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.
Thursday April 30th 2009
the topline: Help me to do the next right thing. Even a small step is infinitely more than no step. So it's worth doing.
Welcome to all p. buddies and thanks for being here.
wisdom courage serenity hope small steps will get me there
the bottomline: Help me to avoid diversions and avoidance
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Recycler CI 6:50pm EST (Friday)
Oops, this is supposed to be on the Friday thread! Sorry! ;)
Hi Pro Buddies!
I'm going out to my other 12-step meeting in a few minutes, but want to CI before I head out.
This morning I walked to the gym, did a short cardio, ab exercises, and stretches.
Today work alternated between being slow, then other people needing things immediately. OK, made it through. On my assignment list, I mostly marked things out as I completed them, and will use that to start from on Monday morning.
Walked home & ate dinner. I've washed my face & changed clothes. I hopeful of having a nice weekend here, so I'm heading out in a few minutes to get it started! ;)
Have a great night, everyone! :)
Recycler
Recycler
Thank you, gals & guys, for being here! :)
Trinity CI 10:58 p.m.
Got a good bit done today. Now going to bed. Night everyone!
. Take out trash. (estimated time 5 minutes)
2.
Start laundry and put clothes away (estimated time 10-15 mins)
3. Do dishes (estimated time 10 minutes)
4. Light cleaning (estimated time 25 minutes)Decluttered a TON of stuff in living and dining room!5. Start cleaning room. (will spend 15 minutes)
6.
Spend 15 minutes cleaning DD's froom
7.
Buy 4 thank you cards.
8. Buy 4 stamps.
9. C
ome home and address cards and send out.1. Do adolescent lit and linguistics homework.12.
Make lunch for tomorrow
13.
Go to bed at a decent hour (10ish) - Gotta wake up at 6 and excercise.
Trinity CI 8:37 p.m.
Got started on laundry and did a 15-minute microsburst in DD's room. Going to head to Wal-mart and get thank-you cards, address them and get them ready for mailing in the a.m.
Going to watch a movie when get home and get to bed. Will do 15-minute MB in our bedroom tomorrow.
All in all I give today an 8 in productivity. Thanks everyone for your encouragement!
Recycler CI 4:45pm EST
Hi Pro Buddies!
I'm finishing up the work day here and have a few free minutes, so decided to do my CI. I didn't sleep well last night, so may feel sleepy when I get home & not want to post ;)
This morning: walked to gym, did ab exercises & stretching. At work I'm still plowing through my assignment list. Walked at lunchtime & ate; didn't do any errands. Next: update my assignment list for tomorrow.
Have a great night, everyone! :)
Recycler
Recycler
Thank you, gals & guys, for being here! :)
Trinity CI 4:34 p.m.
Thanks to Chickadee's suggestion of microbursting, I was able to get done a bunch so far on my checklist. Thanks Chickadee!
Here is what I have accomplished so far:
. Take out trash. (estimated time 5 minutes)
2. Start laundry and put clothes away (estimated time 10-15 mins)
3. Do dishes (estimated time 10 minutes)
4. Light cleaning (estimated time 25 minutes)Decluttered a TON of stuff in living and dining room!5. Start cleaning room. (will spend 15 minutes)
6. Spend 15 minutes cleaning DD's froom
7. Buy 4 thank you cards.
8. Buy 4 stamps.
9. Come home and address cards and send out.
1. Do adolescent lit and linguistics homework.12. Shower and set out all clothes for DD and me.
13. Make lunch for tomorrow
14. Go to bed at a decent hour (10ish) - Gotta wake up at 6 and excercise.
Nothing yet..
Have not done anything yet. I feel like such a failure. Going to go get started. Ugh! Feeling blah today.
kromer 10:30 CI and confession
Yesterday I did OK until about 6:30, then I just totally stopped working and fell into a web-surfing vortex that lasted until I went to bed...I have a presentation today that I'm stressed out about, and I was avoiding preparation for it.
However, today I'm doing a little better...I've pulled together what I think is a decent presentation this morning. Here's what I need to do for the rest of the day
Scheduled: class 11-12:30. church mtg 7-8
MITs:
*Finish raw data proc
*Quality control for MC's data
*grocery shopping, laundry
*Review 3 stats lectures
*Phone calls about walk for hunger
*Look over raw data for 1 dataset and see what I observe
Other tasks
*Doc. cons code
*Budgeting/financial stuff
*read 2 papers for DG's project
*Brainstorm next steps of analysis
Breaks:
*Lunch w/ classmates
*Call AG
Off to class, then lunch, raw data proc, looking over data, QC.
kromer 2 CI
Went to class and gave presentation...it wasn't great, but it got me useful feedback and a place to start on a project where I've been floundering. Then I had lunch with my classmates, which was very nice.
Right now, I'm going to finish the raw data processing, and look over the raw data from one experiment. Then, I've just been given a pointer to a whole bunch of data on the project, so I'm going to read through that and take notes (rather than reading papers on the project) and brainstorm some next steps.
