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Procrastination is the grave in which opportunity is buried.
I THOUGHT I THAW A PWOCWATHTINATOR! I DID, I DID!
kromer 6:20 (CT) CI
Not very productive yesterday, so need to work tonight.
Must do:
Test automated visualization (Done)
Start new flow algorithm calculation
Visualize 2 results
Pack+figure out schedule for tomorrow (Done)
Deal with email (Done)
Interview dinner (Done)
Should do:
Type up/finish analyzing expt results (Done)
Email PF
Visualize canonical pathway
I'm fried right now, so I'll focus on dealing with email, packing, figuring out schedule. Then, I'll go to dinner at 6:45, back around 10 to work on the rest.
12:39 PM EST CI
to do:
- work 8 hours
- see movie w/ wife
- implement new group editor 2 hrs
- add control groups 2 hrs
- quiz model deltas 1/4 hr
- work on Quiz edit 2 hrs
- test exposed abstracts 1 hr
- test munge 1/2 hr
- read OO stuff 1 hr
- clean office
- guitar - scales for 1/4 hr
- guitar - play through Sor Op. 21 and Julia Florida
- stretch
- purge 1 item
Done:
9:24 CI for Lark(and 7:10pm)
Good morning everyone. Not a great week around here, and I've been playing a big part in it. Hopefully today will turn the tide, and things will start to come together. I just don't want to keeping inching downward anymore. I'm starting to see the rewards from yesterday's cleaning and organizing, and am looking forward to finishing a couple areas today. I also need to get a section or two done on the main work project.
To do:
(X)morning things
(X)_spiritual time
finish right rear "quadrant" of workshop
finish one kitchen wall
(X) setup first section of work project
begin (commit to) next section
(half)tidy house
(X) run errands
(7)check in around noon
scarlett CI 9:05 am EST
Morning, all. I am unaccountably perky today, maybe because it is Friday. I just started The Mindful Way Through Depression, which so far is confirming the conclusion I was coming to own my own - that meditation is a good tool for escaping depression. I'll post a book review when I'm done. For now, I've decided that "just for today," all my 2-minute Instant Boss breaks will be spent in meditation. When I try and use them to check email or read a blog, I always end up hitting "Take a longer break" a dozen times; instead, I'll use my breaks for meditation and my lunch hour for the fun stuff that takes longer.
Ta da:
Pay DC bill
Pay Visa bill
Pay phone bill
Eat breakfast
To do:
Take pills
Set 3 main tasks
Set next wkshp w/ GB
Personal:
Car - check reg - pd?
Make appt for next week at dlr
Email S re: sunday show
Project - Get rental insurance
Weekend:
Menu planning
Food shopping
Pay car payment
Rehearse choreo
Assemble costume
Become aware of resistance, and let go.
scarlett CI 10:30 am EST
Doing well so far - lots more to do today.
Ta da:
Pay DC bill
Pay Visa bill
Pay phone bill
Eat breakfast
Take pills
WO
Set 3 main tasks
Get letter signed (call BP first - LM) *MIT*
Set next wkshp w/ GB
To do:
Update rev. due
Go to PR *MIT*
Prep board for Mon *MIT*
Check flags and schedule tasks
Sched f/u on equip
Write blurb for BT
Make flyer for SCC for workshop
Prep MF mtg
Personal:
Car - check reg - pd?
Make appt for next week at dlr
Email S re: sunday show
Email all re: sunday show
Look for adult ADD scale
Project - Get rental insurance
Weekend:
Menu planning
Food shopping
Pay car payment
Do laundry
Put sheets on bed
Become aware of resistance, and let go.
scarlett CI 2:10 pm EST
Day is passing quickly and I have to leave at 5 pm. I missed a deadline pretty badly and need to suck it up and come clean.
Focus:
Touch base w/ M
Type up comments (10 min spurts)
Email DG
Next CI: 2:30 pm (go to PR)
Ta da:
Pay DC bill
Pay Visa bill
Pay phone bill
Eat breakfast
Take pills
WO
Set 3 main tasks
Get letter signed (call BP first - LM) *MIT*
Set next wkshp w/ GB
Email BT re: blurb
Update rev. due
Prep MF mtg
To do:
Go to PR *MIT*
Prep board for Mon *MIT*
Make flyer for SCC for workshop
Check flags and schedule tasks
Dishes
Postponed and scheduled:
Email re: HG trip to sust
Sched f/u on equip
Personal:
Car - check reg - pd?
Make appt for next week at dlr
Email S re: sunday show
Email all re: sunday show
Look for adult ADD scale
Project - Get rental insurance
Weekend:
Menu planning
Food shopping
Pay car payment
Do laundry
Put sheets on bed
Email resources to DK
Become aware of resistance, and let go.
Journey 8:45
Today is my birthday! Although the above cake doesn't have nearly enough candles :)
I have been self-indulgent this morning, I slept in and then had cookies for breakfast.
