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Thursday 18th April 2013
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clement ci - day 159 attempting abstinence, 79 from self
Abstinence from unplanned time.
Abstinence from relying on self.
Perhaps there is a better way - we think so. For we are now on a different basis; the basis of trusting and relying upon God. We trust infinite God rather than our finite selves. We are in the world to play the role He assigns. Just to the extent that we do as we think He would have us, and humbly rely on Him, does He enable us to match calamity with serenity.
We never apologize to anyone for depending upon our Creator. We can laugh at those who think spirituality the way of weakness. Paradoxically, it is the way of strength. The verdict of the ages is that faith means courage. All men of faith have courage. They trust their God. We never apologize for God. Instead we let Him demonstrate, through us, what He can do. We ask Him to remove our fear and direct our attention to what He would have us be. At once, we commence to outgrow fear. p68 AA Big Book. http://anonpress.org/bb/Page_68.htm
(too long. put this in my bookmarks instead, but do only in a designated break. until then, tolerate imperfection)
:) ci
:) start Instant Boss
:) v task
:) sched
:) quiet time
:) r task
:) s task
:) t task
:) 11am appt
:) sort tasks
:) j task
prj task
:) call mom re: bdd
pud disk - install
pud norton
pud fan
jd hp nb install hw
ka wrk - sym
ka wrk - email re: pdf write
kuf wrk - recontact
p wrk - rtn
client ku sat?
client h wed
later: g wrk
later: ht task
put away clothes
reflection
pre-plan tmrw
I like this quote by vic of mother theresa at url http://procrastinators-anonymous.org/node/4818#comment-61578
bookend putting that in my bookmarks 3:17pm .. 3:23 = 6 min, and that's cuz i stood back admiring it... That was off plan.
3:25pm : i never did day counts yesterday. 252 i got back on plan
It's been 0days 00hrs 02min since i last got distracted.
It's been 0days 00hrs 37min since i last went on an off-plan bender >15min (2hrs, not a bender, just work in wrong order, before that 2days abstinence)
It's been 0days 00hrs 37min since i last went on an off-plan bender >1hr (2hrs, not a bender, just work in wrong order, before that 3days abstinence)
It's been 4days 07hrs 59min since i last went on an off-plan bender >2hrs (3hrs, before that 8days abstinence).
It's been 20days 03hrs 01min since i last went on an off-plan bender >3hrs (6hrs).
It's been 159 days since i last went on an off-plan bender >1day
It's been ~202 days since i last went on an off-plan bender >1week
It's been 4days 22hrs 05min since i last relied on self. (14 days before that) And i was really, really tempted Tue night. Miracle, really, i did not descend into the pit.
7:45pm : i've been surfing since 4:35pm = 3hrs 10min, i'm gonna round that down to 3hrs cuz i can see it's a pattern.
It's been 0days 00hrs 03min since i last got distracted.
It's been 0days 00hrs 03min since i last went on an off-plan bender >15min (3hrs, before the 2 on 4/18: 2days abstinence)
It's been 0days 00hrs 03min since i last went on an off-plan bender >1hr (3hrs before the 2 on 4/18: 3days abstinence)
It's been 0days 00hrs 03min since i last went on an off-plan bender >2hrs (3hrs, before the 2 on 4/18: 8days abstinence).
THINGS I COULD HAVE DONE BETTER
Not gone off plan for so many hours.
THINGS I AM GRATEFUL FOR (everything i "did well" comes from god, either thru gifts he's given me or the way he's transformed me)
Even tho i went off plan for 3 hours, and twice today, i simply got back on plan. So as i write this 12:20pm next day (fri) i am not suffering still from being off plan. The cost of that mistake was limited to its duration. No after effects. That is God transforming my mind.
fall down seven times, get up eight - japanese proverb
RisingUp Check-In 4/18
Reminder: Motivation follows action. If I wait for motivation to strike, I might wait forever. Action first, especially if I don't feel like it.
Task List:
Read Bible and Eph. bookand Daily ThoughtsSATURDAY:
SOMETHING FUN FOR WEEKEND? MOVIE? DOWNTOWN? SHOW?
VIC 4/18/13
Show up (done) exer, plan
thanks fr starter Jalla. I was wondering how I could ever be happy today, then I read:
“People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.
If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway.
If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.
The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway.
For you see, in the end, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.”
―
Mother Teresa
fudoshin: 21 days of exercise: day 5: 1:44am
Please do not leave advice or feedback. Thank you. Prayers welcome.
