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Thursday October 8,2009
Grateful
Serenity Courage Wisdom
No one who achieves success does so without the help of others.
The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.
Alfred North Whitehead
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8 at 8:24 am
opps wrong date.
fudoshin - 29 days - 10.09.09 (2:10am)
Please do not leave advice. Thank you. Prayers welcome.
29 days I said the following:
So I am going to do a 30-day detox:
When I think about doing this with someone I need to come back to my
personal objectives.
And I'm committing to the following toplines:
breakfast
thirty minutes of exercise{running, swimming, yoga, dance, ballet, tap, karate, walking, jogging}
a daily assessment of my goals and affirmations
brushing my teeth and using listerine in the morning
brushing, using floss , listerine and a periodontic brush at night
My assessment of myself: pretty good! I avoided these successfully but I have to admit that one day I was on a site advertising a movie and that movie had a utube video as its trailer, and that was not exactly what I wrote. I wrote that I'd avoid utube on other sites, whenever possible and I KNEW what I was doing. But I don't think taht just because of viewing that one movie trailer that that puts all of my work to shame, since I have worked so hard in all other wys. I cannot work this program perfectly anymore than I can actually realize my ideal of perfectionism, but I can accomplish my goals, and I have achieved avoidance from these sites for 29 days. And I think that's a pretty big deal. I want to address how well I've done my toplines now: breakfast, I've been excellent at. The daily assessment of my goals, the thirty minutes of exercise, and brushing/flossing/using listerine at night need some work. But that's okay. First things first. Despite what my therapist thinks about my relationship with my sponsor resembling my relationship with my qualifiers, I think that just having a sponsor who gets me to write down my steps each week, and makes me check in, in a positive way, and makes me talk about my program and has boundaries about timing may actually be a good thing for me. Hell, I am happy to have a sponsor. SO I just want to thank my HP that i was able to find this person WILLIng to be my sponsor. I very much appreciate it. And I don't like that my therapist was saying that I should be careful what it is I'm actually getting out of my sponsor. I think that....I am content at this point in my life with what I am receiving. maybe I am settling, but at this point in my life, it is fine. I am just happy to have a sponsor and I pray to my HP that i can continue showing up for her, which is really a prayer about SHOWING UP for myself.
Also, I am back to DAY 1 on the tooth brushing, b/c I didn't do that, so I got to think of some other way to do this.
The other issue is that I never did finish the work that i was hoping to finish that was behind "school work" -- the stuff I was hoping to finish that is the reason I didn't go on those dates, the reason I took off thirty days, the reason I had to pay 768 dollars and possibly more. I need to make an amends to myself for this addiction. Tomorrow, I promise to go on a run, I've already used up my walking and rest days for a week. And tomorrow, I shall definitely get to sleep on time. By on time, I mean by 12am. I think that's sensible.
Also next week I must remember to go to that DA meeting on Thursday or try out a new DA meeting. I must remember to checkin with that phone meeting again for UA.
Crayon CI -- after a long absence
I'm back, after several weeks of silence... I'm not sure what happened, I just couldn't take it anymore...the constant struggle of fighting against myself...so I just let go for a few weeks and just rolled with the punches for a while. Then I got sick and ended up in the hospital, but that is a story for another day.
I'm trying to summon the energy again to fight and overcome. I'm going to try to take it in smaller steps this time though, perhaps with a bit more understanding and kindness toward myself.
To do for today: show up (done).
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Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.
~William James
wb crayon
Sorry to hear you were in hospital and hope you are all well now!
Jo
"You've got to trust your instinct, and let go of regret. You've got to bet on yourself now, star, 'cause that's your best bet." - from All Mixed Up by 311
OCz CI
I will stop counting days until I can say I didn't procrastinte today! I'ts not the same thing to not do something just because there was just not enough time on the day than not completing tasks but instead surf the net or simply stare at the pile of unfinished stuff!
Good progress on xls!Thank you all for being here!
one step at a time!
re: counting the days
It's a process OCz, we don't recover overnight although that would be nice.
