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.
Prosick Late-A$$ Check in
Hmm.. only really got one thing done on my list today. Though I did troubleshoot and fix successfully issues with my new equip. that wasn't on my to-do list. Very good thing to have done and it should've been on my list!! But alas, I suffered from demand resistance a little too much today. What to do about that??
High Priority
-Bill Pay !!
-Work on WB editing
-Learn CSync to transfer files to desktop comp
-BU comp!!! (CSync or other)
-Edit 4 A. -- IN PROGRESS, TWO DONE
-Call airlines about missing refund
-Send buy list to B.-- DONE2nd High Priority
-Input 2009 fin. data to excel
-Call M&M and schedule meeting
-Reply to Ch. on MM
-Import cards -- PARTIALLY DONE
-Edit more of K. -- LEARNED NEW TECHNIQUE, READY TO TRY
-Order cruise control
-Schedule cpa appt?
-Open new bank acct -- GOT INFO FROM ONE BANK, NEED MORE TO COMPARE
-Check with C. on form that was emailed
-Order SD reader
-Car wash
-Write cover letter for N job
-Write cover letter for S job
-Upload portfolio for S job
Lower Priority
-CRC T & W @ 11 am
-DS Orch til March
-Con. deadlines
-Clean up living room -- PARTIALLY DONE
-Drop by B / research new bp
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LookAtYourselfAndWhatYourDoin'RightNow-StandBackAMinuteJustToCheckYourselfOut-StraightenOutYourLifeAndHowYou'reLivin'EachDay-JustKeepYourEyesOnThePrizeAndYourFeetFlatOnTheGround-MJ's "Keep the Faith"
Cal20 late check in
Procrastination has landed me in my office on a beautiful Saturday. I just dont know how to disconnect from a task once I'm finally focused on it. The next thing I know, the day is gone, farther behind, and more carry-over that screws up the next day. ARGH!
I need better stratigies for allocating time and sticking to it. Here's yesterday's list minus one item.
Gas up carPick up 1099 forms~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~
"I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.”
Journey 1 pm
Good afternoon! Slept very late after getting called about a work problem overnight. I'm going to visit mom, buy a few groceries, and otherwise take it easy before working again at 9 pm (from home). I am not complaining though, the problem-solving part of my job is the part that I really enjoy. It's unfortunate that it usually happens in the middle of the night though
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Every time you get up and get back in the race, one more little piece of you starts to fall into place - (from "Stand" by Rascal Flatts)
Rexroth Check In
Woke a bit late this morning after being woken in the early hours by a drunk (not in recovery) outside the house.
Done:
Decided not to cancel or avoid day
Out to DA meeting
Slipped on ice and helped by a Royal Naval Medic after a passerby had tried to pull me up by the arm I had just hurt
Decided to continue to meeting
Gave chair at meeting - DA is about 20years old in the UK and I've been involved since the beginning. We joke that we are not sure when we started as at the time we were not recovered enough to count
From meeting to meet friend for lunch to celebrate her annual review and bonus and my success with my legal/business issues
Home and a cup of tea
Todo:
Write up journal, my experience today is important to me
Write needs and wants
Shopping list
And give thanks
Regards Rexroth
Ouch, hope the arm is better
Ouch, hope the arm is better soon! I love your sense of humour.
Rexroth Check Out
Done above and relaxed by listening to play on radio and a little on the web.
Todo:
A little more web and radio and bed and sleep
Night Folks
Rexroth
Vic 1/30
Feel just like this little guy. I had a thought today, since I have not started what I need to do today. One of the things that helped me in my other addicitons was to "think it through". It never helped me to think how good I would feel if I did not "pick up", however it really helped to think how I would feel after I "picked up" and how I knew the rest of the day would go. I would remember the "initial relief or good feeling" and then, invariabley, sooner or later the downward spiral and back to the same ole same ole, like in the Big Book where the mank keeps walking out in front of the car and keeps getting hit only to do it again.
So when I started my day procrastinating, at first I felt like I was just "resting or waking up and catching up on computer or the weekend, or it's cloudy out, etc., etc" and then I felt stressed and then I felt hopeless and now I feel anxious, etc. (run over by the car again and out in the street)
When I checked in PA now, I feel hope like calling 911(not much but I have the hope of hope and willingness to be willing) and "peeking out" of my curtain of shame, self condebnation, etc.. I have not found anywhere else I can write or talk about this and have people understand. I know a coach would not help me, or any thing that would help a normal person. I think I can only even attempt to share about me now because it is on line. So Now I will write the next three things report here later. I must remember, I can start recovery any time whith the grace of HP, HP will always let me "start over" if I ask him, otherwise HP would not be HP or the HP that has the kind of power I need, I know that kind of HP is out there, because of other miracles, so I am going to act as if I believe that there is a power out there that can, and "wants to" help me with this because no other HP will work.
1. get dressed 2. brush my teeth 3 eat breakfast (already it is almost lunch)
Thanks for being here. PS I do not mean to sound negative, if I did not believe PA could help me, I would not keep showing up, in fact, I am afraid not to show up because I know there is nothing else out there that could help me and the people here are true beuatiful gifts.
3pm ck in. I did above list and some work. Stopped when I realized camera battery needed charge, then I could not find charger, etc., etc. After search, I did find both chargers and both batteries. I remember husband's old friend Jack, he was incredible because he never let these kind of frustrations stop his momentum, he self-taught himself building high end price houses, framing, plumbing, electrical works, carpentry, etc., etc. he made mistakes but just fixed them, it was the most amazing thing, he had a photographic memory- until he pick up drinking again. I think part of my problem is overreating to my petty frustrations. I need to just "move past" them and not allow them to paralyze me, or shut down with procrastination.
Did stuff in house- next- walk while battery charges. and check in.
Vic, I love this post, and
Vic, I love this post, and not just because of the labrador. :) Thank you.
Final Check in
Almost 9:30pm I am going to try to do some paste and copy stuff for report as I watch tv. Go to bed and start report early.
Anxiety better now but feel likes the calm before the storm tommorow. But I can "act as if" it will be ok. Part of the vicious cycle is I become so anxious and my feelings/reactions only make things worse. It is so wierd, but there is hope.
quite inspiring. thanks.
quite inspiring. thanks.
(tracy)
Really? thanks, it doesn;t seem like much, but I did find some hope here, hope that I can learn to make better choices, I hope you do too.
Lucky CI
Sorry about the disappearance! I went on holiday, which was great, came back tired and have been on a procrastination-binge since. Now it's the weekend I'm trying to get myself back together. Still spent the entire morning procrastinating! I'll hopefully be back later with a proper tasklist but wanted to 'show up' first to make it easier. Little tasklist just for this afternoon:
Prayer/bible reading time on sacredspace.ie
Prayer and visualisation over tasklist
Do some of creative writing book
Shower
Cut fringe
Take rubbish out
Washing up
(if time) LJ post
Leave about 5 to walk dog- late
To W for 6- late
kromer 8:15 CI
Today is a very busy day! Again, more that I would like to get done than I really have time for.
A good friend is in town, so if he has time I'd like to hang out with him this evening, if he doesn't have time I'll work straight through.
So, MITs are:
*Final proofread of pset
*Image cells +/- RA, if any interesting results then make slide
*Extract RNA from cells
*Wean mice
*Make slide w/ comparison to Chip and cyp26b1 data so far
Other tasks:
*Process RNA/do RT
*Do more comparison to chip data
*microburst python tutorial
OK, heading to lab now. When I get there I'll wean mice and do final proof of pset.