Procrastinators Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from chronic procrastination.
Procrastination is the grave in which opportunity is buried.
Granite checking-in 10:56pm
It's late and I'm tired and part of me just wants to put it off till tomorrow...
...but I choose to at least open my spread sheet and:
1) determine the oldest billing date needing to be completed
2) locate the paperwork for that billing date
3) lay it out on my desk with a clean folder to take with me to work
Those and then some...
I did stay up late, BUT it was all Totally prodcutively used! I not only did 1-3, but I sorted 10 other dates and put all in their respective folders and made stick notes for the files that had more complicated issues to address! Now they are primed to begin completion one billing date at a time starting tonight!
Yeah me! Feels good!
Agnus checking in
Well, I spent half an hour crafting a nifty check-in and cyberspace just ate it! So just to say: Missed you guys. Not sure why I left for awhile. Glad to be back.
Today's MIT is a business project due tomorrow. I also need to timely relay some incoming emails to others when they come in, eat sanely and on time, and be on time for a 7:30pm meeting. I'll check back in before lunch to note my progress.
wb, Ag!
How you spend your days is how you live your life - Edge
Journey 8:45
I was quite early to work today and have already been to the gym, read email, and checked my calendar. Now time for coffee and todolist.
Yesterday, again, was just ok, I did work and I did work on the most important things but was easily distracted and didn't get as much done as I wanted. Still it's a great improvement over last week so I'll take it! I'm back in the office today so maybe I'll be more able to focus.
Jo
How you spend your days is how you live your life - Edge
Journey 11:15
Just testing my new sig!
Every time you get up and get back in the race, one more little piece of you starts to fall into place - (from "Stand" by Rascal Flatts)
Lucky CI
I've been in a slump for a few days and avoiding PA - just 'showing up' right now and hoping this will break the resistance a bit and I'll feel up to making a tasklist for tomorrow tonight.
I know this has happened because I pushed myself too hard. And that's great - instead of blaming myself for returning to my 'basic', 'inevitable' state of procrastination, I'm just learning the lesson and getting ready to try again with a bit more sleep and shorter tasklists this time. I'm also still incredibly impressed that I managed to do so well for so long. I was 'sober' for a while there. This is very hopeful.
I also want to work on overcoming the less obvious cousin of doing nothing... doing things really slowly :) Anyone else recognise this? As well as the periods of total 'paralysis', you have long periods when you drag and dawdle through tasks at half the speed you could. Net result: tasklist seems twice as overwhelming as it could, you fall behind, work all hours and lose sleep trying to catch up, and end up exhausted and 'paralysed' again.
Tasks inflate to match your idea of them, as if your subconscious is doing this on purpose to 'prove' that it's all too much and you can't cope. Rubbish! I'm going to do some thinking on how to break this cycle.
Yeppers
Lucky wrote: "I also want to work on overcoming the less obvious cousin of doing nothing... doing things really slowly
Anyone else recognise this? As well as the periods of total 'paralysis', you have long periods when you drag and dawdle through tasks at half the speed you could."
Can totally relate Lucky.
Two thread today and this is the second
Hi we have two daily threads today and this is the second just to let you know.
Regards Rexroth
re: two threads
Pro will fix it . . . but in the meantime I'm posting here cause I love the kitty picture! If that was my cat that bird would be gone by now lol.
Jo
How you spend your days is how you live your life - Edge
CL daily overcoming
7:30 getting started... bbl
11am: ok weak start, but not as bad as yesterday. almost sunk into despair, but my time with god from yesterday still has a little shine left on it.
i think i need to revisit Him to recharge first.
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the touch of the master's hand: http://procrastinators-anonymous.org/node/1898#comment-27748
"fall down seven times, get up eight" - japanese proverb
prosick - 1st Check-In 3:59 am
THURSDAY essentials
1) Leave house by 12:30 p
2) 1:30 dr test
3) Call Mom
4) Deposit Checks
5) Drop by B
6) Get online somewhere in town to get more of this list done (!)
7) Order Mom's gift
8. CM Meeting 7 pm
9) PAY DMV online
FRIDAY essentials
1) Register for S&U acct
2) Fill out M Eq U&F form (?)
3) Fill out E-500 form & submit
4) Fill out E-536 form & submit
5) RSVP for CN annual meeting
ESSENTIALS to figure out a time to do ASAP
1) DL program for WB editing & learn program
2) Work on WB editing
4) Transfer files to desktop comp
5) Write cover letter for N job
6) Write cover letter for S job
7) Upload portfolio for S job
8. Call M&M and schedule meeting next week
9) Call airlines about missing refund
10) Email C. form
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*prosick*
Prosick 2nd Check-in 2:23 am (1/15/10)
I feel like a collasal failure right now. Yuck.
THURSDAY essentials
1) Leave house by 12:30 p-- LATE, LEFT AT 12:502) 1:30 dr test-- LATE, GOT THERE 8 MINUTES LATE3) Call Mom-- DONE4) Deposit Checks -- FAIL, WILL TRY AGAIN TOMORROW
5) Drop by B -- POSTPONED
6) Get online somewhere in town to get more of this list done (!)-- DECIDED TO GO HOME TO GET ONLINE THAT WAY, KIND OF WASTE OF TIME SINCE IT TOOK 2 HRS OUT OF DAY TO DO IT7) Order Mom's gift -- FAIL, LOST MOTIVATION
8. CM Meeting 7 pm-- DONE, THIS WAS FAIRLY GOOD9) PAY DMV online-- DONE, YAYFRIDAY essentials
1) Register for S&U acct -- FORM PRINTED, BUT POSTPONING TIL CPA FOUND, WILL INCUR LATE PENALTY FEES
2) Fill out M Eq U&F form (?) -- FORM PRINTED, BUT POSTPONING TIL CPA FOUND, WILL INCUR LATE PENALTY FEES
3) Fill out E-500 form & submit -- FORM PRINTED, BUT POSTPONING TIL CPA FOUND, WILL INCUR LATE PENALTY FEES
4) Fill out E-536 form & submit -- FORM PRINTED, BUT POSTPONING TIL CPA FOUND, WILL INCUR LATE PENALTY FEES
5) RSVP for CN annual meeting--DONEESSENTIALS to figure out a time to do ASAP
1) DL program for WB editing & learn program -- FAIL
2) Work on WB editing -- FAIL
4) Transfer files to desktop comp -- FAIL
5) Write cover letter for N job -- FAIL
6) Write cover letter for S job -- FAIL
7) Upload portfolio for S job -- FAIL
8. Call M&M and schedule meeting next week -- FAIL
9) Call airlines about missing refund -- FAIL
10) Email C. form -- FAIL
I also have a ton new things to add to get done tomorrow. Blah.
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*prosick*