Update 5:30--I finished raw data processing, looked over raw data from half an experiment, and read through most of data on project, had dinner. Right now, I'm going to spend about 20 min brainstorming next steps on the project, then I'm going to make phone calls about walk for hunger, then go to church mtg, then come home and take care of laundry and grocery shopping.
kromer 9:50 CI
Church meeting got done late, got home around 9:30, had a break and a snack.
Right now, I'm going to send an email to AG (since he's sick and lost his voice...), then go grocery shopping, start laundry, do breakfast dishes from this morning, go over 3 stats lectures.
Trinity CI 10:03 a.m.
Yesterday was a so so day for me. I got done about half of the stuff I had on my to do list. During the evening, I was in a l ot of pain due to a huge canker sore that is on the inside of my cheek. It is rubbing up against my braces and makes my cheek feel like it is on fire! I feel it is about as equivalent to a toothache. I ended up spending the whole evening playing with my daughter, reading 4 chapters in my book (which was on my to do list) and then calling it a night at 9 p.m. when I couldn't take the pain anymore. My housework did not get done, ugh! But anyway, here is my to-do list for today:
1. Take out trash. (estimated time 5 minutes)
2. Start laundry and put clothes away (estimated time 10-15 mins)
3. Do dishes (estimated time 10 minutes)
4. Light cleaning (estimated time 25 minutes)
5. Start cleaning room. (will spend 15 minutes)
6. Spend 15 minutes cleaning DD's froom
7. Buy 4 thank you cards.
8. Buy 4 stamps.
9. Come home and address cards and send out.
1. Do adolescent lit and linguistics homework.
12. Shower and set out all clothes for DD and me.
13. Make lunch for tomorrow
14. Go to bed at a decent hour (10ish) - Gotta wake up at 6 and excercise.
Sammy ci :: 9:00 am
I'll be leaving the house in a few minutes to go to school to print my LCFA project. Made no progress on my Zimbabwe paper last night. It is now 7 days late. I have class at 3, then another class at 6, so I need to make really good use of my time before and after class. Tomorrow morning is my client presentation for project LCFA. It will feel SO good to be done with that! Saturday my puppet team is performing at a luncheon, but we are SO not ready. I'm praying that God will get us through that performance with His grace! We really need it!
Today I am thankful for my friends T, J, and A. Without them, I probably would have given up on this LCFA project weeks ago.
byGodsGrace todays ci
We are off to the zoo today! End of the year is a field trip frenzy!! Back this afternoon to get some work done – thank God for helping me with balance… and not being so far behind that I can’t take breaks – I am a work in progress!
Word and prayer for the day again: Psalm 63:1-3, 7-8
"O God, You are my God; early will I seek You;
My soul thirsts for You; my flesh longs for You
In a dry and thirsty land where there is no water.
So I have looked for You in the sanctuary,
To see Your power and Your glory.
Because Your lovingkindness is better than life,
My lips shall praise You....Because You have been my help,
Therefore in the shadow of Your wings I will rejoice.
My soul follows close behind You;
Your right hand upholds me."
My to do list:
Dd school field trip 9a until ?,Dd ot/st 3:45-5:15, pkup job3Job MG ec design print sample
brownies 4school worker appreciation giftsbrownies taste better than they look! But made a cute bag and personal tag for them so hope that makes up for it!jobCC email forms,find sample ideajobFS email revisionsjob2 sample,design plan, invoice, email k,Ribbon?Thank you notes, photo cds, Bills/budget
I am so tired, really need to get more done, but tomorrow is a new day!
babarino ci
My calendar/task list is at work so I will have to fill this in later Noon 12 step 6:30 yoga
dates
email re K
exhibits
mal in
follow up w/ rp
a reserach
Journey quick update - Dad's funeral is today
Greetings everyone, just wanted to let you all know that my Dad passed away peacefully in his sleep Tuesday evening. My brother stopped by after work to check on him and found him asleep and couldn't wake him. He called the family and the preacher and we were all with him as he took his last breath.
This was not unexpected although we never expected it to be this soon . . . but I'm glad he went peacefully in his sleep and that we were all able to be there, and that he went fairly quickly and didn't have to linger on in the nursing home for a long time.
We are sad, of course, but we're doing ok. Thanks for all the good wishes and prayers you have sent my way during my Dad's illness.
Jo
There is a proper balance between not asking enough of oneself and asking or expecting too much. - May Sarton
For journey
journey,
I'm so sorry about your father. And glad that you took the time to let us know. As Quakers say, we will be "holding you in the light."
Falcon
for jo:
(((hugs)))
so sorry.
so sorry to hear about this, jo. My prayers and thots are with your family.
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the touch of the master's hand: http://procrastinators-anonymous.org/node/1898#comment-27748
"fall down seven times, get up eight" - japanese proverb
thinking of you
Hi Jo!
