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TL - BE - 1 PM
Ta Da
Toastmasters
class
To Do
1 hr unplanned :)
1 hr on bills and filing papers
30 min X 4 = 2hrs to Study transportation engineering for final on Tuesday
1 hr reading GTD
Norm's Section
I've not been able to post for a couple of days as I've been busy at payroll and I'm now on a class on Tuesday nights too (so I need to leave payroll early at 6.40pm, which means I need to stay late on Weds to make up for it). Seems to be working out well, but by the time I get back I don't want to be switching on the computer or I'll get sucked in.
I've had a good morning this morning. Went for a breakfast meeting, which got me out and about doing errands. Got home and have spent rather too long CUOP. It's probably about time I started thinking about doing something else...
OK - I'm aiming to get the big things done and out of the way. I'm going to:
1) have a snack,
2) clear the desk (again), and (drumroll please)
3) finish planning my sessions for tomorrow
5pm CI
Wow - just over an hour later - how time flies!
~~~Tada~~~
1) Had a snack
2) Remembered to do some time-dependent parts of my Daytime Routine
3) Remembered to Email some pics I'd promised to friend (this was procrastination - I could have just set a reminder)
~~~ToDo~~~
1) Clear the desk (again), and (drumroll please)
2) Finish planning 1:2 session for tomorrow
3) Finish planning 1:1 session for tomorrow
drum roll..............
As requested. ;)
Ooh - thank you pro!
Now I've had my drumroll I'd better go do it! :)
Lost a reply again
I'm going to bed. Hope I have a better day tomorrow! I need to re-read some of the 'how to get yourself started' tips!
funny picture!
I love the picture. I have to save that one.
pro's bookending section
Milo - thanks for starting the daily check-in thread. I edited it to make it more colorful. Hope you don't mind! I was going to put it in my section starter, but that might not stay on top.
I have to go uptown today to collect my new glasses. This is Day 3 of the heat wave from hell, and again I have to get in a NYC subway! I have to leave my glasses with the optician for 1.5 hours so they can swap in new lenses. What a pain. What am I going to do for 1.5 hours? Maybe I'll bring my notebook with me and work in the opticians shop.
Of course I don't mind!
:)
pro's CI - 11:33am
I checked the UPS site, and the second battery isn't scheduled to arrive until tomorrow. So I'm going to just move my email over to the computer that does have a second battery, and go uptown to get my glasses. I'll work at the optician's while I wait for my glasses, and check my mailbox, make the bed, etc., when I get back downtown.
pro's last check-in for the day (10:30pm)
For Milo it's already Friday, but it's still Thursday here.
I never took my pills today. That's bad. I really need to take them!! I can take at least one dose now before bed.
I cleared out my spam folder so I don't have to do it in the morning.
I went to a meeting and had dinner with people afterwards. That's good because I need to get out.
I got a tip at dinner that I should stop checking my email so often (I wrote about that in another post), so that's tomorrow's plan. I've already turned off the automatic checking.
Tomorrow I don't have to go anywhere, so I'm hoping I'll be more productive than I was the last two days.
Sleep well!
:)
pro's CI - 5pm
I'm noticing I still haven't taken my pills yet today. I need to do that. I hate swallowing them, so I procrastinate on this and it's not good. I need to take them.
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pro's CI - 3:30pm
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I'm back and it's SO HOT outside!!!!
My air conditioner isn't cooling as well as it was. Maybe it's exhausted from the heat, or maybe the filter is dirty. The sweat is pouring off me. This heat is awful.
Tell me there's no global warning!
pro's CI - 11:50am
It's gruesomely hot outside (discovered when I took out the trash). The heat wave is supposed to break tonight with rain. I can't believe I have to go into the subway now - it will be like stepping into an oven. I could take a cab, but it's too expensive. And I took a cab up and downtown yesterday (to my upper east side contact lens specialist appointment).
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pro's CI - 11:25am
I'm wondering why it takes me so long to get dressed and out of the apartment in the morning. I've never been able to figure that out.
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I've managed to figure out
I've managed to figure out ~how long~ it takes me to get ready, but like you I'm not sure why it takes that long. I think it's just because I'm slow at first and not thinking straight (some days I bounce out of bed and I'm ready quickly, which supports that idea!). Or maybe it's just because I've got long hair and a cr*p shower, LOL!
I've actually timed it...
I've timed each thing I do in the morning, and for some reason it takes me a minimum of two full hours to get up, eat breakfast, and get dressed and ready to leave in the morning. If I'm answering email in the middle of that (as I often do), add 1 hour.
