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Procrastination is the grave in which opportunity is buried.
Recycler CI 9:50pm EST
Hi Soaring Balloons & Pro Buddies!
Ending up a good day here, although it was a busy day.
This morning: took stuff to new condo, packed gym bag, did work projects. Managed & directed an overabundance of assistance requests (sigh). Worked late but felt satisfied after completing some projects for which to delay would have been anxiety-producing. Support group after work, then met with sponsor. Next: put Breathe Right strip on nose, then go to sleep on time.
Have a great night, everyone! :)
Recycler
Thank you, gals & guys, for being here! :)
kromer 11:15 CI
I had a pretty big procrastination binge yesterday.. and I've been working today, but without a very clear plan/set of MITs.
This morning I've cleaned my room, made a lot of progress making curtains (which need to be done by Friday...) and dealt with some email.
Other things that need to be done today (it's a busy day!):
*prep for Harambee
*Go to Harambee
*spend 1 hr reading up of PP's work
*meet w/ PP
*Faculty research talks
*Email 1 prof
*1 hr work on PF's research project
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Finish going over probability notes*Probabiity practice test
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20 min research/thinking out tough decision.*Make a schedule for the week
I'm going to do 20 min research on tough decision now, then I'll finish going over prob. notes, then make a schedule for the week, then read up on PP's work, then go meet with PP, then prep for Harambee, then go to faculty research talks, then go to Harambee.
kromer 1:45 CI
Doing OK, though going a little slow...I researched decision (I have a month or 2 to make, but I want to make sure this is right...), finished going over prob. notes, and made schedule for week.
I realize I'm going to be cutting it very close w/ Harambee prep, so I'm going to do a little of this now, then I'll spend 30 min researching PP's work, then I'll go meet with him and finish Harambee prep. I'll do the rest of the bg reading on PP's work this evening.
Update 2:30--made good progress on Harambee prep, did 20 min reading on PP's work, now it's time to get my behind out the door to go meet with him!
kromer 8:50 CI yay!
Good day so far!
I met with PP and went to faculty talks, both were good.
Then I went to Harambee--and my scary phone calls paid off some, we had a new girl at the program, one of the three I managed to call last night. We've been wanting to recruit a few new girls to the program and have been having a hard time, so that's really good. (Pats self on back).
Now I need to get to work. First I'm going to take care of a few household tasks...start laundry, file a few papers, write check, take out trash, fold previous load of laundry. This should take 30 min or less. Then I'm going to work through my task list. I'm going to work on PF's project, then spend 10 min taking notes from mtg w/ PP, then do sample midterm.
Update 10--doing very slowly, but I finally got through my household tasks.
I don't think I'm going to get everything I wanted done, but I'll be able to at least make progress on everything (it'll be a bit of a late night though). I'm going to spend 30 min trying out one idea for PF's project, then I'll check back.
CO--got through most of practice midterm and spend 1 hr trying out idea for PF's project
kromer's tough decision
Good job on researching your decision! Tough decisions are one of my big procrastination areas . . . sometimes putting off a decision until it's too late to make a good decision.
Jo
"Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: 'What! You too? I thought I was the only one.'" - C. S. Lewis
Journey 10:00 UPDATE 11:55 1:30 3:00 4:00
I've been to the gym, checked my calendar and read email, and set my MITs for the day. A couple of administrative duties to get out of the way, then start on MIT #1. I have a lunch meeting, so I'd like to make a really good start on MIT #1 before noon. See you guys later! Have a great Monday . . MWAH!
UPDATE 11:55 off to lunch meeting with a good hour's work on MIT #1 behind me.
1:30 Meeting over, taking a quick lunch break and then getting back to MIT #1. I'm not hungry as I ate cereal at 10 am, but I'm going to read the news online and have an apple. bookend break now, back by 2 pm.
3:00 Made much progress on MIT #1. Now for MIT #2 which should be pretty quick, then take 10 minutes to balance checkbook and handle an item or two from the mini-pile.
4:00 MIT #2 done, check book balanced, 3 items from mini-pile done. Now MIT #3, which is a phone call. Have I mentioned that I hate making phone calls?
4:50 Top 3 MITs are completed for the day! Yay! Now work on some documentation for 1/2 hour and then call it a day.
