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.
(holding my suspenders proudly, chest stuck out)
Thanks, kiddo!
still hungry
Alright - that's it. I need to eat enough to really satiate my hunger. That little green salad held me for about an hour. I can't think when my stomach is demanding attention.
I want to lose weight, but that doesn't require going hungry.
That's right
You don't want to lose it all at once, after all ;)
LOL! Of course not!
:D
pro's CI - 2:50pm
1Focus 2:30
Already done
Morning Routine
Work Routine
Work Plan
• Got through to the sub, supposed to be here in the morning
Yes, 3 to go.
I want to get done:
Work Plan
•Fix sound system
•Follow-up from meeting
•follow-up paterwork for performance evaluation
Evening Routine
yay, 1Focus!
Way to go, on finishing the first task!! :)
1Focus 1:23
Already done
Morning Routine
Work Routine
• CUOP
• Meet with staff/general plan
• Time Sheets
• Specific plan for the day
• Clear my head (journaling)
Work Plan
• 9:00am meeting
• Worked on sound system, one more wiring job to do after lunch
• Got a call into sub, waiting to hear back
• Evaluation done, now have to process the paperwork
Bleh, here I am, 4 out fo 4 things started, }:) but nothing finished. Maybe I'll get one thing COMPLETED today.
I want to get done:
Work Plan
I'm off tomorrow and there 4 things I _must_ get done today
•Fix sound system
•Follow-up from meeting
•Find out what's up with sub
•follow-up paterwork for performance evaluation
Evening Routine
pro's CI - 2:15pm
Next task: eat lunch! I'm hungry.
JestRight - 10:37 AM - "9am Report"
PLANNED ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
OK, did it all :) except the AA meeting. :-( Wait till tomorrow, coach. ;)
PLANNED DEADLINE:
No too angry at myself - got here around 10:15am (not 7am as planned) - but thats a lot better than NOT AT ALL, which is when I came in yesterday and the day before. Maybe not GOOD, but definitely BETTER.
WASTED TIME:
1/2 an hour writing to girls }:) on "OK Cupid" :-P
TO DO BY 12:00 NN:
--coffee
--email L.S.
--clear phone messages
--to-office folder
--clear desk
TO DO BEFORE 3:00 PM:
--clear email
NEXT CHECK-IN:
12 NOON
Love to all.
Here's a Thought For The Day from one of the chicks on OK Cupid:
"First decide who you want to be. Then do what you have to do." - Epictetus
pro's CI - 1:10pm
After some reflection, I decided to reorder my to-do list a little. I decided there were certain things I wanted to do sooner because I don't want the consequences of not doing them. :P
1Focus 11:55
Already done
Morning Routine
Work Routine
• CUOP
• Meet with staff/general plan
• Time Sheets
• Specific plan for the day
• Clear my head (journaling)
Work Plan
• 9:00am meeting
• Worked on sound system, one more wiring job to do after lunch
• Got a call into sub, waiting to hear back
I want to get done:
Work Plan
I'm off tomorrow and there 4 things I _must_ get done today
•Fix sound system
•Follow-up from meeting
•Find out what's up with sub
•performance evaluation
Evening Routine
I even have my tags right :)
pro's CI - 11:25am
I'm still hungry. I don't want to gorge myself after every gym workout because I very much want to lose the weight I gained. On the other hand, it's very hard to work when you're hungry. I'll make a protein shake and see how that does.
pro's CI - 10:35am
This isn't a complete to-do list for the day. It's just the things I want to do first. After I finish those things, I'll see what else I have time for.
6:40 AM - JestRight - Good Morning All!
OK, gradually I am going to learn how this thing works.
Good morning all!
Doesnt look like I'm going to make it on time to the 6am AA meeting - BUT I am going to stop in ANYWAY.
TO ACCOMPLISH BEFORE 9AM:
--clear table and kitchen
--make bed
--hair, deodorant, dress
--load up to go
--forward phone, drive, call mom
--stop in at AA meeting in Burbank
--buy breakfast
--drive to office and arrive at desk
--clear 1 email
daily meetings
Good morning! It's nice to have someone else here who goes to daily AA meetings. I wasn't going for a while and started to get insane. I've been doing a 90 in 90, and I'm feeling much better. I go in the evening after work. Mornings I'm going to the gym lately. :)
Meeting are tough for me, anymore.
I work at a treatment center. I'm kind of surrounded by recovery all the time. Meetings on top of working in it everyday is just too much. Unless, of course, we're talking about procrastination, that's were my struggle lies today.
meetings with oldtimers
Something else I thought of... In a treatment center the meetings are beginners meetings. I know that people with time are supposed to go to those and share their experience, strength and hope and sometimes I go, but they don't do for me what meetings with people who have time do for me. In meetings where most people have significant time you hear lots of wisdom and serenity and that's what I need. Vibrating newcomers are good for reminding you where you never want to go again, but for help with your life, oldtimers have more to offer. ;)
Exactly
That's the problem with outside meetings where I live, too many newcomers. But at work most of the staff are in recovery and we all talk recovery all the time. Lunch is the best, it's usually a pretty good meeting.
meetings and sanity
Ah, you are a friend of Bill's too?
I've got 9+ years and relapse isn't an issue for me, but when I don't go to meetings I get really wonky. I start regressing emotionally. I moved back to New York recently and didn't go to meetings here at first because they weren't "my" meetings and it's different here in New York, blah blah. But I was really getting crazy, so I forced myself to get involved with AA here. I found small meetings in my neighborhood (I don't like the giant meetings), and I go every day. I feel so much better! :)
Support is important
I live in an area where there aren't many meetings to choose from, and the few that are here leave a lot to be desired. I've had to get...creative...about meetings. Therapy, self-awareness group, goal-setting group, working in this environment, and now PA all seem to be filling the same need for me.
finding good meetings
It sounds like you have plenty of support, even without meetings, and that's good. You don't sound crazy so it must be working for you. ;)
New York is a fantastic place to be if you're in recovery because there are literally hundreds of meetings all over the city, and practically at any hour of the day or night. You can go to meetings all day and evening here. I live a couple blocks up the street from a clubhouse (Perry Street). There are many meetings to choose from, even within just this neighborhood, and that's a very good thing.