I'm not sure if this is the same issue, but I've tried building habits by trying to do something 30 days IN A ROW and then felt defeated because I missed a day and had to start over. So now this is what I do: When I'm trying to build a habit, I plan a reward for myself when I have done it 30 times, and they don't have to be in a row. This seems to inspire me more and I'm less likely to give up.
Jo
"You've got to trust your instinct, and let go of regret. You've got to bet on yourself now, star, 'cause that's your best bet." - from All Mixed Up by 311
Thanks Jo
sounds like something I migth try and also has logic... replace bad procrastination habits with good ones!
one step at a time!
To do for today
P.E.D.L. - Plan, Execute, Debrief, Learn
Reward
A good day
It wasn't too hard of a day. But I did manage to get the major items completed. I procrastinated a little on my work item. But I found once I started, I couldn't stop. So, as always... it's just a matter of starting.
hi PEDL
Just saying Hi, I see you've been a member for a long time but I haven't seen you post before.
Jo
"You've got to trust your instinct, and let go of regret. You've got to bet on yourself now, star, 'cause that's your best bet." - from All Mixed Up by 311
kromer 10:15 CI
OK, feeling a little bit unfocused today.
MITs are:
*Deacon notes, retreat notes
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Finish staining*
Mtg w/ MG*Emails (will do this soon)
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2 HW problems*
Harambee planning
*Finish reading papers on cycle
Other tasks:
*Get GSEA and sparse LDA working
*Website updates
*Make buffers (will do this soon, it's easy)
*Look into Sertoli cell sorting
OK, right now I'm finishing up the staining, and during breaks I'll do HW problems and reading on the cycle.
Heading to the chatbox now.
GeorgeSmiley 8:48 AM
Project U and also Project ENP.
Going to do some time on ENP first, then U.
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Want what you have. Be who you are. Do what you can. ~Forrest Church (1948-2009)
The Hero's Code:
Show Up. Pay Attention. Speak the Truth. Let Go of the Outcome.
Journey 9 am
In the office today and off to a good start! Yesterday was ok, reasonably productive for a work-at-home day. Today, I've been to the gym, read email, checked calendar, and I'm making my todo list for the day. I have fewer meeting today so I will have more time for project work. I don't know what's up with all these meetings lately!
Jo
"A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you." - Elbert Hubbard
Spirit 10/09
Good morning all,
While phone waiting for the morning checkin, I thought I would begin making my lists.
trash outrecycle outbreakfastclient phone appt @ 10Spirit
CL daily overcoming
having to deal w/ the fear of success. i'm early again today. yesterday i was early, and i procras anyway. :( :^( =( blah
today, but by the grace of god, i will do the same thing. Brother Lawrence says:
- i will never be able to do otherwise if you leave me to myself.
The great power i draw from that is that it forces me to totally surrender to god.
which is what i need to succeed today. because i'm an addict.
8:10 ck mtgs and emerg only email -- @8:12 DONE
8:10 quiet time -- @9:00 DONE
900 (was:8:40) wko -- (25 min late, why?) @10:25 DONE
10:25 (was:9:25; 9:45) dailies -- @10:35 DONE
1035 make wk plan -- @1045 DONE
1045 work - DONE
- 11:17 timer went off, checking back in, not binging, being aware, remembering it's all god's business
1150 get lunch - DONE
12 bible study @work - (was canceled) DONE
12:42 work some more (dont binge)
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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 10/9/09
Show up, sponsee talk,(done) still struggling with cyber school catch up, got books yesterday, big help vs. flipping screens on computer, need to finish part 2, walk figuse schedule, need to write 2 leases for tonite, old job sent me application to do contract work- want to do this- need to do and stop thinking.
balance, an issue for me and so many I know. I believe the cover quote from Naikan: that living with gratitude goes a long way toward helping you find balance in life. Sometimes it's just the lesson of the tightrope walker - quit looking at the ground before your feet. Chin up and see the horizon instead.by G. Daniels