Jo
scarlett CI 9:50 am EST
Love the hot air balloons - we were frequently in the balloon flight path when I was a kid, it was so cool. That picture brings back memories.
Ta da:
Eat breakfast
Take pills
Check voicemail
To do:
Plan week
Register conf
Type comments (started)
Enter comments (started)
KS review
Personal:
AS re: reading
JF re: caricature
NTTHI3D
contact MC, TCF
Call MM
Check to-do
Start g doc - me, JH, DT
Call DT
The adrenaline you've been living on only leaves you wanting.
scarlett CI 12:40 pm EST
Man, the day is flying by.
Ta da:
Eat breakfast
Take pills
Check voicemail
Room # for tonight
Post workshop!
Plan week
Focus:
Register conf
To do:
Type comments
Enter comments
Prep display mat for J
KS review
Personal:
Tomorrow - work out or video?
AS re: reading
JF re: caricature
NTTHI3D
contact MC, TCF
Call MM
Check HG to-do
Start g doc - me, JH, DT
Call DT
The adrenaline you've been living on only leaves you wanting.
scarlett CI 3:10 pm EST
I feel like I've been working all day, but I haven't gotten much done. I *did* have two meetings, those took up time.
Ta da:
Eat breakfast
Take pills
Check voicemail
Room # for tonight
Post workshop!
Plan week
Register conf
Email BT
Email folks
Email VM
Focus:
Type comments
Enter comments
To do:
Prep display mat for J
KS review
Personal:
Tomorrow - work out or video?
AS re: reading
JF re: caricature
NTTHI3D
contact MC, TCF
Call MM
Check HG to-do
Start g doc - me, JH, DT
Call DT
The adrenaline you've been living on only leaves you wanting.
scarlett 3:40 pm EST
I'm leaving at 4:15 today, and until then my focus is making phone calls to update a spreadsheet.
Ta da:
Eat breakfast
Take pills
Check voicemail
Room # for tonight
Post workshop!
Plan week
Register conf
Email BT, folks, VM, FT
Type comments
Enter comments
Focus:
Update spreadsheet
To do:
Prep display mat for J
KS review
Personal:
Tomorrow - work out or video? Plus, offwhite
AS re: reading
JF re: caricature
NTTHI3D
contact MC, TCF
Call MM
Check HG to-do
Start g doc - me, JH, DT
Call DT
The adrenaline you've been living on only leaves you wanting.
Journey 9:30 Baby, it's cold outside!
Good Monday morning and thanks for the balloons! Great thread starter.
Started my daystarter activity but got distracted by coworker checking his voice mail on speakerphone. He's always loud but today he's really annoying me. I slammed my door loudly. I love having an office with a door! We're supposed to be moving out of this building next year so it's back to cubicles - but for now it's nice to have a door to close . . . or slam loudly in annoyance.
Yesterday was ok, I got a sufficiency of chores done but did not do anything about the pile on my desk that is threatening to fall over. I took 10 items off the top of the pile this morning and brought to work with me. Of course, I still have a pile at work aka personal folder too! But somehow it is easier to tackle a small stack of papers at the office than to do it at home. The pile at work is now about an inch tall; this time last year it was 10x that much! So I'm grateful for progress.
I am considering making this a no-personal-computer day. It can't be that hard, right? I only have about an hour on Monday evenings for computer games, so giving it up on Mondays shouldn't be too bad.
K, I'm calmed down now and I'll finish up my daily planning and come back with MITs by 10.
Jo
"Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: 'What! You too? I thought I was the only one.'" - C. S. Lewis
GeorgeSmiley 8:30 AM
Too long a to do list (that could be a standing complaint from me.. :-/
MIT#1: Revise Project P-12
MIT#2: Phone interview for Project L
MIT#3: Get my task list to a manageable size
Along with these, a major outside distraction: managing an unhappy parent's concerns about Mrs. GS and my handling of a conduct problem involving the parent's child as part of the community youth education class we teach on Sunday nights--a situation that blew up bigtime last night. Fortunately we have support from those who supervise us, but it's still a big headache...
The Hero's Code:
Show up. Pay Attention. Speak the Truth. Let Go of the Outcome.
tuf situation
o man, i've been in those situations. Mother-love and Father-love are powerful things, aren't they. All in all, i think these are good forces in our society, altho they're not helping you right now.
I try to remember that the conduct i see is most likely an outward expression of some inward things in this kid and/or his family. It's just a symptom. Situations like this can bring things to the surface. And not necessarily just things in this family, but also things in myself--why i chose to react the way i did, what my values are, could i have given another warning or chosen an action that was less severe or less public, etc, etc. It can be a time of re-examining for me too. In fact, that attitude of re-examining i feel helps because it puts us all in a situation of lets figure this out together.
As for this family, they might need healing. Lots of families do in different ways. And i trust that The Great Healer might just use me to help that healing process, if i am just willing to be used by him. This also helps to change my attitude from defending what i did, to valuing the precious souls before me. That perspective change really helps me.
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CL ci
i like that picture.
bookending starting browsing this site at 8:18
11 min that's ok. I wanted to respond, but didnt have the energy.
goal for the day: dont lose sight of time / big picture, by getting lost in the current task If i have to delve into something for hours it should be a decision, not automatic.
Now deal w/ inbox. 8:32.
Saving chats took 10 min. hrm. now inbox. 844am
25 min got involved w/ a request in inbox. Was that ok? Probably better to defer to later and schedule it in. 9:12am
14 min to reply to next issue. That's more reasonable,but maybe it still should have been scheduled. 9:28.
accounts task 11 min so far. 9:42.
1h20, on accounts. probably too long. and a post here. 10:58
39 min on trying to figure out a task feature and some IM's people pinged me with. 11:39
1h30m eeks. start of MIT quiet time. Then some home admin.
i am tracking my time, but unhappy. remember clement, progress not perfection. get back up on the horse.
I really need to get down to work after i pray. 1:07.
just 8 min. that's not bad. some progress.
I still feel like things are doing me, rather than i'm doing things. I'm going to try to put an end to that now. 1:16
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CL ci 2
so i made progress thru the rest of this day, which is yesterday now, but i still felt like things did me rather than me choosing to do them. This is harder than i thot.
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progress not perfection
Thanks for reminding me of that Clem. And good luck with the rest of your day. :smile:
yw chickadee
and i need to keep reminding myself, too.
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Hope-Faith 8:10
It is a wonderful Monday. Today official kicks of Spirit week and I got to come to work in my PJ's. It feels great to work in my comfy PJ's and it is a lot of fun to which the kids in all of their PJ's. It will be a fun and crazy week here.
Plan exam reviewCopies for class work.T make dance ticketsFinishing touches on Homecoming ballotsOrder Flowers and CrownChildren turned in portfolios from lS Show - Done, Completed, Finished Yeah Us
Check back in when I can
Accomplished all but one, I will work on that later this evening.
Just attend a meeting that had a wonderful motivational presenter main idea was that our outcomes are based on how we respond to events and that we are in charge of how we respond. Being a procrastantor I have a very slow respons time which has a major impact on the events that affect my life therefore my outcomes are never what I want them to be.
Got to focus on making good choices with my time so that I can see the outcomes that I want. I have to focus on who and what I give my time to.
Getting ready to leave work. When I get home.
WOW busy night.
hope-faith
Hope-Faith CI
Help children with homeworkGet them ready for bedFolder clothesand p/u kitchen (Kitchen can wait until tomorrowClean our front seat of vanGo to my dads house and get something to wear to school tomorrow. Tomorrow is Gender Bender Day. (Boys dress as girls and girls dress as boys)Work on test for WednesdayCheck bank balancehope-faith
teachers
Hats off to you Hope-Faith! I have taught off and on and I love the kids, but boy, the 24 hour a day time schedule just knocks me out. However, I am missing the oportunity to work on things like 'goat data'.....
Thanks e
Goat project was for my 2 babies son and daughter. All the other stuff is for my big babies 9th and 12th graders. It is Homecoming and I coordinate all the homecoming activites. Luck me. I stress out while it is going on but love the feeling of accomplshiment when it is all said and done and look forward to making it better the next year. However because I procrastnate I never get to full accomplish the ideas that I have in my head.
