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.
Procrastination is the grave in which opportunity is buried.
Staying positive
I want to surrender:
If you can't change a situation you can change your attitude towards
Today was a success, I my taxi picked me up at 4am, I got all my flights, My husband picked me up He had to work and when I went back with him, I met his boss and told him I was interested in temp work - they have so much work right now- it's a lab job, the timing was right.
I bought food and easter flowers for my mom and mother in law for tommorrows.
Not a good interaction with my teenage son, but I did not react. I am watching 7 lbs and getting negative.
The fact is I stayed up all night because I was afraid I wouold not wake up for the taxi-sp I am tired.
It's hard not to take my teenage son personally, but I can detach.He is a good kid, just in the teenage phase and knows how to push my buttons.
This movie is depressing.
O need to rest, otherwise
Self-appointed expectations lead to self-induced frustrations
I actually felt like a human being with the help of this group. Thank you.
Feeling like a human being
Hi vic,
To me, you sound not only like a human being, but like a human being with the courage to keep facing the difficulties in your life (both internal and external.) All human beings have difficulties of one kind or another, and I'm impressed that you are tackling yours!
Falcon
Staying positive
I want to surrender:
If you can't change a situation you can change your attitude towards
Today was a success, I my taxi picked me up at 4am, I got all my flights, My husband picked me up He had to work and when I went back with him, I met his boss and told him I was interested in temp work - they have so much work right now- it's a lab job, the timing was right.
I bought food and easter flowers for my mom and mother in law for tommorrows.
Not a good interaction with my teenage son, but I did not react. I am watching 7 lbs and getting negative.
The fact is I stayed up all night because I was afraid I wouold not wake up for the taxi-sp I am tired.
It's hard not to take my teenage son personally, but I can detach.He is a good kid, just in the teenage phase and knows how to push my buttons.
This movie is depressing.
O need to rest, otherwise
Self-appointed expectations lead to self-induced frustrations
I actually felt like a human being with the help of this group. Thank you.
Convalaria attemptin recovery again Sunday, 8,07am
Things have not been good in procrastination recovery. I feel paralysed.
So for now I have to:
*wash my face
*brush my teeth
*take my meds
*put on some clothes
*take my son to the airport without any drama.
3.45pm
Above is accomloished.....also nice,healthy cafe lunch, some book browsing,sudoku fix, doggy dinner and extended computer sufing.
Next I need to:
*see mother
*do 30 minutes light house work
*cook for about 90 minutes
*find invitation
*shower and .....try to look nice
*leave the house at 7.00pm
"Recovery from procrastination means doing what you say you're going to do, when you say you're going to do it."
Falcon CI Sat.
Hi pro buddies,
I was able to get back to my class and exercise today, then took a long nap this afternoon. Feels like my body has been rebooted after not feeling well earlier this week -- yay for health!
Drinking some coffee & eating a snack to fortify myself.
Then I have a couple of hours before my friend comes over. I need to:
Falcon
Pyrotecher 11 am PDT Sat CI
As per last night's post, I've been struggling at bit this week:
http://procrastinators-anonymous.org/node/2046#comment-29965
(Incidentally, I edited that post slightly before bed. Actually I had made a major edit to streamline it, then lost my rework with a keyboard malfunction. My fault and a good karmic lesson: I'd say overtiredness from my late hours was a factor in making the slipup. Sometimes our bodies will tell us we need to straighten up before anyone else will.)
But enough of the long discussions. Today I've got a short schedule and some specific stuff to accomplish:
- exercise me and the dogs (mutts are MUT!)
- short shopping trip if possible
- tax draft ready for wife's review
- drive to airport this evening to pickup wife.
The latter being a hard deadline I'm betting I'll be more focused on this short list. Kinda sad that that's what it takes but for now, I'll use it!
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"Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of."
Benjamin Franklin
Sat checkin for mamajama
most important thing:
make it to curves for workout eval
2nd MIT 1/2 hr on cleaning kitchen3rd MIT 1.2 hr on sorting papers
4th MIT walk dogs, pick up dog poop
Very interesting discussions on "what procrastination recovery looks like".
I know I'm not there yet, barely working on steps 1-3. Happy Holiday everyone!
ByGodsGrace todays CI
Hi Pro Buddies, happy Saturday! Thanks for the starter Recycler - a golden day sounds wonderful! (Hope u got some sleep and so glad no one was hurt)
Word and prayer for the day: 2 Cor. 12:9 (niv, message)
"My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness."
My grace is enough; it's all you need. My strength comes into its own in your weakness.
