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 7 February 2007

Welcome to Wednesday.


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jj's midnight CI

Up after 9:00am Embarassed  Not sure how to change this behaviour.

X put music CD on
X eat breakfast/take vits/read
X do breakfast dishes & take recycling downstairs
X fill water bottle
X check resorts on internet
X check email - finally all caught up!
X leave ph msg re:concerts - booked tickets when call ret'd
X make bed
X shovel driveway
X wash face/brush teeth/fix hair (does it still count if I didn't do it until late afternoon?!)
X fold laundry
X put laundry away
X get dressed
X make grocery list
X go grocery shopping
X put groceries away
- water house plants
- dusting
- wash, dry, fold and put towels away
- put clean towels out
X feed cat
X make supper (well, nuked it anyways)
- do dishes
X take recycling downstairs
X set VCR to tape show
X get ready for wine course
- leave at 6pm and stop at furniture store first
X 7-9 wine course (actually not done until past 9:30)
- watch taped show
X bath/wash face/brush and floss teeth
- in bed around 11pm
X read before sleep

Today I'm thankful for: music.

pro's last check-in - 10:30pm

I checked email quickly, but didn't clear the spam folder (or wash the dishes). I'm going straight to bed.

To Do:
 Rising time: 6:05am (lay in bed for 5 minutes listening to the news)
 Empty dish drain and wash dishes from yesterday.
 Lay out pills for the day.
 Pick up apartment.
 Shower and dress.
 Make and eat breakfast.
 Empty spam folder.
 Take pills - dose 1 of 3 (in progress).
 Wash dishes.
 Contacts.
 Call to cancel BMH appointment.
 Arrange weekend travel (call innkeepers).
 Look up property tax payment info. (Probably not until this weekend, but I'll put it on the list.)
 Call about storage billing error.
 Bring coat to tailor.
 Bring trash downstairs.
 Bring recycling downstairs.
 Go to work.
 Take pills - dose 2 of 3.
 Get mail.
 Deal with pile! (Probably not until this weekend, but I'll put it on the list.)
 Meeting.
 Dinner with friends.
 Check email.
 Take pills - dose 3 of 3. (May have taken the second dose too late to take the third. Bad. :( )
 Bedtime routine.

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Procrastination is the grave in which opportunity is buried.

pro's CI - 10pm

I just got home. I've been gone all day, since early this morning, and I'm exhausted. I want to brush my teeth and get into bed as fast as possible.

I'm sorry I'm not reading other posts and participating as much. My new job is very demanding.

To Do:
 Rising time: 6:05am (lay in bed for 5 minutes listening to the news)
 Empty dish drain and wash dishes from yesterday.
 Lay out pills for the day.
 Pick up apartment.
 Shower and dress.
 Make and eat breakfast.
 Empty spam folder.
 Take pills - dose 1 of 3 (in progress).
 Wash dishes.
 Contacts.
 Call to cancel BMH appointment.
 Arrange weekend travel (call innkeepers).
 Look up property tax payment info. (Probably not until this weekend, but I'll put it on the list.)
 Call about storage billing error.
 Bring coat to tailor.
 Bring trash downstairs.
 Bring recycling downstairs.
 Go to work.
 Take pills - dose 2 of 3.
 Get mail.
 Deal with pile! (Probably not until this weekend, but I'll put it on the list.)
 Meeting.
 Dinner with friends.
 Take pills - dose 3 of 3. (May have taken the second dose too late to take the third. Bad. :( )
 Bedtime routine.

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Procrastination is the grave in which opportunity is buried.

Bud's Check-in (6:10 PM)

Maybe I need to re-classify myself as a serious procrastinator.  A graduation I'm not very happy about.  Am I depressed because I'm not getting stuff done or am I depressed and can't get things done?  I really wish I could find my way out, either way.  No exercising, no cleaning, but I have been really looking for another p/t job.  Had a real good interview yesterday, but they called today to say they are using the boss' old secretary until their move and if they need someone they will call back in April.  So disappointed.  Have another interview somewhere else on Friday.

Tonight I would like to:

→ vacuum & wash carpet.
→ make lunches for tomorrow.
→ work on work doc that I shouldn't be doing at home.
→ make dinner.

Nice to see your back Monica.

Take care all,

BUD

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Quote: "Nice to see your back Monica"

Thank you Bud.

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If I can't do it perfectly, I'll do it anyway. If I can't do it all, I'll do some. If I do nothing, nothing gets done.