But knowbody knows that but me.
hope-faith
e's monday ci
They weather is crisper out this morning and with it I am feeling willing and able (at least I am right now). I was quite happy with myself yesterday, mainly because I did not plan to cook and I did it anyway and the whole family could not believe how good it was. This whole week has been a week of willingness to cook and then freezing left overs and so I feel like I have backup plans. We bought a microwave over the weekend and so now older son is less likely to chime in with the 'there is nothing to eat' refrain.
Today:
MIT: financial aid research
MIT: enrollment form
MIT: declutter sort
gather all boxes of papers to one area.
find media solution
water, laundry, teeth, dress to shoes,
hotspot in the bedroom.
make a Megan pile
arrange with I to pick up bike
shred....
good luck e
Your cooking has inspired me! :smile:
thanks, chickadee!
and I am so happy today to have food in the fridge because I have an earache, shoulderache, neckache, etc. that has me bundled up in a sweater, curled up under the comforter with the laptop and my feet on a hot water bottle and I am NOT cooking today. And I don't feel badly about it and am looking forward to cooking something tomorrow. Of course, the only problem with this is that I have now upped the ante and my family will expect this is the norm, lol!
e's checkback
it has been an okay day, if I count the work that other people did! My son showed up and worked on some school financial aid stuff. I made some calls to his college and got the ball rolling on reclassifying residency, appealing financial aid based on change of circumstances etc. It was a scary phone call that I have been pretending I was putting off because I wanted my son to do it, but knew that I had to deal. That hard bit is done, now I have to write letters, fill out forms, and pray. Also, my husband got a helper to come help fix some things around the house, so the sink is not leaking anymore, the back door does not flail around in the wind, and the microwave has a hope of being wall mounted so I can use my desk again. I also did a bit of research on relining chimneys and had a chat with my mom about various things like birthdays and Thanksgiving. Both children are in decent moods and that is a blessing.
next: get someone else to move the laundry to a new machine.....
chick's CI/ thanks for banner
Thanks for the day starter chemgirl--it is uplifting! And courage to you with all you are doing.
morning: so far, IT and UTs but not MUTs or scary MITs. When I check in again after an afternoon meeting, I want to have at least picked up a bit of each. Okay, retrieved things for I & 2, but can't yet find 3--may have to use paper not e-.It is not so bad to look for this stuff right away.
Now: microburst on 1 and then check in again.
OKay, in the middle of 1. Still on 1 and getting tired. Still on 1; I have enough for tomorrow. ANd it's late and I'm tired. I know that I can do this much faster early tomorrow.
I'm bogged down. I read demand resistance and realized I want to be more focussed on my own positive motivation--what I'll get from MIT 2 and the big avoided IT.
I know mondays don't usually inspire joy...
But I thought this might be uplifting!
it is 11.13pm monday here. Today has been a very anxious day spent mostly spinning my wheels... I have an tentative unofficial job offer, which is great, but they want me to start around 10 November and have my masters thesis submitted by then! My dh is also going overseas for 2 weeks this saturday, so I will be alone with the girls (1 and 4), and the childcare I thought I had for dd 1yo seems to have fallen through :( I am trying not to give in to panic.
After I got this news I was really productive for a few days, even to the extent of not coming on here as I thought of it as procrastinating, but now that the enormity of the task ahead is setting in I am starting to freak out.
I did make a bit of a breakthrough today though.
So, for tomorrow (tuesday):
MITs
-write structure of chapters 4 and 5
-find in Xs and Ss for chapter 3
- put into place and finish intro of chap 3 and write about spectra and images
-write a plan for the next 3 weeks
-take steps to sort out childcare for dd 1yo
MUTs
-tidy up house
-vacuum downstairs
-make sure dd 1yo and I have a healthy lunch and come home from meeting in time for dd to have a good sleep before we get her sister from school
-try to get dd to have an afternoon nap and spend some quality time with dd 4yo
-make a healthy dinner for all
-wash and hang/dry whites and blacks
-fold all laundry
And tonight before bed:
-finish folding laundry
-lay out clothes for 2 dd's and me
deep breaths, chemgirl!
That is a very exciting prospect and it sounds like a challenge! I don't know about you, but when I am in situations like that I find that I undermine myself sometimes. Is there anyone you can ask for help? Or can you hire some? In my town there are some nanny in a pinch services: they are pricey, but sometimes I find it is worth it.
also, the banner is FABULOUS! It really was a breathtaking sight on a Monday morning!