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.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
"Call of the Wild": Have a very productive and happy day today! Best wishes from Sophie the cat
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Finding a way check in
12.40 pm Thursday
Another lovely picture, Rosebud, thank you.
Feeling a little overwhelmed - it is great having family staying here but somewhat distracting.
Completed reasonable productive day at client's office yesterday after taking Tuesday off to go out walking etc with family.
Today I have done: washing, meeting with friends over work contract, downloaded photos, USB, timesheet.
My to do lists are out of date and looking at me reproachfully, but I actually need to reprioritise.
Must do for work:
quote for S, look at document for J.Also:
exercises,rationalise lists,look at software with T,driving lesson, washing in,meditation,cook dinner,piano.
Agnus 3:37pm
DONE> 1. Send R my playbyplay of the last 2 weeks so she knows what's up
DONE> 2. Send A the work order for the onesheet
INTERRUPTION: reviewed invoice on demand from hq; noted major bookkeeping error has now carried over 4 months; much time-sucking with bkkpng - grr
DONE> 3. Review, revise M's 4 versions and send to client
> 4. Finish reviewing edits and comments of Steps 5-10; compile single doc; send to layout
> 5. Have a conversation with G re budget and when we can get full layout.
> 6. Draft a weekly report for R's review - careful language re hot potato client
"Routine is the shark cage that lets me swim safely in the real world." Anonymous
@journey
Always intrigued how our paths cross, jo. Hope your husband does ok - mine had rotator cuff surgery Thursday and is officially a "patient" (lol) until September - talk about needing patience!
Thinking of you.
"Routine is the shark cage that lets me swim safely in the real world." Anonymous
Thanks Ag and 4Change
He is feeling much better I am happy to report. We go for the follow up appt today and he is going to ask if he can go back to work tomorrow. I love him but I am ready for him to go back to work lol.
Jo
Avoiding the truth consumes great effort and energy. - Jim Loehr
Pluses and minuses
Alright, I have spent the morning messing around on the internet and participating in an administrative back and forth of emails at work. Yesterday turned out to be quite productive, so I feel less stressed right now. I am also dealing with a post-push letdown, and don't want to work as hard today as yesterday. I am also tired, as I managed to overstay at work yet again - with good results, mind you, but it was still a late night - and procrastinate at home before going to bed late. Here's a quick review of the scorecard.
Eliminate unnecessary internet at work: Not really; used it as a stress escape valve, but not excessively
Time tracking: Yes until mid afternoon then lost track
Email 4x work/2x personal (@ work): No/No
Work 12 hours max: No (13 hours)
Daily personal time: Yes, but late at night again, and only internet distraction
Sleep 8 hours min: No (6.5 hours)
Early to rise: No (7 AM)
Early to work: No (8:45 AM)
Early putting plan into action: No (plan to start at 12:30 PM)
So, no progress on the behavioral modification, but pretty satisfying progress at work. Will try to do better moving forward today.
Back to report.
Journey 11 am a night in the ER
Late start today due to spending the night in the ER with my husband - I thought he had broken his foot but it turned out to be GOUT. I had no idea gout was so horrible. He's on bed rest for a few days. It's a good thing I got rested up yesterday eh? He's on 3 different medications for it now. He seems to be feeling better but I think I can use this as an excuse to work from home the rest of the week :).
Meeting right now . . .back later with tdl for the day.
Avoiding the truth consumes great effort and energy. - Jim Loehr
Wow
Sounds scary. I didn't know it could become an emergency. Hang in there. Hope he feels better.
My Day Today
I want to thank my Higher Power for this program, this website, the telephone and online meeting, and my life.
I want to thank Rosebud for starting this trend.
Things I will do today
1. Prayer and meditation morning and evening
2. Go to the 10:30 a.m. telephone PA check-in3. Go to the 11:30 a.m. telephone PA check-in4. Go to the 12 noon telephne ACA meeting5. Go to the 1 p.m. telephone CLA meeting
6. Go to the 2:30 p.m. telephone PA check-in
7. Go to the 3 p.m. telephone CLA meeting
8. Go to the 4:30 p.m. telephone PA check-in
9. Take shower
10.Get dressed
11. Eat brunch12. Warm up and eat dinner
13. Make bed
14. Wash dishes
15. Recycle
16. Do number
17. Send out today's posting of Al-Anon literature
18. Post Al-Anon literature for Saturday
19. Go to work at 5:30 p.m.
20. Go to the 10 p.m. telephone CLA meeting
21. Go to the 11 p.m. telephone ACA meeting
Scribbler's Hump Day CI 7:32 a.m.
Thanks, Rosebud and Sophie. I hope y'all's day goes well.
I have started by putting more than I can reasonably do on my task list today. I will trim it down after I get to my desk and have a better look at my meeting schedule.
Prep
Get up at 6Make bedExerciseHealthy breakfastCoffee, paperCheck-insWalkMorning
Update QuickenDraft MonroeDo whyinsure intvwDo sellbiz intvwDo TH phone callAfternoon
Healthy lunchVoice lessonQ - P, E, BN, AW, IQ, ABEvening
Tomorrow
Rexroth Check In
Hi Rosebud hi Sophie
Done:
Up prayer and reflection
An hour in bed listening to the radio trying to work out if
I was well enough to go out for an exercise walk
Out for exercise walk and I was perfectly fit and well enough
Checked emails and sent some
Cleaned kitchen floor and washed up
Found directions on web for place to visit this evening
Spent time looking for Euros which I have filed somewhere really safe
Todo:
Bath and wash hair
Deal with mail when/if it comes - some is overdue
Some admin work
Research info for meeting this evening
Go out to meeting 5.30ish
Regards Rexroth
Rexroth Check Out
Done:
Above and ran washing machine
Out to meeting where I drank a lot of excellent red wine
Home and chat with brother on Skype and friend on phone
Checked emails
Thinking about it I wasted time this afternoon as I found it hard to concentrate when I knew I was going out this evening.
Todo:
Prayer and refelction
Bed and sleep
Good Night Everyone
Rexroth
Rosebud, Wednesday, July 13
It is 11:06 AM and I have been up for a while. Morning routine ongoing: