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.
Recycler CI 4:45pm EST
Hi Pro Buddies!
At the gym this morning I did my full cardio, stretching, and ab exercises.
In the office this morning, I replied to my email, and worked on deadline projects. At lunchtime, I ate food I had brought from home. I did a change of address (elapsed procrastination time = about 4 months), then went into a quiet room for some meditation. During the afternoon, I finished my projects for the day, and distributed some material.
Now I am trying to plan for after work. I have something to eat at home, and I think I can fix one more thing to go with it, before it is time to go to the meeting of my other 12-step program. I think this strategy will work for me, so I am going to try to go with it!!!
6:20pm. OK, what I wanted to eat, turned out ok, so I saved money by not going out :) Next: I have 30 or so minutes before going to my meeting. Hmm, shall I try to get into anything? Let me see what I can do ...
Have a great night, everyone! :)
Recycler
Recycler
Thank you, gals & guys, for being here! :)
CI Do It Now 2:23 pm fri
1. LAnn fu on bks trip and "Btfl Mn"
check-in (noon)
Hi All,
Feeling very depressed. Hurt my back a few weeks back, had surgery about 13 years ago. Waiting for the results of my MRI I took last night to see if I need p.t. or can just go back to the gym. I'm hoping for p.t., because I don't want to re-injure my back, I know how easy that is!! IF I'm o.k., I'm hoping to make it to the gym at lunch today, but I already don't feel like going.
I know the depression is linked to not working out. Vicious cycle, I guess.
hope4me
*Hugs* Hope you feel better soon, Hope. Take it easy. Wishing you all the best. You've got one person on the other side of the planet rooting for ya :) :*
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Nothing diminishes anxiety faster than action - Walter Anderson
@hope4me
Get well wishes from me too, you gotta be careful with that back stuff, so don't overdo it even if they say you can exercise!
Jo
"The elevator to success is out of order. You'll have to take the stairs . . . one step at a time." - Joe Girard
Thanks Jo
You are so right, I am being careful and didn't go to the gym today. Even though I've put on weight (UGH) I think the back is too important to fool with.
Thanks for validating my unspoken thoughts!!
hope4me&u
Thank you so much Edge!!
You made me cry in a good way!! :(( It feels so good to know that, and I'm on the other side of the planet routing for you!! :x
hope4me
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Nothing diminishes anxiety faster than action - Walter Anderson
ScottK CI 10:20
The next right things to do today:
1) Send out Alchemy reminder email
2) Contact ATT re 800 number
3) Make some sales calls
4) Draft freelance piece
5) Repost books
ci babarino
Organize d & Read file
final conf draft
final draft U
send s (done)
Call 1 W's & schedule
Send any other d to j
get health info (done)
read the rest of er info
kromer 9:45 CI
This vacation thing is kind of nice!
Like yesterday, I want to get an hour or two of work done. I want to:
*Have prayer time
*Write up work on Fgf and Notch signaling
*If I get time, work for an hour on meiotic blocks project.
Journey 9:15
Yesterday was a busy day, lots of meetings, and today promises to be the same! I'm sort of an introverted person and lots of people interaction makes me feel tired and stressed, although I must say that I enjoy it more than I used to . . .thanks to Toastmasters I think!
I did pretty well yesterday at using my time between meetings to get work done. I want to do that again today.
First, a cup of tea, then todo list. (I'm giving up coffee so I've switched to tea at work)
Jo
"The elevator to success is out of order. You'll have to take the stairs . . . one step at a time." - Joe Girard
CL ci
early today
8:45 pl
9:30 qt
10 wk nbf
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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
Vic 8/14
Got through yesterday without shutting down or picking up. ONLY becausebecause I have this place to dump my feelings, I think I would have. Feeling hope with my fellow travellers on this rock road of recovry.
today1. show up (done)take son to work, store, do workbook page 4, look more at "master list" more help on focus., cont. to work at trip reschedule ck in later
Hi Vic
I've related to your posts. I too have a very hard time showing up. I made it into work every day this week, which is good. I'm just hoping to not call in sick next week either. I'm grateful we have a place to come and share, so we can get better.
Looking forward to hearing more of your shares.
hope4me&u
Hi Hope
Thank you for the connection. This site and the people here tuely are hope for the hopeless. They say 95% of life is "showing up". I found that to be an easy concept in conjunction to "employment". But for the day/to/day stuff, I avoid, shut down, "start over" . In fact the "starting over" feeling became a rush for me.
I am so happy I did not shut down- mostly for my boys. I am really getting out of the denial of the seriousness of my avoidance issues, and how it affects others. I know this too shall pass, with the support here, I don't have to "start over". It doesn't seem like anything is working out in trying to repair the trip- it may not get fixed. But no one was hurt, at least not physically. Thank you for your connection. Your friend in recovery Vic
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isabo 820am
It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be without temptations.
- Walter Bagehot
There will always be temptation.
I need to accomplish today, not let the minutes fade into the past.
910am 2pm 415pm
fix screen door empty empty load run dishwasher rice to fridge
washer to dryer *** dirty clothes to washer *** fold clean laundry * put away clean laundry *
pick up all in living room that doesn't belong there dust tv & stereo
spot wipe walls doors & banisters wipe off dining room table sweep main floor
vacuum main floor & stairs up mop main floor clean up toilet & floor around
pick up all in rec room that doesn't belong sweep rec room mop rec room
windex windows wipe down sills wipe down kitchen appliances
took kids to swimming lessons, made and ate lunch, found VERY inexpensive tires, played mahjonng...
spent most of time in garden picking yellow beans and carrots, and weeding potatoes. chicken cooking now, will wash and cut carrots, wash snip and cut beans, cut up leftover meat for beef rice, saute onion and scramble eggs for rice, .....and remember to drink water!!
Nothing is worth more than this day - Goethe
Edge's CI - 8:38am
x 8am meds x2
- hmed 1
- breakfast
- finish writing today's to dos
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Nothing diminishes anxiety faster than action - Walter Anderson
Edge's CI - 10:20am
In danger of wasting time playing PC games or reading, gotta keep myself moving.
x 8am meds x2
x hmed 1
x breakfast
x dishes
- take cat to vet for shower and checkup
- call A about weekend outing
x call S about morning class
- shower
x clean room
x laundry
- fh
- finish and send 3 f arts
- hmed 2
- 4 pm med
x btmed 1
- btmed 2
- btmed 3
- take L shopping
- call M
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Nothing diminishes anxiety faster than action - Walter Anderson
Edge's CI - 12:33pm
x 8am meds x2
x hmed 1
x breakfast
x dishes
- take cat to vet for shower and checkup
- call A about weekend outing
x call S about morning class
x shower
x clean room
x laundry
- fh
- finish and send 3 f arts
- hmed 2
- 4 pm med
x btmed 1
- btmed 2
- btmed 3
- take L shopping
- call M
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Nothing diminishes anxiety faster than action - Walter Anderson
Edge's CI - 7:19pm
x 8am meds x2
x hmed 1
x breakfast
x dishes
x call S about morning class
x shower
x clean room
x laundry
x 4 pm med
x btmed 1
x take L shopping
x btmed 2
- btmed 3
- fh
- finish and send 3 f arts
- hmed 2
x call A about weekend outing
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Nothing diminishes anxiety faster than action - Walter Anderson
Edge's CI - 11:45am
1 f article down, two more to go.
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Nothing diminishes anxiety faster than action - Walter Anderson