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.
Tuesday 20 april 2010
The first step towards improvement does not have to be big.
Small steps - even tiny ones - always lead onward.
What is the smallest step you can take today to move a project forward?
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CL daily overcoming
trying to not binge, and then not get distracted. Like herding cats, or balancing a basketball. push it one way to prevent it from falling that way, and it starts falling the other way. But i guess this is my cross.
:) 10min ci
:) 10min emerg email only / ck mtgs
:) 15min rdy
:) 1pm mtg
:) 30min quiet time - half done, now pray
:| 10min dailies
:) 10min work plan
:) work hard.
:) 4pm mtg
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:) min -- hard to do--thank god!
:) pr
:) 60min wko
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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 checkin
It is 4pm and I am checking in.
I have started my volunteer teaching and I like my new student so that all went well :) It has given me a confidence boost.
I didn't get a haircut because when I got there I remembered I had left the window open for the cat and rushed home to check but it's OK I will do it tomorrow
Now I am going up to town to be social. This is the first time for ages. I isolate myself and have few friends. I procrastinate about being social with real live people (still like my internet chums though) but I am going to make the effort. I shall think Hero's code! Really need to get out more and so tonight is the night!
Evening out
I had a great evening. It was a really well organised social event and I mingled with confidence. I had several very interesting conversations with different people and thoroughly enjoyed myself.
go Helen!
Be safe and have a great time on the town tonight!
"My boundaries enclose a pleasant land..." Psalm 16
huma CI
I'm coming off of a good Monday.
Hoping to keep rolling.
email Charlescall GDcall leadcontact NYcall HR re discrepancyget appointment with RF"It is never too late to be who you might have been" - George Eliot
"Fall seven times. Stand up eight." - Japanese proverb
kromer 10 CI
Scheduled: review session 7-9ish
Small, important tasks:
*Catch up with friends: Call IA, call/email CC, email parents, email RH and RH, email TC
*deacon notes (will do this soon)
*Email about HPLC and GSEA (will do this soon)
*Email about conference (will do this soon)
*Make doctor's appt. (will do this soon)
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Talk to AL*fellowship activities report
*comm mtg reminder (will do this soon)
Larger MITs:
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Work on 2 expts*
Get, correct scores, and return ps3*Read paper to review (did most of this),
email TEand DP*Finish data analysis (did a little bit of this)
Other tasks:
*Work on Expander problem
*Study diff EQ
*redo geotyping for the samples I have
OK, going to go pick up psets now, then I'll correct scores and email to AK.
Babarino CI 4.20.10
Will work on MIT first, after get some medication.
Journey 9:15
Working from home today, yesterday was a pretty good day.
I've been to the gym, stopped by the store, and made a healthy breakfast (homemade egg mcmuffins!). I've read email and checked my calendar. Now I'm going to change clothes, grab a cuppa and try to have the rest of the day planned out before my 10 am meeting.
Have an enjoyable and productive day!
Jo
"Bless the present. Trust yourself. Expect the best." --Steve Nobel
GeorgeSmiley, 4/20/10, 7:18 AM
Good morning.
Always for me the big challenge is to defer the distracting activities. This was very successful yesterday: I put blocks of time in the middle and end of my day for these, and I stuck with my work knowing I'd still get to have "fun" surfing, etc. in a limited time period.
Taking things one day at a time, I'm going to keep practicing that habit.
Today's MITs
1) PB: Must finish
2) MR: Must move ahead on
3) PQA: Must move ahead on
4) RM: Today's quota of pages
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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.
The Hero Code
Awesome Hero Code :)
e's ci
Good morning all and thank you for the reminder that recovery comes through choosing to take small steps in the right direction.
Today I would like to choose to do the following:
morning routine: meds, breakfast, shower, dress to shoes, make bed, laundry, dishes, plan meal for evening, straighten space.
phone bookend at 10:30, 12:30 and 5:30
taxes: sort through the remainder of receipts or at least 2 fifteen minute segments
Spend an hour on writing for V and on putting together hours
Amend to A
Get to work on time at 1PM.