"I don't feel like it" is a poor sacrifice for your dreams.


jj's 1:15pm CI

Up after 9:00am Embarassed  Not sure how to change this behaviour.

X put music CD on
X eat breakfast/take vits/read
X do breakfast dishes & take recycling downstairs
X fill water bottle
X check resorts on internet
X check email - finally all caught up!
X leave ph msg re:concerts - booked tickets when call ret'd
X make bed
- wash face/brush teeth/fix hair
X fold laundry
X put laundry away
- get dressed
- make grocery list
- go grocery shopping
- put groceries away
- water house plants
- dusting
- wash, dry, fold and put towels away
- put clean towels out
- make supper
- do dishes
- take recycling downstairs
- set VCR to tape show
- get ready for wine course
- leave at 6pm and stop at furniture store first
- 7-9 wine course
- watch taped show
- bath/wash face/brush and floss teeth
- in bed around 11pm
- read before sleep

jj's 9:30am CI

Up after 9:00am Embarassed  Not sure how to change this behaviour.

X put music CD on
- eat breakfast/take vits/read and write in journal
- fill water bottle
- check resorts on internet
- check email
- leave ph msg re:concerts
- make bed
- wash face/brush teeth/fix hair
- fold laundry
- put laundry away
- get dressed
- make grocery list
- go grocery shopping
- put groceries away
- water house plants
- dusting
- wash, dry, fold and put towels away
- put clean towels out
- make supper
- do dishes
- take recycling downstairs
- set VCR to tape show
- get ready for wine course
- leave at 6pm and stop at furniture store first
- 7-9 wine course
- watch taped show
- bath/wash face/brush and floss teeth
- in bed around 11pm
- read before sleep

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Monica's CI - 11:35am EST

Confession time: I’ve been off track since Monday, when I had to pick my son up early from school. We went to the clinic that day, and sure enough, he has conjunctivitis. He was supposed to return to school today but the schools are closed due to snow fall last night. So, today all four of my kids are home, and having them here really adds to me feeling off kilter and sidetracked. Though I did get showered, dressed and went to work yesterday evening, I’ve been spending most of my time sitting on my butt in front of a computer screen. I’ve been dealing with some disappointment for the past few weeks and it seems to have really sucked the wind from under my sails. I thought I was ready to jump back in this week and focus, but these unexpected events have revealed that my constitution is still extremely week. I have only one thing I want to accomplish today and that is to start the family budget. I’ve been waiting for my husband to work on it with me, but I see now that if I don’t go on without him it will never get done. I’ve been waiting for him to sit down with me since the end of January and it hasn’t happened yet. I don’t want to use him has an excuse to procrastinate on this any longer. It’s not something I can’t do on my own. I can at least begin by listing what steps I need to take and check them off as I go.

Budget Work:
[] Distinguish one account from another
[] Determine balance for each account as of February 1, 2007
[] Determine a spending budget for each expense category
[] Record income and expenditures for the past 7 days

Some important things I have to remember to do:

  1. Take breaks every 15 to 30 minutes
  2. Do not get sidetracked trying to tweak the budgeting software (It’s not about having a perfect budgeting software program today. It’s about
Monica's picture

Monica's Budget CI

I did all that I could do on the budget for now. I'll need to revisit it next pay period to tweak it some more. But I'm comfortable with where I am in the process. I know how much I have to spend and what I can spend it on, until the next pay check. That is MAJOR for me. I haven't known this in over a year. LOL! I've been spending without ever knowing the bottom line.

Budget Work:
[x] Distinguish one account from another
[x] Determine balance for each account as of February 1, 2007
[x] Determine a spending budget for each expense category
[x] Record income and expenditures for the past 7 days

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If I can't do it perfectly, I'll do it anyway. If I can't do it all, I'll do some. If I do nothing, nothing gets done.

"I don't feel like it" is a poor sacrifice for your dreams.


Monica...

I've noticed a pattern with you. If you are able to stick to your schedule precisely, you are fine. But if anything causes a diversion from it - whether it's something under your control like oversleeping, or something out of your control like your son's conjunctivitis - it throws you off for many days.

Books on time management talk about how you should add extra time into your schedule to accomodate unexpected events, which always happen in life. If you could work on how discouraged you get when things diverge even slightly, I think it would help you. You seem to be very black-and-white about it - perfectionistic. Either your day is going perfectly, or it's a total disaster and you give up. You'd do yourself a great favor by monitoring this kind of thinking in yourself and learning to think in "grays".