I lived in a very rural place before coming back to New York, but I was lucky there, too, meeting-wise. There was a treatment facility in the next town over and thus more meetings than usual in such a rural place. Not all the meetings were that good, though. I liked the meetings in the town where I lived because it was artsy and the people there were educated and bright. In the neighboring towns, the meetings were often filled with rednecks that I couldn't relate to well. (This is also why I wanted to move back to New York.)
meetings
thanks to both of you - good to get the input on meetings
my problems with meetings:
(1) I am a love addict, I think - can't stand to feel abandoned and alone - so an evening meeting leaves me panicked when I have to go home and be alone.... THEREFORE, I am focusing on morning meetings
(2) Since I'm a procrastinator, getting to work early is very important - and 8am meetings are just too late to get that beat-the-system-and-got-in-early rush. And meetings of groups like Toastmasters etc. just take way too long. Getting to the office at 930am or 10am makes me feel like a procrastinator and a loser.
(3) My primary dysfunction, I think, is being an Adult Child (adult child of abusive parents). So going to AA meetings, containing some abrupt or formerly abusive people in the mix, is challenging for me. But I'll make it work until I can replace it with something better. There are very few ACA, love addict, PA or DA meetings out there, and never at 6am.
pro's CI - 9:40am
Going to the gym early in the morning is working well for me. Even the fact that the gym is a 20 minute walk works for me. I like taking early morning walks, and it gives me time to digest my breakfast. Also, getting out first thing takes away the cabin fever I sometimes feel working at home. The only downside is carrying the heavy gym bag.
Tomorrow I'd like to get there earlier. Yesterday and today I left at 7:45. I'd like to leave at 7-7:30am. Getting up at 6:30am I should be able to do that. Maybe I'll check in here after returning from the gym rather than before.
love the focus on fitness -
love the focus on fitness - better than drugs at changing attitude. we'll see if i get to it today!
scheduling exercise
I had trouble figuring out when to schedule my daily workouts so I'd do it consistently. I've only done it two days in a row so it's by no means a habit yet, but I like doing it in the morning. Here's why:
New habits in the morning
I'm wondering if it's often better to start new habits in the morning. When they become habits, they can fit in the schedule at a more intuitive time slot, but when I'm first practicing a new habit mornings might always be better. I'll have to think about that some more.
hard stuff in the morning
When I'm figuring out my day plan, I always schedule the hard stuff in the morning. If it requires focus and concentration, I will not be able to start on it in the afternoon - has to be morning. Afternoon is when I do stuff that doesn't require deep thought.
As you can tell, I'm a morning person. :)
I think we are all morning people....
It's getting out of bed that's hard :P
1Focus 8:30
Already done
Morning Routine
• Out of bed 6:35 (Goal 6:00)
• Ready for anything
• Dress and feed DD0
• Breakfast
• Head to work
• CUOP
• Meet with staff/general plan
• Time Sheets
• Specific plan for the day
I want to get done:
Work Routine
• Clear my head (journaling)
• 9:00am meeting
Work Plan
I'm off tomorrow and there 4 things I _must_ get done today
•9:00 am meeting (and probably follow-up)
•Find out what's up with sub
•Fix sound system
•performance evaluation
Evening Routine
unclosed font tags
You had two unclosed font tags in this message. Try to be careful about that because it affects the rest of the board. I closed them for you.
Ooops.
I saw that, didn't realize it was me :O I'll take care of it.
already fixed
No problem - I fixed it. It's easy to do. I've done it myself.
todayfirst 8:30 AM EST
Done:
Check email
Restore computer
Todo:
Program (30 min)
Project X
- fix one bug
- burn CD
- Test CD
- Mail CD
Reevaluate
1 Focus 8:05
Already done
Morning Routine
• Out of bed 6:35 (Goal 6:00)
• Ready for anything
• Dress and feed DD0
• Breakfast
• Head to work
• CUOP
Early Work Routine
• Meet with staff/general plan
• Time Sheets
• Clear my head (journaling)
• 9:00am meeting
• Specific plan for the day
Work Plan
Evening Routine
ready for anything
I like that - "out of bed, ready for anything". :D
pro's CI - 6:50am
Up before target!
Very good. You must be headed to the gym for the second day in a row. *does a little dance* That's all the exercise I can handle...maybe later.
you crack me up!
>You must be headed to the gym for the second day in a row. *does a little dance* That's all the exercise I can handle...maybe later.
LOL!! :D You're funny.
Yes, I did go the gym again today. It feels great. I do 20 minutes on the stair stepper, then 20 minutes of stretching and floor exercises - generally on the ball (I like exercise balls). I've never enjoyed lifting weights so I don't, but aerobic exercise always makes me feel great afterwards. I feel so good starting off the day this way. :)
Way To Go!!
Impressive and inspiring!!
exercise and appetite
I'm noticing that exercise makes me hungry. (Duh!) When I come back, I want to eat something. I try to be careful what and how much I eat because I want to lose the weight I gained, and I don't want to gain due to increased appetite. That's happened to me before.
Breakfast and AM momentum
that was the problem i used to have with hiking in the AM. enjoyed it, pushed it, then came home ravenous, ate big, and hibernated. if you are maintaining momentum after you eat, i think thats the key.