I choose to read flylady email today to help me get and stay on task and to use the chatbox productively. I choose to limit my times on facebook to two times of no more than a half an hour each: one this morning once my morning routine is accomplished, the other this evening after the supper dishes are done.
Have a productive day everyone!
"There are two different kinds of people in this world: those who finish what they start, and"
---Brad Ramsey
e's april 20th check out
It was a very good today, mainly because I used the phone meeting and phone checkins and bookends throughout the day. What a good feeling it is to hear the voices of fellow chronic procrastinators.
I stayed on task for most of the day and while I did not accomplish all that I had wanted, I did well, especially for having a work day and feel like I have the opportunity to go to bed prepared for tomorrow. To that end I would like to: drink water, brush my teeth, check the weather for tomorrow and choose clothing and wash my face, finish the last few dishes and set my alarm. Then I will give myself one episode of an indulgent television show, read and then turn off the light between 11 and 11:30.
I have errands to do tomorrow including getting to the post office for work, figuring my hours, picking up potatoes for the stewed green beans dish and getting some vitamins from the doctors.
A good day.
g'night and pleasant dreams - e
"There are two different kinds of people in this world: those who finish what they start, and"
---Brad Ramsey
small steps
The small steps reminder is appropriate for me today as I have many little tasks to manage. These are all the sort of things that only take 15 minutes or so to do, but they make me feel like my life is totally out of control and overwhelming and lead me to put off doing them. Yup, I know that's a little nuts.
work DONE
water plants DONE
get gas DONE
soak chick peas for tomorrow DONE
exercise routine
SL - Collins
G - begin 2
hibiscus
scrape one slab
int bill DONE
register for races DONE
buy fest tickets DONE
file ins claim DONE
email Sh and S DONE
get clothes, breakfast, paperwork ready for tomorrow DONE
UPDATE/RANT
You know what, scratch that. It's NOT nutty. The fact is that whenever a task involves banks or insurance companies, everything goes all wrong and I end up spending hours sorting out things that should only take fifteen minutes. This happens to me time and time again and it is the reason I procrastinate when I have bureaucracy to deal with. So it is 8 oclock now and I've only just finished the things I expected to take just a few minutes.
Sometimes it feels like life is just one maintenance task after another.
Agnus 7:20am
Aww, cutie-pie thread starter, strike, thanks! I am doing ok, lots of billable work so I can get most of my bills paid up by June 1, and have money for vacation, if I will stay focused now. But I can't do it alone - I need my Higher Power and you guys. Glad we are all in this together. Today's plan:
already had my sponsor call and have food prepared for the day
Step 11, breakfast, Step 12 (new sponsee calling
) email boss action items from Friday's meeting
prepare for 10am meetingbe on time for 10am meeting; take notes"My boundaries enclose a pleasant land..." Psalm 16
Rexroth Check In
Thanks for starting the thread strike and for the red panda?
Done:
Up and got ready
Emails
Out to do lots of admin stuff and some shopping and home and file papers receipts etc. which means that the Hospital complaint is all filed and finished and the cheque from the telephone provider is paid in and that is finished as well
Home and post only their wasn't any
Todo:
Post if more comes
Journal
Rest I am well but tired - the bus driver lowered the bus for me to get on which makes me feel very very old but I am sure it was an act of kindness
Regards Rexroth
Rexroth Check Out
Done:
Some cooking sorting and cleaning
Rested as well as I can - I feel confused
Todo:
Write journal
Prayer and reflection
Bed and sleep
Night Folks
Rexroth
strike's small steps check-in 10.40 am
Morning guys, are you good? Let's move forward today!
Update 3 pm
good productivity, strike!
"My boundaries enclose a pleasant land..." Psalm 16
Best of luck
Best of luck with the job applications strike
Rexroth
Cheers Rexroth
Really helps :)