Maybe, like you, I'm just slow in the morning - I dunno. I do know that I hate rushing in the morning. I find it unpleasantly jolting to start the day that way. I don't like waking up with an alarm, and I don't like rushing through my breakfast.
Hear hear
pro's CI - 10:45am
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pro's CI - 10am EDT US
Right now, the main thing I need to do is get dressed and out of the apartment. I need to go uptown to pick up my glasses. I'm going to bring my computer with me so I can work while I wait (I have a 1.5 hour wait for them to swap in new lenses.)
My new strategy is to adjust my to-do list by time of day. There are certain tasks I only start in the morning, and certain tasks I start in the afternoon. Here's my to-do list for the foreseeable future (until I get back from picking up my glasses):
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todayfirst's bookending section
I woke up with a couple really good ideas so I am more eager than usual to get started this am. I'll be back in a while.
todayfirst 1:50 PM
Done:
- Program prototype is finally working!!! :)
- Outline design doc
- Diagram 1
- Diagram 3
Todo:
- Diagram 2. hmmmm... can I skip this }:)
- Fill out a couple sections of the document.
- Email the document for review
todayfirst 10:15 AM EST
Done:
- Program prototype is finally working!!! :)
Todo:
- Outline design doc
- Diagram 1
- Diagram 2
programming ideas?
Do you work out of your home, todayfirst? I do, and I find it causes some of my procrastination problems. I feel so restless and shut in that I can't work. It helps me to go work in other places - coffee shops, libraries.
used to
I used to work out of my home for about a year. It worked ok for a short while, but then I started putting off my work more and more, getting less and less done. It was really tough for me to do. Then a permanent position opened up at the company I was contracting for but part of the deal was that I would have to relocate and be on-site full time. It seems like working from home is everyone's dream job but I took the full time job at the office because I was having so much trouble with motivating myself. I still regret selling my old house :( It's working out ok, though. I told everyone I was moving for the better benefits and a cooler job 8)
My day...
I think both my meetings went well. One especially - he wants me to present at his next staff meeting and the national director will be there. :O And its only 5 DAYS AWAY :jawdrop:. As they say here in Aus, "BLOODY HELL!!!". So I can't stay online long - I have a busy few days ahead of me.
The other one was okay, but I'm not sure if I want the work or not. I NEED it for the experience, but I might not be very good at it :lol:
Also re-did my action filing system (even POs get it wrong and need to tweak!!!) and finally posted something I have been procrastinating on doing for weeks. Also cold-called some associations to market my public-speaking (read "fish for clients" ;)) services.
So a good day all in all :)
PO?
So what ~does~ PO mean in Milo-land?
I meant to ask that, but forgot
Yes, what is PO?
PO
I'm a Professional Organiser.
PO
Ah yes, you did say, but I hadn't twigged. When I was talking about PO it meant Post Office, so I guess we'll both have had a few posts when it got a bit confusing.
work challenges
I'm glad your meetings went well.!
What kind of work do you do, Milo? Some kind of public speaking?
Hopefully!
I'm a professional organiser who is trying to get into workshops and speaking as a marketing tool. I have secured a few but haven't done them yet.
I am terrified. I had a horrible dream last night that DH left me for his ex-wife. It was an extremely vivid dream and I woke up in floods of tears. I think my anxiety about this speaking engagement next week did that. I certainly don't expect DH to do that (while I was describing the dream he had to make me stop because the thought of being within 50 feet of her makes his stomach turn!). I even got all clingy this morning and didn't want him to go to work!!!! Very unlike me :O
Better be off and do work on the presentation - I have LOTS to do! I am scared but am using my visualisation (both positive and negative!) to get me going :)
nightmares
> I had a horrible dream last night that DH left me for his ex-wife. It was an extremely vivid dream and I woke up in floods of tears.
That sounds very intense. Was your DH with his first wife when you met? Maybe this isn't your situation, but I've heard that when a man leaves his wife for another woman, the second wife often can't shake the fear that he'll do the same to her.
Ex's
Yeah, they were still married when we met - still living together, in fact. We weren't naughty - they were separated before we got together. But once he met me and realised that I was interested and that there were other single people out there he could be with, he shook the fear of being alone off and did what he'd wanted to do for years.
But I don't think I have that fear - although I'm not a hopeless romantic and know nothing is certain, I do trust him.
I am putting it down to anxiety about work. But boy, it shook me up!!
anxiety
> But boy, it shook me up!!
I can imagine!