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Tuesday 13 May 2008
Tuesday 13 May 2008
Tuesday !
"There's no time to lose"
I heard her say
Catch your dreams before they slip away
-- Ruby Tuesday by the Rolling Stones
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scarlett CI 12:00 pm EST
Focus: WO, update and email review list (and eat lunch)
Next WI: 1 pm EST
Ta da:
Eat breakfast
Take pills
Today's schedule
TO DO:
WO
Update reviews list
Phone calls:
Call J re: tile
Call A re:
Emails:
*pebble* Sched mtg w/ GB & GO (*MIT* for Tues)
*pebble* Email DG re: flooring
Sched mtg w/ BT re: web
Email DM re: R#
Draft email re: OCL change
Go through emails (10 min)
WS position f/u
*pebble* Look up conf
Assess mat in WM design & contact (ACT)
Coaching form to V
Become aware of resistance, and let go.
scarlett CI 1:40 pm EST
I'm late checking in, but I went ahead and took a 20 min lunch break to reward myself for what I had gotten done.
Focus: phone calls
Next CI: 2:15 pm EST
Ta da:
Eat breakfast
Take pills
Today's schedule
Walk & fax form
Update reviews list
WO
Do dishes
Eat lunch
Check bank balance and transfer $$
TO DO:
Phone calls:
Call J re: tile
Call A re: box
Call M re: finishing up (review work first)
Emails:
*pebble* Sched mtg w/ GB & GO (*MIT* for Tues)
*pebble* Email DG re: flooring
Sched mtg w/ BT re: web
Email DM re: R#
Draft email re: OCL change
Go through emails (10 min)
WS position f/u
read email re: metal
*pebble* Look up conf
Sort mail
Assess mat in WM design & contact (ACT)
Coaching form to V
Become aware of resistance, and let go.
scarlett CI 2:45 pm EST
Well, I don't seem to be able to CI on time, but I'm still working, so I'm going to call it a win. Time for emails!
Focus: emails
Next WI: 3:15 pm EST
Ta da:
Eat breakfast
Take pills
Today's schedule
Walk & fax form
Update reviews list
WO
Do dishes
Eat lunch
Check bank balance and transfer $$
Call A re: box
Call M re: finishing up (review work first)
TO DO:
Phone calls:
Call J re: tile (LM)
Emails:
*pebble* Sched mtg w/ GB & GO (*MIT* for Tues)
*pebble* Email DG re: flooring
Sched mtg w/ BT re: web
Email DM re: R#
Draft email re: OCL change
Go through emails (10 min)
WS position f/u
read email re: metal
*pebble* Look up conf
Sort mail
Assess mat in WM design & contact (ACT)
Coaching form to V
Become aware of resistance, and let go.
scarlett CI 3:20 pm EST
Still making progress.
Focus: emails
Next WI: 4:15 pm EST
Ta da:
Eat breakfast
Take pills
Today's schedule
Walk & fax form
Update reviews list
WO
Do dishes
Eat lunch
Check bank balance and transfer $$
Call A re: box
Call M re: finishing up (review work first)
Email DM re: R#
Resched mtg
TO DO:
Phone calls:
Call J re: tile (LM)
Emails:
*pebble* Sched mtg w/ GB & GO (*MIT* for Tues) (started)
*pebble* Email DG re: flooring
Sched mtg w/ BT re: web
Draft email re: OCL change
Go through emails (10 min)
WS position f/u
Become aware of resistance, and let go.
scarlett final CI 4:21 pm EST
Not bad for a day's work. Much better than it's been, anyway.
Focus: phone calls
Next WI: 2:15 pm EST
Ta da:
Eat breakfast
Take pills
Today's schedule
Walk & fax form
Update reviews list
WO
Do dishes
Eat lunch
Check bank balance and transfer $$
Call A re: box
Call M re: finishing up (review work first)
Email DM re: R#
Resched mtg
*pebble* Sched mtg w/ GB & GO
TO DO:
For later:
Call J re: tile (LM)
Emails:
*pebble* Email DG re: flooring
Sched mtg w/ BT re: web
Draft email re: OCL change
Go through emails (10 min)
WS position f/u
read email re: metal
*pebble* Look up conf
Sort mail
Assess mat in WM design & contact (ACT)
Coaching form to V
Become aware of resistance, and let go.
Scarlett's daylong progress
Thanks!
It was cool to see those things pulled out and highlighted.
Time to get on with today!
