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.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Wishing everyone a marvelous Monday!
Remembering: This too shall pass... in the meantime, I'm gonna try and enjoy the ride!
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Sarito CL 9H20 & Urgent Request for Inspirational Verses
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e's "phew" day
At very long last I seem to be ending the road for taxes and....They owe ME money! LOL! I could not have made it through this harrowing process without this fellowship!
Now, I just need to pull out the stops, double check the state taxes, efile and print this sucker out!
Recycler CI 4:25pm EST
Hi Pro Buddies!
I'm still feeling a little under the weather, so this morning at the gym I only did stretching, then showered & got ready for work. At work I prepped for staff meeting, then have followed up on new projects from that meeting. At lunch I ate my food, then went to a quiet place for a while. Next I have time to stop at the condo before going to the meeting of my other 12-step program. I hope to meet with my sponsor after the meeting
Have a great night, everyone! :)
Recycler
Recycler
Thank you, gals & guys, for being here! :)
ScottK CI 10:30
Hi, I'm Scott, and I'm a procrastinator. If this were a f2f I'd be asking for a First Step, because I'm definitely coming back from a relapse.
A couple of months ago we lost our largest client, an account I had been working on for six years. The loss was due to a change in senior management at the client, but I still felt devastated and depressed. Since then I have spent most of my time NOT doing the prospecting work I have to do if this business is going to survive. I have been in full procrastination mode, paralyzed by anxiety and depression.
I made the mistake of losing regular contact with you PAers (although I did keep going to meetings etc. in my other 12-step fellowship). But I've decided the drift has gone on long enough, so here I am, checking in!
1) Complete DSL order
2) Respond to Kurt email
3) Notify Charter of cancellation
4) Get mail packages out
5) Phone Tony
Not a huge list, but if I get all this done in one day it will be more productive than I've been in weeks. Thanks everybody for being here
welcome back ScottK!
"The elevator to success is out of order. You'll have to take the stairs . . . one step at a time." - Joe Girard
bygodsgrace todays ci
Quick ci, internet issues again today.Commit today to stay focused on deadlines and remember that avoiding it won't make them go away! Praying for grace and courage.
Update: Internet back up - working well today - If I would work smart every day I would get more done in less time - imagine that! Grateful to God for grace and widsom and guidance in this recovery process and as I work today.
Agnus home again ci
Good to see my PA friends here after a week away. No trauma or drama, just life on life's terms, practicing simplicity and gratitude. I have already accomplished a few things this morning that my HP mentioned during Step 11, so I am just starting this check-in with yet-to-be-done's as of 11:25am:
schedule orthodontistemail team schedschedule physicalbe on time for 1:30 apptactually 2 minutes late but greatly improved!General stuff HP also mentioned this morning: Breathe, walk,
plan my eating and work, and eat and work my plan.Monday June 15 checkin
Yesterday, I got very little done, though I did chair my first PA meeting.
And I went to my niece's graduation party, which was nice.
Then, we got a huge hailstorm and tornado warning; I am grateful that no damage ws done in my area.
Anyway, time to play catchup today.
workout
boxes
vacuum
1 hour on college classwork
call bg, sign lease
see dad for lunch
return wheelchair
Monday
Since I am a science major/ science kind of thinker, I sort of use the scientific method on some problems when all else fails. I decided to try this with PA.
When I first started OA they would say "When you see someone who has what you want, ask what they did" and I must of asked 100's of people and nothing they did with food ever work for me, permentantly , So I did my own thing with my HP pertaining to food, Not the steps- of course I tried- but the steps only worked for me when I worked them as laid out in the Big Book-which is still working today- from 1985. (NOTE - NOT PERFECTLY, SPIRITUAL PROGRESS BY THE GRACE OF GOD)
A pictoral view of the scientific method would sort of look like:
So far, I am at the top 2 items. I have been loosely keeping a procratinator's daily log to observe any patterns.(without judgment) for the past few weeks.
So far a big pattern is: Lack of focus , poor planning, emotional issues
I have the ability to do things "when I have to" but I can't seem to stay focused.