I have to work today, but my objective is to finish getting my changes ready for this weekend then get out of here early. I want to stop by my m-i-l's house to thank her for the cookies - she made me this huge batch of oatmeal/raisin/nut cookies. I intended to share them at work but, oops, I've eaten most of them already. Thank goodness they have some redeeming qualities.
I'm going to resist getting sucked into working on anything else besides my changes. I worked very hard yesterday, and I'm proud of that, but I didn't finish all of my MITs.
Here's to an enjoyable and successful day for all of us. Help yourself to a piece of cake!
Thanks for the hilarious thread starter, elisaveth!
Journey
thanks for all the bday wishes!
"Finish your MITs, then take a nap!" - Leo Babauta
Happy Birthday
I hope you have a nice birthday.
Happy Birthday!
And many moooooooore...
Happy Birthday Jo!!!!
pro's CI - 6:45am (thanks for the morning smile!)
Love the thread starter, e! Thanks for the morning smile.
I'm having a sleep problem. Every morning I wake up around 4:30am and can't go back to sleep though I'm tired. I don't know why. I'll be up for a couple hours, then go back to sleep finally and wake up too late.
This morning I just got up, but I'm dragging my butt around and now it's nearly 7am and I want to go back to bed. I don't know what do about this.
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Procrastination is the grave in which opportunity is buried.
tweetie
I love all the graphics you make available, but Tweetie is simply the best!
it cracked me up, too.
I love Tweety Bird.
Become aware of resistance, and let go.
e's friday c/i
Good morning to everyone! I am having a detox day from coffee, so I am sleepy but feelng very proud of myself. I had a rough night, but woke up feeling okay this morning. I am sticking to my guns of getting my 14 year old to take responsibility for getting himself up and out the door ontime: he missed his shower this morning, so perhaps natural consequences of being late will help him. If anyone has any thoughts on this, let me know: he sleeps through any alarm, and I mean any!
Today I am puttering around the office, but am in a generally good mood. I feel good in my skin today, like the clothing I have on (comfortable yet polished looking) and know what I am making for dinner tonight. There is a lot to do at work and at home, but I feel okay about that for now.
Roles:
Mother: help C arrange his bedside table better so the radio works okay. Check on the sleep mode to see what is not working. Take A and C to choose their glasses. Help A organize the laundry. Arrange to pick up C from THE MALL
Spouse: send G a personal note by email
Daughter/Sister: call home and see how things are going with Megan's pregnancy and so forth
Student: write the dreaded email to my practicum advisor to see whether I can come home in the summer to do it
Worker: continue with old files and board minutes. Lable areas for Olympics and Clippings. Begin new box lists for belongings, as opposed to presidential items. Abstract, abstract, abstract
Self care: play with hair to find out what works. Perhaps hire the hairdresser to show me how to play with it. redo manicure. choose clothes to be ironed. walk home from work,
cook: get good recipe for bernaise sauce.
a nonexistant day
I have done little to nothing today: so much for coming off coffee. However, little bits of good things have come in the way of answers I have been waiting for, so perhaps I will make a little bit of progress tomorrow....
coffee on, coffee off
I am having a detox day from coffee
Oh, funny. I'm celebrating Friday by HAVING coffee (I mostly avoid caffeine).
I'm in a pretty good mood, too. Here's hoping we keep it going!
Become aware of resistance, and let go.
coffee
Good luck with the caffeine thing Elisaveth.
I'm trying to give up caffeine too! I'm sure I'll feel better if I can get rid of it completely. I have cut down to 1/2 cup in the morning at home and then 1/2 cup later at work if I need it. This is a great improvement over the 3-4 cups a day that I'd been drinking.
I gave up caffeine for a while about 20 years ago, and I really did feel great, especially in the mornings. But then I had a baby, and started drinking about 50 cups of coffee a day just to stay awake!
Jo
"Finish your MITs, then take a nap!" - Leo Babauta
coffee
Coffee is the national drink here, and I do like it alot, especially in the summer time when they make this stuff called frappe, which is whipped coffee, milk and sugar. It is totally decadent and yummy, but I get too zingy on any caffeine. I have had times away from it and times with it, but I think that my insomnia pattern (just like yours, Pro) is related to picking it up again. I am already anxious enough without the extra chemicals. As a food addict, I have to watch that....
a caffeine coinkydink
Quite the coincidence, Elisaveth. Leo wrote about this very thing today.
http://zenhabits.net/2008/02/7-food-hacks-to-stay-alert-without-caffeine/#more-643
You must have made a commitment - the universe is conspiring to help you.
Jo
"Finish your MITs, then take a nap!" - Leo Babauta
leo's on the money
Everything he has stated there coincides with many things I learned in OA, especially the glycemic parts. When I follow those patterns I don't get hypoglycemic, which I often have episodes of. However, staying abstinent from food is a huge demand resistant area for me: no one, I mean, no one, can tell me what to put in my mouth. I am a horrible sponsee!