Once I heard that, I was glad to let it happen. I quit focusing on the handicap and began appreciating the gift. It was a case of Christ's strength moving in on my weakness. Now I take limitations in stride, and with good cheer, these limitations that cut me down to size—abuse, accidents, opposition, bad breaks. I just let Christ take over! And so the weaker I get, the stronger I become.
God does not just want to give you strength - He wants to be your strength! Joyce Meyer
My to do list:
Read Bible/PrayHome stufferrands, library, store, Meet jobA deliver productplaydatenew clients A, C, M emails
plan job1 - 2 wk schedule
Clear email/inbox for dayclothes ready for churchSaturday morning CL for Lark
Good morning everyone. Today will be "catch up day" around here. I'm also celebrating 12 years today in my other 12th Step Program (the one beginning with the letter "A"). What a ride... but for today I think I'll be happy if I meet about half of my goals--aside from the kitty box.
To do:
kitty box
half hour house cleaning anywhere, anyhow
fill trash bag with excess, broken, spoiled, or leftover items
finish main task for work
put out mail
sort laundry (do one load if I feel like it}
order or buy tv antenna
do any section of next work project
check finances
clean out vehicles a bit
find out what's needed for Easter dinner tomorrow
make work plan for next week
go to 12th Step meeting
kromer 10 CI
Am visiting my family for easter. Last night I slept a lot, then goofed off this morning.
Today I don't expect to get much work done, but I would like to finish my stats pset and secondary structure analysis. Right now, I'm going to do one problem from my stats pset.
Hi all, Apparently I've
Hi all,
Apparently I've seen far too many movies again. Too many thrillers that is. The comedic romances, I can deal with. The thrillers haunt me. For whatever reason I decided to see The Usual Suspects. I suspected it would be something of a comedy or cutesie-- Cohen Brothers-ish. Not quite. It was more like Mission Impossible. I need to stop seeing anything remotely scary.
Brushed my teeth tonight. Got done with my running today. Went to a 12 step meeting. The only thing I didn't do was take my vitamins, which can wait. Did the laundry.
Sleep, sleep, oh beautiful sleep...
Hi Everyone,
What a great way to start the day. I very much enjoy reading your shares, getting clarity and planning for the day. Thanks everyone!!
So, I thought I had simplified my list yesterday... but still only managed to do some items. Instead of 2 hours of practice, I did 45 minutes. Rest worked out fine.
I read that time debting is like borrowing time from the next day and that if I keep doing it, I will eventually run into a time deficit... Well, in my case, I think I also "borrow" from my sleep time.
I got very little sleep the night before (stayed up late to "make up" for lost time), so I had less energy yesterday and felt myself dragging. I was too tired to work, but didn't want to take a nap to avoid screwing up my sleep schedule even more. I was practically whining my way through my 45 minute practice session. When I am well rested, I can go for several hours at a time...
I think a big part of my recovery is going to be removing the punishing element from any procrastination slips I may have. Acceptance is key too.
That being said, I did not finish my assignment for this afternoon. However, I did get some sleep and feel more rested and hopeful today.
Plan for today: exercise, class, grocery shopping, cooking, 2 hour practice, dinner w/friends and another dose of a good nights sleep.
Wishing you all a fruitful and enjoyable day.
Best Wishes,
Sarito
Recycler CI 2:50am EST
Hi Pro Buddies!
There was a fire in an ornamental planter in my building's courtyard just now, and all the alarms went off about 2:30am and the fire department came out! (Fortunately the fire station is 1 block up from our building). While it was "external," it was a literal blazing fire according to the witness. I don't know if someone had unwisely put out a cigarette in the planter earlier and it had flared up? By the time I went downstairs, the fire was out, but there was a strong Smoke smell and lots of fireman and evacuated residents standing around. The planter fire had damaged the wall some, too; fortunately some residents were returning home from an evening out, saw the fire and pulled the fire alarm, so that prevented the fire from being worse than it could have been. Everyone is ok, but it was jarring to have the building alarms go off like that at 2:30am. Well, at least we know the alarms work!
It was on the other side of the complex & other side of the courtyard from where I live -- I definitely wouldn't want it to be any closer! Maybe in the next few days, the homeowners association will send an email to let us know what the fire dept thinks caused it, and also about having that part of the wall fixed/repaired.
OK, that was enough excitement for me! I hope to update my CI later! First I will try to go back to sleep for a while, lol!
Have a great day, everyone! :)
Recycler
Recycler
Thank you, gals & guys, for being here! :)
Wow, a lot of
Wow, a lot of excitement for 2am in the morning. Glad to hear no one was hurt.