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.
Working on my next assignment.
I've gotta learn and then finish this robotics assignment.
Here goes nothing.
One Step
On step at a time you can do it.
hope-faith
Vic 3/22
Managed to spend the last 3 days procrastinating, it's so much hard work putting something that needs to be done off with other activities. Takes so much creativity and effort and feel totally drained. I did start, and a friend from the pjone meeting suggested the chat box, so here I go.
can't believe it, chat box is actually helping. so grateful.
(((Vic))) Well done -
(((Vic))) Well done - getting back after a long procrastination episode is the hardest part!
Way to go Vic! :)
Vic, I just joined here a few weeks ago. I've made progress. I've had my bad days, to be sure, but I'm better than I was. My biggest aids are the daily check-in -- I find that if I check-in and take 5 minutes to create a list of ATTAINABLE goals for the day - not too easy, but not impossible -- it usually leads to a good day IF I check in and edit my progress on that list 2 or 3 times in the day. Also, when I'm faced with a few hours of work, going into the chat box helps a lot. There are usually 1-3 people in there to cheer you on, and you can cheer them on too. Lots of support here. The key -- showing up every day. Just show up. Everyone here is supportive. No one criticizes. We all want to succeed together.
Congrats on having some success. Hope to see you around! :)
(huma)
Thanks huma, it's so nice to have a "home" to come to. take care, Vic
Hope-Faith CI 11:00 100%+ today
Hi all,
Late check in but I have been going since 6:30 however I woke up two hours late. ): So I am behind.
Other Task
hope-faith
kromer 10:40 CI
Today is first day of spring break...I still want to get some work done, but on a more relaxed schedule (so, I'm fine with starting work at 10:45 today...)
First step is to make up a schedule of what I want to get done this week.
Update 11:40--OK, super-slow but I have a plan now:
MITs for total:
*Thaw cells, check on expts
*Exercies, keep track of minutes
*Do 1 small unit of physiology studying
*Email LL lab
*Finish outline, email AR and CE
*Send out deacon notes
Other tasks:
*Go over AvO lect 1
*Look at sensor structure
*Read about refinement
*Do comparison and email about
*Start looking at gonial prolif.
OK, I'm going to go get lunch now. Then, I'll ease into work w/ an easy, non-MIT task (looking at sensor structure), then I'll tackle expts, finishing outline, and emails.
kromer 2:40 CI
OK, today is a horrible, terrible, no good very bad day, and I've essentially failed to get anything done today.
One thing that sometimes works is to dramatically reduce my task list, and skew it towards easy tasks, so I can feel somewhat successful, rather than staring at my task list and whimpering :P
So, reduced list is:
*
Thaw cells,check on expts*
Exercise, keep track of minutes*Do 1 small unit of physiology studying (will do this when I get home, during dinner...I have a physiology coloring book so the studying is actually kinda fun)
*
Finish outline*
Inventory possible resources I could use to look at sensor structureRight now, I'm going to go thaw cells. Then I'll finish outline, using the chatbox and PA tools to work through this semi-challenging task.
Update 5:05--I decided that the emails on my original list sounded pretty do-able, so I sent those. Now I'm going to go check on expts, then work on inventory.
next morning CO
I did the unit of physiology studying, then I watched a movie. All and all not bad...got through most of my original MITs.
Well done for getting
Well done for getting yourself out of that slump! This is an inspiring lesson on how to do it :)
Journey 10 am
Starting a bit late today as I'm still tired from working the weekend night shift *yawn*. Today I will take it easy, but that doesn't mean stop
. The afternoon is fairly busy with meetings but I should be able to multi-task during part of that time.
I'm making my (short) todo list now. I have a meeting at 10:30 which should be very brief, so my intention is to finish up my planning by then.
Jo
"Bless the present. Trust yourself. Expect the best." --Steve Nobel
wow journey!
I'm impressed that you're getting work done after your very late night ::jawdrop::
Guess this program really works! :)
Lucky CI redux
Before work:
Up by 7 :)
Check in :)
Prayer & visualisation over tasklist :)
Make bed
Dress smartly :)
Straighten hair :) (barely...)
Clear kitchen
Got Everything Check: phone, keys, contacts, makeup, wash stuff, book, diary
Commute:
Full makeup :)
Prayer time :)
Read some of book :)
Do some of creative writing book
Work
Backlog :)
Email - In progress
Paper
Tasks
Contracts
Tidy desk
Got Everything Check: phone
Lunchbreak:
30m writing :)
Contact dfh re putting loan on plan :)
£30 to C :)
Get some fresh air :)
After work:
Email/facebook/lj/forum
Charge phone
Clear table
Check/fill bird feeder
Dog face wash
Vitamins
Post
Clear kitchen
Maintain the tidy room!
Tomorrow's list
Wash face/brush teeth - floss - clean contacts properly
Email report
Check in
Bed straight after check in!
