Thursday September 17, 2009

Hi Pro Buddies!

Thanks for the threadstarter, vic :) I totally agree with the quote about Showing Up :)

To describe Sept, I can finally define what is going on. While technically a lot of it would be in the category of the Same Stuff, for some reason, there is A Lot More Emotional Intensity coming from my coworkers, + from various experiences I am having, etc. That increases my own [hidden] Emotional Intensity, so that is why I have felt so overwhelmed this month. ((sigh)). No wonder I am in program(s). Shucks! Well, at least there *are* programs available.

This morning, I walked to the gym, did some additional treadmill, did my stretching & 95% of my ab exercises.

Baseball analogy: at work this morning, I kept making a lot of easy base hits, so that's good. In late morning, some emotional intensity from a bizarre work-related phone call. I had brought my lunch, but to get a break after the emotional intensity, I went out & got a sandwich. In the afternoon, I continued getting things done. At the end of the day I updated my assignment list for Friday; it looks pretty good. I think I can get some things done tomorrow :)

I walked home from work. I heated & ate dinner, and I've started a load of clothes in the washer. Thursday night is a good night for me to do some pre-weekend stuff. While tonight will be puttering around, I think I will also be Getting Some Stuff Done. I hope to update my CI later.

8:30pm. I washed 2 loads of clothes, and have dried, folded & put away various parts of those loads. I started a load of dishes in the dishwasher. I called my dad. I sorted most of the mail & read a magazine. I'm getting a good start on things for the weekend. Next: brush & floss teeth, and wash & moisturize face. Read a couple more things before bedtime.

Have a great night, everyone! :)

Recycler

Recycler

Thank you, gals & guys, for being here! :)

I know where I'm at...fighting with step 1!! It feels so good though to know that I'm not fighting alone.

Having a hard time getting started at work today. Had p.t. this a.m., with a new place because the other place was making things worse AND OVERCHARGING ME!!

Anyway, I will start with something easy to get me in the flow and hope to increase the complexity. Will hopefully check in later.

Safe travels today, my pro friends!!

♥"Kindness and truth have met, righteousness and peace have kissed." Psalm 85♥

missed my dr's appt today. got a confirmation call yesterday and everything.

that really bothered me. considered eating (did have 1 snack).

Then the image of a hurried executive came into my mind, coupled w/ the image of Jadis from Magicians Nephew;

First Jadis: she was a witch in narnia-type-land (narnia had technically not been created at this point) but when she came into our world, her spells and such didnt work. The very first time she tried one, and it didnt work, she immediately tried something else.

The abject lack of self-evaluation after that colossal failure of a key part of her identity has stuck with me ever since.

Now the executive: if, perchance, this executive missed an appt, he would also not self-evaluate, but rather problem solve. Call and get another appt, make other arrangements, compensate, and then move on with his busy day.

(of course neither one would post about it in PA, but, well...)

So i called (that was hard for me) and got another appt for next week. no big deal, right? yeah, i keep telling myself that.

anyway, i did start that "i dont have any email, shoot, i really wanted some, maybe i'll read this one i skipped before" syndrome, but i caught myself.

But i guess this is what "daily overcoming" is all abt.

so, now back to my regularly scheduled routine. Try to think of that routine not as shackles but rather as, maybe, gutter guards in bowling.

UPDATE 11:30 :

well my regularly schedule routine has me checking for meetings, and it turns out one was underway, so i got to attend, and asked a question that generated a lot of discussion.

now my neighbor asked me to move.

After that, quiet time.

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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

Good morning!  Back in the office today, and I feel pretty good about the last two days working from home.   I didn't make a lot of progress on my projects yesterday, but that was more because I had lots of meetings than because I didn't work hard, so that's ok!

I've been to the gym, read new email and checked my calendar.  Now I'm going to make a cup of tea and make my todo list for the day!  Laters!

Update noon:  all my administrative tasks are done for the day, and now I need to start on project work.  My next task is hard, so I'm avoiding it.  Checking in here to say I will work on this for the next 45 minutes.  doesn't matter how much I get done,, just that I actually work on it!

Update 2:30 pm  It took me about 15 more minutes of staring at my computer screen to actually get started but then I was able to start working on it.   I discovered an issue that required me to go in a different direction than I had planned, but no worries, as long as I am actually working on it.  Well, back to work!

Update 4 pm.  Still struggling with this task, and had to ask the brilliant intimidating coworker for help.   You know I hate that lol!  But I did it, I have been working steadily, asking for help when needed, and working thru a couple of interruptions too without getting off track.  (pats self on back )

Jo

"A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you." - Elbert Hubbard

Good morning all!

Scheduled: Bible study6-8ish, sit in on class 1-2:30. 

MITs for today:
*RT practice
*Read protocols (will do this soon)
*Planning for pilot expt. (have started this)
*Email DR asking for favor (Did reading, talked to EA, now need to actually write the email, working on this now)
*write abstract for poster
*make graphic on retinol injection expt.
*Budgeting

*Talk/email about where to buy/how to prep RA

Other tasks
*Student seminar stuff
*Work on pset
*Make WM plan
*Pick Dmc1 age
*Get readings on staging
*Edit poster and send to TE for comments

OK, I'm going to do budgeting now and have prayertime, then I'll head to lab, write summary  for poster, check in w/ WB about RT practice, and email DR. Heading to the chatbox now.