Become aware of resistance, and let go.
c ci 10am,10:45,11:05,2:40pm
i have 1 hr til i leave.
set MITs.
[edit 10:05am]: got my 1 MIT for right now. See, that only took 5 min ! :)
[edit 10:45am]: MIT 1 is humming. During waiting periods i worked on MIT 2. And i'm going to pick an MIT 3 for my remaining 10 minutes. Yes, just 10 min. Mini sub-task.
[edit 11:05am]: MIT 1 in good shape. Progress on MIT 2; did MIT 3.
[edit 2:40pm]: back from meeting. MIT 1 had a hiccup, but reached a new milestone. Time to do nex step on it. But, i did flounder for a few minutes.
[edit 3:15pm]: dozed at my desk for a bit. got coffee. Now going to talk myself thru in chat.
c ci 10pm,11:50,12:40,1:10
wow! we have a lot of recovering people on this site today. On the biggest loser, they sometimes state how many pounds everyone has lost. I wish there was a way to express the aggregate amount of procrastination we all did not do today :)
as for me, it's been a good day. Defining and executing MITs all day. Probably 3 times i looked at my list of 5-10 MITs and said, well, none need to be done *right now!*, they're all about equal, which should i do? I think i'll get a snack. No wait! I should just pick one, and then altho the others will NOT get done, this one WILL. (That sounds so reasonable :))
I have to now do it again. Define MITs for my last hour or 2.
[11:50]: wow, that took longer than i thot. Once i again, i had reason to be overwhelmed. But lookie here... i got it done. Rather than spending the last 2 hrs fritting away the time in fear and dread. Thanks PA. Thanks HiPO!!!
Any other MITs tonight?
[12:40]: Found a very significant MIT, dreaded it, used our chat to own it, and finished the task.
I think i'll find and do another while watching TV.
[1:10am]: late, but finished that MIT. Nice to get it off my chest.
And now, after doing so many MITs, i feel flush and hollow in my chest. What is that? Fear of success? Fear that i won't be able to do it tomorrow.
Shrink the self. When i do that, the feeling goes away. It doesnt matter how well i did, or whether i can do it again tomorrow. Tomorrow i dont have control over whether i will procrastinate or not. I just believe HP will be there for me. I'll give my life to him tomorrow, too. I'm not thinking past tomorrow.
one day at a time...
congratulations on your continual return to focus, clement.
Become aware of resistance, and let go.
tx scarlett
(i just saw this now)
8:53 am CI for Lark
Wow, it's a pretty day here. I hope yours are nice, too. Last week I pulled a festering task out of the box and did something to it. I'm doing something to it this week, and it'll be gone next week. It feels SO good, and it'll be gone by next week. Yippee.
Today:
(X)morning things
spiritual time
deal with client on finished project
do one section of next project
make work schedule for this week
lark unfesters task
> Last week I pulled a festering task out of the box and did something to it. I'm doing something to it this week, and it'll be gone next week. It feels SO good
isn't that a great feeling!
Yep, a wonderful feeling
Most of this stems from the attitude of the client, a real blankhole. Getting rid of him is most of my intent. When I'm resentful toward someone, demand resistance sets in with a vengence. Now ideally I'd like the coping skills to deal right off with someone like that. But, the next best thing is to just not do business with him. Almost the same result, sort of. I haven't been really productive this afternoon. The phone, people dropping by, etc. have thrown my off a bit, and I really needed about a 15 minute nap in the easy chair about three hours ago. Drag, drag... Thanks for everything.
Journey 8:30
Getting an early start this morning. I've been to the gym, scanned email, and set my MITs for the day. I have two meetings this morning, so I'll try to get a couple of my routine "on-call" duties out of the way before the first meeting.
Have a great day everyone! First items on the agenda: coffee, do something with my hair, then check on-call stuff and follow up on trouble tickets.
Journey
“The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.” - Stephen Covey
Journey 10:50
My second meeting was cancelled woot! I didn't do the oncall stuff earlier, I processed email instead, which needed to be done since I didn't do it yesterday.
Taking a 10 minute break then getting to those oncall duties.
Jo
“The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.” - Stephen Covey
Journey 11:10
Guess that was a 20 minute break! Back to work. checking tickets, double check change request, back at 12.
Currently reading: The Omnivore's Dilemma by Micheal Pollan. Don't read it if you want to continue enjoying sodas and processed food.