Sam - 9:00 AM
1. Gym
2. F/n transaction
3. Trade
4. Iron Clothes
5. Clean up room.
6. Carry the monitor down
7. Research Bodybuilding
8. Research both Currency markets as well as Stock Market.
9. Send in Resumes
10. Pray about Career Path
11. Heat Naan For lunch
12. Clean up desk and paper accumulation.
13. Add Mom to bank a/c
Great to see you around
Great to see you around here, Sam :)
huma CI
Hi all! :) Looking forward to a good week. Let's start it off right!
Still feeling a little ill, but hopefully I can shrug that off.
BSSB scheduleCC gatewayRF reportcall RW re problem?1 hr office cleanupstore bill boxesclean upstairs bathgive LB contest entriescl daily overcoming
:) 10min ci
:) 7:30 30 min lunches
:-( 8:00 lost time
:) 10min emerg email only / ck mtgs
:) 12:05 30min quiet time -- 40 min late :-(
:-( 60min wko
:-( 15min rdy
:/ 10min dailies
:) 10min work plan
:) work hard.
over all good, not perfect, day
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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
Rexroth Check In
Done:
Up and ready to go out for exercise walk
Todo:
Walk and bath afterwards
Pack earphones to send back with letter
Put on washing machine
Write journal
Regards Rexroth
Rexroth Check Out
Done:
Above and trimmed beard
Washed clothes and hung up to dry
Ordered part for radio
Political stuff
Dealt with mail which included a refund
Todo:
Wash up and tidy up
Bed and sleep
Night Folks Rexroth
re: Rexroth
Glad to see you up and about after being unwell. I hope you have a good day.
Thank you Helen
Thank you Helen in fact when I woke I didn't feel that good but improved after I got up.
Love and Peace
Rexroth
strike's check-in 9.20 am
Thanks Lucky for starting the thread. Yesterday I attended a social event; I definitely did not feel like going but I'm proud that I overcame my anxiety and did it anyway.
strike update 12.38 pm
breakfastget dressed for meetingleave 10.15 (be-on-time traning)prepare questions to business consultantmeet business consultant 11.00prepare phone meeting with future bosscall future bosseat lunchwrite to-do listnap 15mprocess emailrevise job app. bgym weight training12m unclutteringmake dinner + prepare breakfastTo do list
-process inbox
-buy groceries + short walk
-upload cv and job app. b on company site
-company work
-mail t and inform him you're interested in being mentored
-prepare toastmaster speech
-call physiotherapist and book meeting
-call company a, follow up on app.
-research, call and book career coach
-make plan on how to prepare yourself for company education
-company work 1-2h/day
-simplify/triage my areas of focus
-meditate
-wind down time at 7-8
-plan tomorrows to-do
strike check-out 9.35 pm
Pretty good day today, the meeting and call definitely expanded my comfort zone. Wouldn't it be great if we could all meet up in some kind of productivity retreat and work during the day and go hiking in the evening :)
Well done Strike
I too have issues about being social so I know how difficult it can be. Well done
Thank you Helen and clement
It is always encouraging to know you're not the only one. In my case I know I'm more than capable of being social, but I can still get a bit anxious about it beforehand. My strategy is too not think about it and just go a head and do it even if I initially don't feel like it.
welcome strike!
And add me to the list of introverts (I often have to list social events under my "top priority tasks" to get myself to go--even though I generally enjoy them once I'm there.)
@strike
Yeah, me too, as a matter of fact it seems to me that most of "us" are introverts.
And I don't think I've welcomed you Strike so welcome to the crowd!
Jo
"Bless the present. Trust yourself. Expect the best." --Steve Nobel
Cheers journey
Maybe that is true, I don't really know any people here that well yet. Actually I've been here since last week but under another name. Just felt like changing it. But thanks anyway :)
yeah, me2
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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
Helen's check in
Lucky CI
Before work:
Up by 7 :)
Check in :)
Prayer & visualisation over tasklist
Make bed
Dress smartly
Straighten hair
Clear kitchen
Got Everything Check: phone, keys, contacts, makeup, wash stuff, book, diary
Commute:
Full makeup
Prayer time
Read some of book
Do some of creative writing book
Work
Backlog
Email
Paper
Tasks
Contracts
Tidy desk
Got Everything Check: phone
Lunchbreak:
30m writing
Contact dfh re putting loan on plan
£30 to C
Get some fresh air
After work:
Email/facebook/lj/forum
Charge phone
Clear table
Check/fill bird feeder
Dog face wash
Vitamins
Post
Clear kitchen
Maintain the tidy room!
Tomorrow's list
Wash face/brush teeth - floss - clean contacts properly
Email report
Check in
Bed straight after check in!
Elina Monday
Yesterday was like a mess but today Ill try do things what I have planned.
- Morning, breakfast, clothes, kitchen cleaning, hair, make up (OK)
- Call Mü... and Be... (done)
- 12 step literature and prayers
-write R. (done)
-SMS mum (done)
-When I look into the future, it is so bright it burns my eyes ~ Oprah Windfrey
welcome back elina!
And good job keeping trying...that's the only way this program ever works :)
Thank you Kromer... :)
When I look into the future, it is so bright it burns my eyes ~ Oprah Windfrey