I am sorry about your loss.
Thinking of you & your family,
Recycler
Recycler
Thank you, gals & guys, for being here! :)
My deepest sympathy to you
I send my deepest sympathy to you and your family in this difficult time. Even when a parent dies peacefully, it is hard when it happens suddenly. I lost my mother last fall in a similar way and it was hard because it was so unexpected. You are in my thoughts and prayers today and in the coming days.
rec
So sad to hear....
Glad to know, though, that you and your family's lives can move forward again. Wishing you strength and peace...
Isabo
Nothing is worth more than this day - Goethe
Thinking of you and your family as well
Glad to hear he went peacefully as well. Sending warm wishes and thoughts during this emotional time.
hugs & prayers journey
Journey - you have been so faithful to him and what a blessing to have been with him... my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family today.
prayers
Journey
You are in my thoughts and prayers.
Babarino
{{{{journey}}}} thinking
{{{{journey}}}}
thinking of you and your family
Sarito Cl 10h00
Hi Everyone,
Had a very productive day yesterday. Here is my cl for today:
practice 2 hrs (Pro, review Ba briefly, dech) (DONE, didn't get to dech though), exercise, class (messed up scheduling today. will have to make-up next week), coaching, errands (buy new acc, met, Su bk 2, check fl dech), practice 2 hrs (start Bl from back to front, review Mo) (DONE, dech will have to wait til tomorrow, rest got covered though). will try again to do a little So. Lots of resistance on the last one...
Cheers,
Sarito
Didn't get to errands either. Routing for Sat since I'll be in the hood on Sat.
Hope-Faith CI 3:05
Up early to work on project.
Read sample paperSelect GoalsI must multitask -- task is to overwhelming and need to change focus from time to time. Work on some am routine.
CI/Update Post/Blog (15 min)hope-faith
PHONE LIST
Hey folks,
I want to start a phone list, for outreach calls for PA. I want us to be able to contact one another, when we're going through a rough time getting started and need to check in. It'd be cool to have somewhere to reach, when a computer is not available. Since we cannot post private information in a public place, please feel free to message me with the following, if you wish to be added:
first name (optional), screen name handle, phone number, good times to be reached, time zone, are you doing step work for PA?, email (so that I can email you with the phone list when I get a bunch of people)
Thank you!
katia11 CI 4/30
Okay. I am back after another long term hiatus. So much has happened in this time! I am done with school for a bit, but I feel incredibly incredibly unproductive and decided to make a Check-In for tomorrow/tonight. I am going to make it somewhat simple so I can FINALLY finish a Check-In after MULTIPLE attempts. Here goes:
-E-mail Physics person
-E-mail advisor
-Pick out two sets of summer courses
-Call woman about job
-Go to the driving range (weather permitting)
-Pick up prescriptions
-Buy airline tickets
-Post masterlist of goals on procrastinator's anonymous
-Organize box full of underthings and socks
-Start reading book I started a month ago
-Have a great day with my boyfriend! <3
Not too scary. Gonna keep things a little small and manageable until I actually start getting things done lol.
meh!
I am very anxious about sending these e-mails. . .
-E-mail Physics person
-E-mail advisor
-Pick out two sets of summer courses
-Call woman about job-Go to the driving range (weather permitting)-Pick up prescriptions-Buy airline tickets-Post masterlist of goals on procrastinator's anonymous
-Organize box full of underthings and socks
-Start reading book I started a month ago
-Have a great day with my boyfriend! <3
So it is not the best day to hit golf balls. I practised the piano a little bit to make up. Also I re-typed an essay for someone who needed to read it.
woo!
I did not have very reliable internet the past couple days, so I could not update this list. I am pleased!
-E-mail Physics person-E-mail advisor-Pick out two sets of summer courses-Call woman about job-Go to the driving range (weather permitting)-Pick up prescriptions-Buy airline tickets-Post masterlist of goals on procrastinator's anonymous
-Organize box full of underthings and socks
-Start reading book I started a month ago-Have a great day with my boyfriend! <3This is the most things I have ever completed on a check-in. Yay! The masterlist has been delegated to today's to-do list, and I have not been home to organize that box of stuff as I'm staying somewhere else.
Now on to today!
Deej CI 30/04
Had a bunch of new tasks dumped on me for next week which threw me a little. But then I thought it through and have decided to ignore those items until next week and get on with Thursday.
So today...
do fliers for field days and send for checkingI've renewed a routine I'd previously tried and its been working well the last few days except for wasteing the entire evenings in front the TV or computer games, so tonight...
Dam - not going so well (mostly procrastinating by chatting on forums about procrastination - arh!). Half hour lunch to return to routine and then into it - no distractions.
Well got the fliers done in the end but having major frustrations with the web pages.
puppy morning cheer/chick CI
recycler gave us this puppy here--he's so comforting and cheery I thought snoopy should have his company
--my list
project l
email spemail re btravel plans