Journey 12:20
Worked for an hour on on-call duties. This is boring stuff. Taking a break then I'll eat my fruit while I double check one last thing. back in 10
Jo
“The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.” - Stephen Covey
Journey 1:40
forgot to check back in, but done with my oncall stuff for the day. Lunch break time!
Then, uh, not sure. check back in half an hour with an update.
“The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.” - Stephen Covey
journey 2:30
back from lunch, going to work on DR stuff for an hour
journey 2:50 update 4:45
after lunch avoidance behavior creeping in! Begone! back to work . ..
update
I did get back to work and I'm still working on DR scripts. I have one more task to do on that and then I'll be at a good stopping point. These scripts have to be tested and then put into production before June 7, and ideally I'd like to have them in two weeks before that which would be the 24th. I have plenty of time, if I work on them at least an hour a day.
OK, about 15 more minutes on DR stuff and then I'm going to spend 15 minutes filing some stuff that is hanging on my wall and bulletin board. My desk is fairly neat and organized, which makes the messy bulletin board even more distracting.
I'm picking up dinner tonight, and I plan to spend 1/2 hour on dishes and laundry, then watch American Idol.
I was not quite as productive today as I was yesterday. I was able to get back on track when I lost focus, but I continually had to remind myself to get back on task today. It was still a decent workday though.
As much as I hate to admit it, I think the lack of focus is due to lack of sleep. I got about 5 1/2 hours of sleep last night and I really need 7 hours. Need to get to bed early tonight! It's just so hard to go to bed just when I have the opportunity to mess around with fun stuff on the computer.
See you guys tomorrow!
Jo
Currently reading: The Omnivore's Dilemma by Micheal Pollan. Don't read it if you want to continue enjoying sodas and processed food.
kromer 8
This morning:
*Finish studying for Spanish exam*Leave for school at 9:30, take exam 10-11*Revise Spanish script & email out*Revise peer review letter and email out
*Do course evaluation
*Buy orgo book
That's enough to start, check back when that's done.
kromer 1:10 CI
Did all of the above.
Now I need to prep for an experiment tomorrow. Specifically, what I need to get done is:
*Take notes on mtg w/ PK
*Write out procedure/organize lab notebook*Do calculations
*Reset cells
*Check on cells)
*Label tubes
*Measure out media
*Get key for tomorrow, figure out schedule for tomorrow
I'll start on this (taking notes/writing out procedure/doing calculations/checking on cells and figuring out what to do), then go to class 2-4, then get back to expt. prep.
movingalong's Ruby Tuesday plans
Today I hope to:
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way to go, moving!
Sounds like a GREAT beginning!
My day went something like this:
called work to confirm out sick
finalized arrangements for someone to cover meeting
slept
slept some more
sniffed, hacked, coughed, whined
ate some unhealthy things that were readily available
slept
checked email
slept
repeat
watched three downloads of recent House episodes when my son came home from school
laughed head off
slept
ate more unhealthy stuff
etc.
now it is 11PM and I am admiring your to do list. Tomorrrow, IF i get better, I will have on my to do list to do a to do list just like your to do list.
"e" accomplished her "M.I.T." of resting to get well
Good Job ! You didn't allow yourself to be distracted from your Most Important Task of resting !
Feel better soon E! and "House" rocks
House was awesome last night, and it was part 1 of a two-part season finale. OK, it was a little far-fetched, and there's some glamorization of illegal drug use which I find distressing, but still awesome. My daughter doesn't watch it anymore, she says it's the same plot over and over again but I'm still really enjoying it. I love the interaction between House and his best friend whats-his-name, the oncologist.
I'm rambling. Getting back to work now!
Jo
“The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.” - Stephen Covey
Wilson
The interaction between House and Wilson is what I get a kick out of, too. The illegal use of legal drugs is not bothering me particularly: it falls into the same category as the breaking and entering, and kidnapping: all are completely out of bounds, but the irreverence is what makes it fun for me.
WDV CI - 9:50 am
Goodmorning! After a long weekend of dedicated gaming and relaxation, it's back to work! This week I need to make some deadlines for work, so no time to write on my report...
Today:
WDV CO - 10:20pm
I did the first 2 of the above, and while I hoped to have done something on C, the achievements on S were enough to make it ok.
Now relaxtime. It's tempting to start working on C, but I know that if I do that, my motivation tomorrow will be extra low. Better to stick to the schedule.
sticking to the schedule
way to go wdv
“The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.” - Stephen Covey