Just my two cents.

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Procrastination is the grave in which opportunity is buried.

Monica's picture

Nail On The Head

Pro, I agree with everything you've said. I definitely need to work on gray.

Thanks


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If I can't do it perfectly, I'll do it anyway. If I can't do it all, I'll do some. If I do nothing, nothing gets done.

"I don't feel like it" is a poor sacrifice for your dreams.


Nice to see you back

Missed ya.

Sounds like you've got a great plan to start with the budget.

I think I may have put too many things on my list today.  It's a cold snowy day here too and I just feel like curling up with my book and the cat!  I'm trying to tempt myself to go out grocery shopping by promising myself a coffee at my favourite place.

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RE:Nice to see you back

Nice to be back. Thanks for the welcome JJ.

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If I can't do it perfectly, I'll do it anyway. If I can't do it all, I'll do some. If I do nothing, nothing gets done.

"I don't feel like it" is a poor sacrifice for your dreams.


pro's CI - 8:20am

I'm leaving for work now...

To Do:
 Rising time: 6:05am (lay in bed for 5 minutes listening to the news)
 Empty dish drain and wash dishes from yesterday.
 Lay out pills for the day.
 Pick up apartment.
 Shower and dress.
 Make and eat breakfast.
 Empty spam folder.
 Take pills - dose 1 of 3 (in progress).
 Wash dishes.
 Contacts.
 Call to cancel BMH appointment.
 Arrange weekend travel (call innkeepers).
 Look up property tax payment info. (Probably not until this weekend, but I'll put it on the list.)
 Call about storage billing error.
 Bring coat to tailor.
 Bring trash downstairs.
 Bring recycling downstairs.
 Go to work.
 Take pills - dose 2 of 3.
 Get mail.
 Deal with pile! (Probably not until this weekend, but I'll put it on the list.)
 Meeting. (Not sure about this - the meeting tonight is late and I get tired early.)
 Dinner (perhaps with friends).
 Take pills - dose 3 of 3.
 Bedtime routine.

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Procrastination is the grave in which opportunity is buried.

pro's first check-in - 7:40am

New plan: Don't log onto the computer until I'm dressed and eating breakfast.

I'm not sleeping well. I wake up every hour or two during the night. :(

To Do:
 Rising time: 6:05am (lay in bed for 5 minutes listening to the news)
 Empty dish drain and wash dishes from yesterday.
 Lay out pills for the day.
 Pick up apartment.
 Shower and dress.
 Make and eat breakfast.
 Empty spam folder.
 Take pills - dose 1 of 3 (in progress).
 Wash dishes.
 Contacts.
 Call to cancel BMH appointment.
 Arrange weekend travel (call innkeepers).
 Look up property tax payment info. (Probably not until this weekend, but I'll put it on the list.)
 Call about storage billing error.
 Go to work.
 Take pills - dose 2 of 3.
 Get mail.
 Deal with pile! (Probably not until this weekend, but I'll put it on the list.)
 Meeting. (Not sure about this - the meeting tonight is late and I get tired early.)
 Dinner (perhaps with friends).
 Take pills - dose 3 of 3.
 Bedtime routine.

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Procrastination is the grave in which opportunity is buried.

Rexroth 05.19 GMT

It's early and I'm very much awake. I don't need to leave the house till 9.00 and I'm worried about falling asleep again. Today is important to me and I want it to go right.

Todo today

up prayer reflection meditation
deal with phone messages emails post
get ready and check carefully and go out
travel to other side of the city
sort out craft machines and bits pack and pay for them
home by cab - prebooked will it turn up?
put machines and all bits down and leave alone until I'm ready to deal with them
relax a bit
buy milk and collect prescription
tidy up a bit
phone friend(s)
prayer and reflection
bed and sleep

That's it Rexroth

Rexroth 14.39. GMT

I'm up to 'tidy up a bit' but as I went out straight after arriving home I'm doing the 'relax a bit' first.

Major transport difficulties this morning so I took a cab there and arrived just in time. I had thought about giving up and going another time, but why? Just bad habit I suppose. I arrived in time and had sufficient time to sort and pack the machines and I'm very happy with the way I've behaved. Today I was prepared and committed and it worked. What I could do is to apply the same qualities in other areas of my life.

So thanks for all support and this site.

Regards Rexroth