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Tuesday, 15 June 2010
Tuesday, 15 June 2010
What would Snoopy's to-do list look like?
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To Do:
- Practice dance steps for Suppertime Dance of Joy.
- Drink plenty of water.
- Make plans for World War I Flying Ace reunion.
- Arrange maintenance appointment for Sopwith Camel.
- Call my brother Spike and ask about the cactus.
- Clean birdbath for Woodstock.
- Clean doghouse.
- Steal Linus' blanket.
- Practice my Joe Cool moves.
- Lie on roof.
- Carry empty bowl to C. Brown.
- Rewrite chapter 17 of my novel "It was a dark and stormy night".
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Hmmmmmm
You'll note that because it's ME imagining that I'm writing his to-do list, I have Snoopy put "rewriting the chapter" at the very END of his list.
Ha ha!
Perhaps it would be better for him to intersperse several little bursts of writing in between the other tasks?
I bet that, if he himself were writing the list, he'd not feel the anxiety, and he'd just embrace the writing task with joy.
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prosick check in 12:35 am check out 3:40 am
Late check in today. For some reason I thought I had done it earlier today but I guess not!
I finally got a few things done today, one that I should've done Fri or Sat, the other that I should've done Mon. It feels good to have them done, but I do still feel guilty for not doing them when I should have. I really hate demand resistance. Grr.
-Go to post office-- DONE. YAY.-Go to ort. office-- DONE. LUCKILY THIS WAS VERY QUICKStuff I'd like to get done tonight:
Read over contract & make any necessary changesRead over p. release & make any necessary changes
Print contract
Print new quote
Print p. release
Email Sz.-- EMAIL J.H. IN LIEU OF SZPay Vz.Check other bills
Email S.S. -- SENT IM, NO RESPONSE.
Go to bed by 2 am, trying to move up bed time -- ICK. IT'S 3:40 AM. BED TIME NOW. WASTED TIME SURFING. BLAH.
Wed
9 am bkfst
9:15 shower
10 am -- Be as ready for mtg as I can
10:30 am - ? -- mtg
1 pm lunch
POST!!
2 pm Call J.S.
3 pm Call Dr. P
4 pm Leave to pick up car
Email G'J.
Email dad
Email L.
To Do soon - reminders so I don't forget
Split envelopes
Mail NY stuff
Call Vz
Call Dr. W.
Gardening
Finish C.H.P. pano
Reorder biz cards
Wash blk sheets
Go through stacks of paper clutter
Sal Check -- STARTED SOME OF THIS TODAY. IT IS NOT LOOKING GOOD.
Enter YBS with PP
Watch DVD & return to G.
Find HDMI-USB cable
Output MJF to comp
Make new file folder for lic & rel. paperwork-- DID THIS TODAY. YAY._________
LookAtYourselfAndWhatYourDoin'RightNow-StandBackAMinuteJustToCheckYourselfOut-StraightenOutYourLifeAndHowYou'reLivin'EachDay-JustKeepYourEyesOnThePrizeAndYourFeetFlatOnTheGround-MJ's "Keep the Faith"
PE 8pm
I have a few more things I want to do tonight
BTW What came first-the chicken or the egg...translates to this question in my world
What came first the disorganization or the procrastination?
Not sure, but I am always looking for things I put things off because I can't find them...I become disorganized because I put things off and on and on....
I really lost something this time that is costing me alot of time and effort and I kick myself for not putting it a place that would make sense...since I didn't i think I may have tossed it by accident-uggh
So, tonight
1
. look a little more2.
confirm work sched. for tomorrow3. finish reports that are absolutely due tomorrow
Forgive self for the billion mistakes that I have been making lately:)
OHH -my brain makes me wonder! Still can't find it and prob. wont. I do the most absent minded things! I once lost my license because I filed it as a book marker in a book on the book shelf. Why I do these things-I don't know. I am going back to my trusty law of attraction tactics-haven't been too successful in the past, but maybe now is my time. May the forces of the law of attraction be with me!
Slow again
3:15:
leave for class
call work
4:00: Work in the library
5:00: Class
8:00pm:
Pick up mag, at store or on the way
go home
Break
9:30: work out
11:00
Homework
hygene
sleep
Agnus 11:40am
Busting myself - I started the day wrestling with someone else's dis-ease, then nursed an unrelated resentment that has sent me into a fit of procrastination since 9am. aagh. Enough. I just fired off an email about it. That may make the situation worse, but my feelings are really hurt and I've got to get past this and get to work.
Also it occurs to me that I'm distracted by alot of household chores that have not been addressed in awhile, so I am setting a goal to walk around the house with a notepad and jot everything down, then revisit my Master List sometime this week.
"Routine is the shark cage that lets me swim safely in the real world." Anonymous
Vic 5/15
Show up (done)
Good meeting on "hope" at am phone meeting.
Kind of going into a emotional/dry drunk thinking mode. Not good. I don't know if I have hope, but in all my years of 12 step programs, I have learned one thing, I may lose everything, including hope, but there is one think I can never lose, and no one can take away from me (not any more), that is :"choice" Without the 12 step programs, I lost choice, but I never want to lose it again, but I can only keep it by staying on my knees and in the rooms. This site is my only reliable connection to the program right now. Thank you for being here.
