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.
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Procrastinators Anonymous Tools:
5. Avoid Time Bingeing: One reason procrastinators dread starting is that once they start they don't let themselves stop. Plan to work on a task for a defined period of time, then set a timer. When the timer goes off, you're done.
6. Use Small Blocks of Time: Procrastinators often have trouble doing tasks in incremental steps, and wait for big blocks of time that never come. When you have small blocks of time, use them to work on the task at hand.
7. Avoid Perfectionism: Procrastinators have a tendency to spend more time on a task than it warrants, so tasks that should be quick to do take an agonizingly long time. Notice this tendency and stop yourself. Some things require completion, not perfection.
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CI do it now
400 meeting in
bring 6's
bring cdy to work
lps and hw up b4 I leave
be ready for at least 3 classes before start - do stats
there i decided.
kromer 8:15 CI
Took most of the day off.
Now I have a little more work to do...
*Refine sets of coregulated genes
*Go over 4 sets of stats problems+lect on exponential families
*Email out deacon mtg notes.
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byGodsGrace todays CI
Don't know where my morning went, but rushing to get ready now! These tools are the 3 i need most i think!
Word and prayer for the day again: Matthew 3:33
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you
But more than anything else, put God's work first and do what he wants. Then the other things will be yours as well.
My to do list:
Read Bible/ Pray, house stuff,church 9.30 ended up having to work, felt bad, but client was in town today onlyJob2 revise plan for order, update sample/items (cover, notebk) choice list for meeting todayjobAB sample, jobCC type invoice/email, email updated portfolio PW, JM, TO, MG
JG something fun for dd,call Rclean house more, church 6p if meeting over in timeemail PS / LS,Clear emailGet teacher gifts ready, clothes ready for programRecycler CI 9:50am EST
Hi Pro Buddies!
This morning I did a lot of journaling. This afternoon I am going to meet with my sponsor from another program to do a 5th step. I have already written out my 4th step (I did include some notes about procrastination, so I can consider it a 5th step for this program, too ;). However, I have had an issue come up on another topic, so I have journaled a bunch about that. So ... it could be a long meeting. lol
I had a great bike ride this morning. Even though the weather overcast, the temperature is good. I also did my qigong at the park and enjoyed the flowers, plants, and trees. At home, I have cleaned up and gotten dressed for a late-morning activity that I will go to soon. Next: pick out some things for Goodwill, and take them with me when I go out. I have 3 activities the rest of the day (including the 5th step), so I plan to update my CI eventually, but it could be later ;)
Have a great day, everyone! :)
Recycler
Recycler
Thank you, gals & guys, for being here! :)
Journey 8:30
Good morning! Busy day today. I have my todo list, and it's reasonable and doable, but will require staying on task most of the day. Some fun things are on the list too!
first, make up the bed, and pick out clothes for work tomorrow, gym tomorrow, and baby shower today.
Thanks for the great thread starter Sarito! I need to focus on #6 today.
Jo
Soon you will harvest what you are planting today - Steve Pavlina
e's Sunday
Today would be a great day to finish the taxes. I am going to do my best to do so by coming in and out of here, doing short bits of effort and using my ipod and the television as tools to accompany my work. The house is not picked up and I would like to do so, but am asking my Higher Power for help in not being obsessive about it.
Have a great day, everyone.
Third Step Prayer:
God, I offer myself to Thee - to build with me and do with me as Thou wilt. Relieve me of the bondage of self, that I may better do Thy will. Take away my difficulties, that victory over them may bear witness to those I would help of Thy Power, Thy Love, and Thy Way of life. May I do Thy Will always!
asking for help to do the next right thing
Gwen D CI 8:30 pm day before
I will not be doing anything tonight if I don't want to do it. It's hot out and it's Saturday night. But I post this because I know there are things I want to (not HAVE to) but want to do before Monday morning and tomorrow could be a day to do them. I
I came to PA tonight because as I looked at a messy pile of papers and thought about putting them away, the little childish voice came out of me, "I don't WANT to!" Then I thought about Demand Resistance and needed to read about that again. We've had a dialog about it here since 2006. (use the search field)
Anyway, that's definitely what I suffer from, and considering I've been here since 2006, I feel like I'm only just getting that truth. Very interesting.
The phenomenon of demand resistence and the fallacy of waiting for motivation before action. I would very much like to resolve those two theories into an actionable habit.
Until tomorrow.
Until then... Thanks all for being here.
Gnothi Seauton ~ Know Thyself
gwen
I really identify with your description of demand resistance and am entirely familiar with that little voice. I have recently been finding an enormous amount of recovery in the manageability of my life and with coping with that childish voice. I picked up an old copy of The Zen of Eating which I had purchased quite some time ago, but never read. It uses the teachings of Buddha as a tenet for dealing with the compulsion to eat, but I am finding it equally effective with that little voice. I am finding that (with my Higher Power's help) that I can sit back and get to see/hear those uncomfortable feelings I get which have held me paralyzed for so long that I can see them, acknowledge them and say to myself: how interesting, and then remind myself that I can still go ahead and do the next right thing anyway. What a shift in my ability to act!
asking for help to do the next right thing
thank you e!
Whoo boy. I'm having lots of fun in my own company today, trickling through tasks, but I am moving SLOW. Next right thing indeed. Thanks so much for the words. Maybe I can realize that I will be better aligned with the Will of Good if I set the timer and check in with myself, and power through those lazy moments and contrary voices. And that that will be better for me.
I think it will be helpful to set an end goal. How about this one? Leaving the house and using a car share car to go visit my friend who just recovered from surgery.
Let's say, 3pm to 5pm? I'm really conflicted about that! Am thinking of all the reasons NOT to do it.
But for the next hour I'm going to act as if that is my goal... and finish cleaning house and doing errands!!
Listing at NowDoThis.com.
Gnothi Seauton ~ Know Thyself
Gwen D CI: 6:30 pm
I'm just going to accept the fact that I'm having a weekend on my own terms.
I have been moving, and cleaning and sorting and generally making way for the week ahead. I've scrubbed the kitchen top to bottom, including sorting and washing shelves of stuff, that sort of thing. I can see there's more to do in terms of straightening up, and maybe, just maybe I will see my way to washing a load of laundry.
Whoops! Call from a friend who needs a meal companion. i'm going to prioritize her. We'll see what comes next.
Life is good. I sure have a lot of leeway in my life.
Gnothi Seauton ~ Know Thyself
Gwen D CI end of night
I have finished four out of five areas.
It's an okay day and I'm still motivated, but I should sleep if I want to wake up in a rested state for tai chi tomorrow.
We'll see.
Thanks all for being here. Appreciate the place to report and observe.
Gwen D
Gnothi Seauton ~ Know Thyself
Chick CI & intentions
the very tools that I need to read, so true, so true.
A big day for bringing project l to finish.
And hope to fit in a few household things and breaks too.
Sarito Early Check-in
self-care:
run in park;floor stretches; spiritual reading;tea w/friendsschool:
sing scoresfor both Prok &Ba;3 spots in Prok;tempo issue in Ba;run throughs w/A as well as w/F; So cles; 1 So Di; So rythousehold: market for last items