I know I have ADHD, so that may be a hurdle I need to factor in . Sad to say, but I must be rigorously honest to recover, I am still an addict with addictive thinking and I still will try "To get away with" whatever I can- consciously or unconsciously and i REALLY NEED TO FACTOR THAT IN- THAT IS SOMETHING I MUST ALWAYS BE HONEST ABOUT-for me - if I want to recover, the very thing I think is "getting away with" is the thing that is making me sick.
My hypothesis is I can be more focused as I get more junk out of my head and focus on myself, MY hp AND HIS WILL FOR ME instead of others. I have been doing step work and now hooked into an on line coda/oa writing group which deals with my blocks - boundaries, expectations, feeling feelings, blame, doing what works. My hypothesis is if I can clear up some of the emothional hangups it frees me up from the self induced energy drain. When I am willing to pass the message of recovery, in these groups, I feel God's strength to do the daily living things (that I procratinate on).
Soemhow, I don't understand it but, Everything is somehow related.
I am not close enough to developing a plan yet- I need my HP's help with that but at least I don't feel like I am living in the twilight zone. I think that sense of connection with others is a big, big, big help too- support, validation, kindness.
I am not even close to an answer (It took me 3 years to develop a food plan that worked for me using this method- and my food plan is still not perfect) , but I am more aware and hopeful and motivated to work with my HP on this.
kromer 9:30 CI
Back at work after vacation...still a bit jet-lagged, so into lab a little late, but not bad.
Today my main task is to prepare for a presentation tomorrow...need to make slide on CLR results, do comparison to timecourse, and email Ya.
I also want to make a schedule for the week and do some work on MC's project.
And I want to buy dance shoes and go to square dance class.
I'm going to start by making schedule for the week, then I'll make a slide on CLR results.
Update 10:10--finished making schedule for week, now working on slide on CLR results.
Update 12:50--making good progress on CLR results slide, had some lunch...I'm going to give myself 40 min to finish CLR results slide, then I'll check back here.
Update 3:50--going really slowly, but I finally finished making CLR results slide, now I need to do timecourse comparison (30 min), send email to ya (5 min), go get dance shoes (1 hr), post some info for ya (30 min), then I'll do a little work on MC's project.
Update 6:15--still going slowly, but a little better: did the timecourse comparison, got dance shoes, had some dinner. Right now I'm going to send email to Ya and post some info for ya, then I'll check back.
Update 7:45--slowness seems to be my theme for the day, but the above are done. Now I'm going to send a *quick* (5 min) email about Harambee, then I'll head to square dance class, after class I'll call AG, go home, take out trash, microburst work on MC's project.
ci 6.15.09 8:30a babarino
Task 1 (wasn't due today :))
Task 2 (done)
Task 3 (done) This was one I had been worrying about that had been sitting a long time, amazing how I build things up in my head, then they are not that bad. :)
Task 4 (done)
Task 5 (done)
Task 6 (done)
Home tasks
home blessing
litter
bathroom
7p meeting?
gym
Journey 9 am One Word
Coffee
"The elevator to success is out of order. You'll have to take the stairs . . . one step at a time." - Joe Girard
one word
laughing out loud
Nothing is worth more than this day - Goethe
Journey 10:20 re: one word
lol Isabo I am feeling much better now that I have had some coffee and some breakfast! Todo list is made, I've been to the gym, read email and checked my calendar. I had a hard time getting started this morning but I'm moving along now. Preparing for 10:30 meeting, 11:00 meeting, and noon meeting (!).
"The elevator to success is out of order. You'll have to take the stairs . . . one step at a time." - Joe Girard
Hope-Faith CI 5:40
It is a new day today. It is a good day today as it is my last day at work for the summer. Well required day. I will pop in and out during the summer working on next years plans. I will also be taking advantage of some development activites. Most of the are on-line so I can complete them while home with my wonderful children.
Plans for the day
Have to's
Complete AM routineWorkWant to's
Time to get to work.
hope-faith