There's an old saying:
When I hear, I listen
When I watch, I see
When I do, I know . . .
Kitty checks in at 9:45 a.m.
Got off to a good start this morning, but need to speed things up so I can make my 2:00 meeting with time to spare.
This seems like a lot, especially on the phone. I need to keep focused.
Rexroth Check In
Thanks for the start movingalong
Done:
Up prayer and reflection
Take bed apart, clean under, put on matress protector and remake bed, put excess blanket to wash and out to dry
Put on white washing
Check emails and reply
Check post
Phone friend who is back from holiday and chat with her get advice on new camera
Email friend
Tidy up papers on table
Write up cash journal
Todo:
Hang up whites
Write journal
That will do for now. I'm still exhausted and upset with the end of a longterm codependant relationship.
Regards Rexroth
Rexroth Check Out
Done:
Above and
Washed another blanket and hung it up to dry
Bath etc and out to CoDA meeting which was just what I needed
Todo:
Wash up
Write a little more in journal
A bit of relaxed time on web
Prayer and reflection
Bed and sleep
Night Everyone
Rexroth
Journey and Movingalong are inspirations
Journey - great job on getting all of your todo's done yesterday. You're an inspiration to me today!
Movingalong - thanks for the reminder to mindfully and joyfully prepare ourselves for success.
Thanks CB :)
I'm kinda proud of my own self
'I'm going to put a smile on my face, put forth a good effort, and be better today than I was yesterday.' - Huma
Crazybug 9:55 CI
Determined to have a better day today than yesterday. Have gotten quite a few things done this morning already. Instead of beating myself up for stumbling yesterday I've decided that maybe I just need to be kinder to myself so am setting up a reward system today for every 25 minute stretch that I work. It may reduce my overall *potential* productivity for the day, but I think will help my *realistic* productivity to get me out of this funk I'm in. Thanks again to everyone on this board for your incredible support and understanding!!!
Todays list:
Tasks 1-3 are amorphous which causes major procrastination for me, so I'm just going to go for progress today and not completion.
Journey 9:30 - It's a good day already because:
Two people *older than me* signed up to the site lol. I feel like the grandma of PA sometimes, I thought by the time I reached the ripe old age of 50 I would have everything figured out, eh? Now I'm watching 60 come over the horizon and still every day is a challenge. I guess that's how it's supposed to be *sigh*. (Right, Rex?
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Well, off to the challenge that is today. I was early to work again today, yay me, and yesterday I completed every item on my todo list, yay me again. Today:
GymUpdate budget and pay June 15 billsCheck w P about tomorrow's meeting agendaTo do listCall dermatologist - 10 minFind J's email and follow up - did he get an answer? - 5 minsRequest from Steve - find the reference material - 15 minFirst, get phone call and email stuff out of the way, then break down the big Project V task into bite-sized chunks.
Jo
'I'm going to put a smile on my face, put forth a good effort, and be better today than I was yesterday.' - Huma
Hugs to Jo!
I am so inspired that you and other members of the site work on improving your lives every day. It seems to me that it is precisely THAT which keeps us all young. It's also the reason we were put here in the first place--to keep learning and working to make things better. *hugs*
Thanks Kitty!
Yeah, I guess when you get everything figured out it will be time to move to the next level!
'I'm going to put a smile on my face, put forth a good effort, and be better today than I was yesterday.' - Huma
Jo 12:30 Update 8:30
GymUpdate budget and pay June 15 billsCheck w P about tomorrow's meeting agendaTo do listProject V Meeting - 1 hourMonthly Staff meeting (yuck) - 1 hourProject VDecide master system - 30 minutesDownload customization - 1 hourMerge files - ~ 2 hours - worked on it some didn't finishCheck RFC for scripts - 5 minutesCheck lib - 5 minDrop off lib books tonight - 5 minCall dermatologist - 10 minFollow up with S about S.C. ~30 minsFind J's email and follow up - did he get an answer? - 5 minsstraighten desk, timesheet, notebook, filing - 15 minRequest from Steve - find the reference material - 15 min - ended up working on this for about an hour - what he wants is not possible :)M. write up - 30 minutes - worked on it about 15 minutesB.A. - 5 minsRemember to check A/C upstairs! - 5 minsAsk Em about Dr. L (again) - 5 minsWhile I'm at, nag D. about ENT again - 5 minsadded: call the help desk again to get update on pc problemOK just gotta load the stupid dishwasher and I'll be done for the day.
'I'm going to put a smile on my face, put forth a good effort, and be better today than I was yesterday.' - Huma
Exactly!!
Couldn't have said it any better than that :)
Movingalong considers possibility of embracing tasks with joy.
Hello all.
Good morning. It's Tuesday. And I'm posting.
What if I actually changed my attitude today?
Perhaps I will try that.
Step 6: Being ready to let go of my shortcomings, especially fear. Becoming ready for a joyful life.
Step 7: Asking higher power to remove my shortcomings. Opening to joy.
-- movingalong
Thank you Moving!!
This is hilarious. And strangely so inspiring. Snoopy keeps working away at his typewriter, for years, without any problem at all! I loved logging into this post :)
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