I finally got MIT #1 done but it should not have taken 1 1/2 hours. Taking a break anyway! Then on to MIT #2.
MIT #2 done. That's better. On to #3. I have six MITs today but they won't get done if I don't move a little faster, and I have a long boring meeting this afternoon yuck.
"For myself, I am an optimist--it does not seem to be much use being anything else."- Winston Churchill
ScottK CI 8:37
Good Morning Everybody
A mere 13 degrees above here in wonderful Madison, and especially hard to get started in the morning! Fortunately I had to get out the garbage and get to my 12-step meeting, so I've got some inertia behind me!
There: I set 'em up, now it's time to knock 'em down.
Scott
Hi ScottK! Brrr....
I feel your pain! I'm near Madison, too.... Its hard to get going when its sooooo cold and still dark outside!! But just think....come January, 13 degrees might be like a little tiny heat wave!
Set 'em Up, Knock 'em Down
Rolzup CI
[X] morning chores
[X] meditation
[X] e-mail dash
[X] G work--No time! oh well, tomorrow
[X] pack lunch
[X] GTD/family time
[X] 10:00 study
--Rolzup
CL ci
8:30am : lots going on on the site today. Poor pro! Left off MIT 1 at 2am last night, so continue today. I predict 1-2hrs left. Set timer. Use chat if i get stuck/stalled. Fasten seatbelts.
12:45 : using chatbox. mit 1 is released. had several other interruptions, most of which i should have done. Probably shd have put of 1 of them and done the release earlier. yeah. next time.
Now have to do my quiet time. Great risk of going into distraction instead. Pray HP pls hlp.
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kromer 7:20 CI
Yesterday was not a great day...I went to bed without finishing my MITs
Today's a pretty busy day:
Scheduled:
seminar 11-1, seminar 3-4, youth group 6-8, party 8:30-MITs:
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yeast transformation+miniprep*call bank *2 (made one phone call)
*make hybrid interactome
*List of Qs for lab/30 min thinking about project (arg, I've been putting this off for days)
Other tasks
*bug SS about doc.
*email mini-parish
kromer 4:25 CI
Today was rough...lab stuff was a disaster (partly my fault, but mostly not), so it's occupied most of the day and I have to come in early tomorrow morning.
I'm going to go clean up in lab, then make a second call to the bank. Then I'll take a walk (I haven't gotten any exercise in days), go to youth group and go to party! Back after that, I'll try to do 20 min of work at least after the party.
Hope-Faith CI 5:31
Good morning all, it has been a very productive week and I am looking forward to a very productive weekend. Hope everyone has a great day.
AM Routine
CIGet kidsupCheck InBreakfastGet readyLeaveFeed animalsCheck for son jump rope for heartCheck for lunch daughterSchool
CoffeeCICheck E-mailContinue to input grades
Check on ForumIt is snowing here. Not something that happens very often. I has been 2 years since it last snowed here, other than a few flurries. It is supposed to turn to rain by midday. So by the time the kids and I get home and could play in the snow it will be all gone. I wish they would have cancelled school today so my kids could have played in the snow.
CI 8:11 Other than the distraction from the snow my day is off to a good start.
Between School and Home
Home - Evening
Arrive home by 4:00
Declutter hallway to move last dress out of Son's bedroom
5:30-7:30 PM Routine
Piano/computer
7:30-8:30 Family Time
8:30-11:00 Coupons, Intel 15 min, Christmas list 15 min, checking 15 min.
hope-faith
Hope-Faith CI 11:30
School
It is snowing here. Not something that happens very often. I has been 2 years since it last snowed here, other than a few flurries. It is supposed to turn to rain by midday. So by the time the kids and I get home and could play in the snow it will be all gone. I wish they would have cancelled school today so my kids could have played in the snow.
CI 8:11 Other than the distraction from the snow my day is off to a good start.
CI 11:30
CoffeeCICheck E-mailContinue to input grades
2nd & 3rd Lesson plans, e-mail, PPT, on-line quizCheck on Forumhope-faith
Wowzers Hope!
Thanks
Thanks for cheering me on it means alot.
hope-faith
roses CI
that cat looks lazy, and well fed.
today:
Get up before 9amEat breakfast away from pcCI, check emailsah, but the cat is at least
ah, but the cat is at least doing is cat-work. Because cats never procrastinate and they live fully present in the moment, willing and fully committed to each part of their daily round, whether fence-sitting, hunting, snoozy or playing. :D
cats and update
really?
where do my cats earn their money then..? they have cars!
oh.. maybe they're not actual cats. *wanders into next room*
hmm nope.. they're definitely cats...
#
Get up before 9am#
Eat breakfast away from pc#
CI, check emails#
Practice drums for an hourplus a half#
Exercise#
Shower, dress and clean teeth#
Drink ginger tea#
Practice songs and covers for an hourplus a half#
Eat a good lunch#
Update CI, emails# Work on project
# Eat a good dinner
# Draft letter
# Watch one house episode
# In bed before 12
lol cats
catscatz r my heroes. ah, to eat well, sleep lots, do little, stretchoften, and own a human who is so codependent she'll stop everything if I meow...Chick's CI/+sat. 1st CI
[x] pay bill
[x] tix
[x] make test
[x] prep
[] late books
[x] corresp
Confession: I notice that I always do some things that weren't on my list and then leave one or two BIG things undone. It's as if things being undone and a bit out of control feels so familiar that I prefer to keep operating that way. What would it feel like to make a really small list, do everything on it, not add anything, and then reward myself? :-? ::puzzled:: I think that that is something I want to try, and that I could learn from, learn a new way of feeling comfortable about being productive in a balanced way.!
[]MIT MUTn--now settling in for an evening work session on this in a room away from the comptuer
Starting my Saturday check-in. I need to get groceries, and wash in kitchen and a load of laundry, but most important is to time binge on paper 2. I'm going to get dressed and spend about an hour getting immersed in the topic before I even think of the household round