Ideally I'd like to commit to longer than 21 days of exercise, but this
is a length of time I have satisfied on at least one prior occasion, so I
will start with what I know is possible for me to do. The commitment
is thirty minutes of exercise before midnight of any of the following
format: running, jogging, a combination of running-walking-jogging,
swimming, walking, attending a fitness class (something that requires me
to leave the house), stationary biking, biking, dance class, aerobic
class, yoga, karate (or other martial arts). I am doing this because:
commitments in my life, because challenges in the running sphere force
me to have other commitments in my life met so that I can exercise
unimpeded and feel good that my investment in myself is going somewhere.
point before midnight unless I make the commitment here to do it.
run/jog for 30 minutes at a time. I want to run a marathon at the end
of this year or January of next. (I have always wanted to run the
Honolulu Marathon; I don't even know if this is something I can do, but I
want to do it.) I have year after year pledging to do another marathon
and have not, b/c I did not make headway on my running plan.
training unit per day of the 28-week running plan I came up with, which
is a slower version of the eight-week Rodale run/walk plan.
not constantly fidgeting at my desk or feeling like I SHOULD be
running/swimming/walking or getting out in the sun or that I SHOULD have
done those things last night.
I have confidence in myself as a person interacting with others.
that positively affects my whole life. Since I'm making a promise here
to do it, that's going to help me to keep my promise to myself so that I
have faith in myself that at some point during the day I will exericse,
instead of feeling like crap because I don't even trust myself to get
to the gym or go on a walk.
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Yesterday I walked 10 minutes, biked six minutes, did stretches then (ran 2 minutes + walked 2 minutes) X 6.
Today I (ran 2 minutes+ walked 2 minutes) X 2, then walked 3 minutes, biked six minutes and did stretches. So I am logging 17 minutes for the day thus far.
KF Check in Thurs 18th April 08:10am
I have already:
Today I will:
Jog/walk to post officePost officeShowerHang up washingPut DW onLots of work for P - 10 pomsdone 7/10 plus a call and non-pom workHave a good lunch!@ Mole
Hey Mole,
Glad to hear the positive tone in your post today. I have real trouble with pom breaks too, I like your idea of having short things to do. And your comment about getting up and moving is spot on - doesn't feel like a break from the computer unless you move away from it!
Hope your positive outlook sticks around for a good long while - you deserve it.
@knitfisher
Thank you Knitfisher. The sitting down thing can be real sabotage. I always leave my desk but then I tend to go and sit somewhere else - which is far more likely to lead to procrastination than never leaving in the first place! At the moment I am carrying my timer with me in the breaks. Perhaps if I do this for 30 days in a row it will become a habit! On the whole pomodoro has worked better for me than anything ele, so I'm sticking with it.
Hope you and the tomato are doing okay, too.
Mole
Mole's check in
What a lovely starter, jalla - and it really speaks to my day so far.
i am late checking in for good reasons this time. Late home last night and decided to give priority to my bed time and this morning I stuck to my guns about making the Internet unavailable during morning work time - this has involved symbolically removing any apparatus and taking it my bedroom and putting it to bed. Then closing the door for its rest time. DO NOT DISTURB UNTIL MIDDAY
i was also able to discipline my pomodoro breaks this morning. It seems to work if I have a list of 5 minute tasks I can do in that time. Of course this involves the discipline of creating the list and always making sure there are enough items on it for me to follow, but some can be daily. The kind of things I have so far are eg. Putting stuff away from the dish rack, picking up rotten apples, making a pot of tea, bringing clothes of the line, putting clothes away. It works best if I have movement and least well if it involves sitting down.
As a result, I feel happier with myself than I have for a long time.
This afternoon.
to prov with mem
to town, edit article
5 St D with D - show him program
6.15 bus
take salts
cook proper meal
lum
relax
bed by 11
THINGS I DID WELL TODAY
well, I covered that really. But also this afternoon went well.
THINGS I COULD HAVE DONE BETTER
i should have checked refs for article. And could do with more prep for mem . I think moving away from orig concept
THINGS I AM GRATEFUL FOR.
For having a day of not procrastinating.
M giving me ginger
K doing quiz
doing R's dressings with A
having B purring on lap
D 's time and patience
rain
-work on brief -class
-work on brief
-class readings
-clean for 20 minutes
It's going to be a really long day tomorrow. I have to submit my work product to my teacher and I really procrastinated on it. I'm not looking forward to meeting with her. I had the whole day today and I just...I didn't do it. Time and time again, I hit the wall and I don't complete things. But tomorrow, Thursday, I'm going to get up early and make a fresh start of it. If I can get in an hour and a half of work done over breakfast I'll be quite pleased.
EleanorBE's Thursday List
Thank you jalia!
Thursday's like this
- decide what to cook for N, make shopping list
- Go swimming
- go to library
- order up SL and FFEP
- read SL
- copy relevant section of SL
- decide on relevant sections of H and FFEP
- meet J
- go in to work
- scan sections above and send to J
- post W's advice re IP
- buy food
- cook for N