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.
Wednesday 28 July 2010
Welcome to Wednesday.
Halfway through the week
Looking back with thankfulness and forward with hope
Keep on keeping on
Yours in recovery
Rexroth
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1-hour Steps&Trad. phone mtg:Wed 8PM NewYork time(diff.phone#)
Weekly one-hour "Steps and Traditions"
Procrastinators Anonymous phone meeting
Wednesdays 8PM NewYork time
One-hour PA telephone meeting based on the book
"Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of AA"
http://www.aa.org/1212/
( *** Please note that the phone number is different
from the 15-minute phone meetings. *** )
Call 1-712-775-7000.
Then enter access code 212389# when prompted.
Weekly, Wednesdays 8PM, New York time.
(Eastern Daylight Time in summers).
Meeting lasts one full hour.
Starting June 30, 2010.
This would be just after midnight
(Wed night / Thursday morning)
in European timezones.
This would be Thursday mornings
in Asia/Australia timezones.
This would be Thursdays mid-day in New Zealand.
Click here to see your timezone equivalent:
http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?year=2010&month=7&day=29&hour=0&min=0&sec=0
Meeting is one hour long.
If you are seeking recovery from procrastination, you are welcome to attend.
Agnus checking in 1pm
Hi group! First day back from a 12 day trip. Thanks to vic and others who encouraged me during the start of this trip which was pretty darn rocky. After $1300 for camper a/c, $100 laptop power cord (forgot to pack mine) and $300 for a new pda (mine died 3 days into the trip, with major business pending of course), I finally got calmed down and reconnected by last Tuesday.
We had good family visits, punctuated by 2 days of wall-to-wall business meetings for me, then an outstanding family camp-cookout followed by a fairly relaxing 3-day trip to J's med appt yesterday. Fairly non-scary report, but an icky procedure next month (3 hour drive each way) so that will require another trip. No time to procrastinate!
There were TONS of examples of Higher Power doing for me what I could not do for myself, working through His friends, especially when I asked for help in prayer and in person. Amazing lessons, some tough, all inspiring "keepers," I hope.
DONE since 6pm yesterday (needing to 'grat meself!): brought 6 bags of gear and food in from camper and put everything away, washed dishes, swiped floors (camper and house), made dinner, planned and prepped food for the rest of the week, did pet care, opened and sorted mail and newspapers, returned a few calls and emails, listened to half of an OA phone meeting, slept 6 hours, sponsor and sponsee contacts, 1 hour of Step 11 pray/med and read/write, had my breakfast and tea, morning pet care, made a plan du jour for me and for J, 4 work calls, disagreed agreeably with an election campaigner who knocked at my door, watered the plants, made J's breakfast, medicated J, checked in to PA, and did some 12th Step. Whew!
Today's plan may be overly ambitious (it usually is!) but here 'tis:
Welcome back ((Agnus))
Wow, major accomplishing yesterday!!
♥Prayers & guidance needed & appreciated for my Yoffee's healing.♥
WB Ag!
'A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.' - Elbert Hubbard
Slow going
11:44 AM: Despite a very late start yesterday, managed to stay caught up with new incoming work. Delayed work didn't get any attention, though. Slow getting started today, but there are plenty of hours left in the day. So, here is the plan:
11:50 AM - 1:50 PM: 6 new reports in 2 hours (other than really complicated cases, this seems to be a reasonable production rate for me. The main issues are getting started, and not getting off track)
Back then to report.
Oops! Just realized that won't work due to a scheduled meeting at 1 PM.
Okay, here is revised version.
Goal 1: 11:55 AM - 12:55 PM: 3 new reports in 1 hour
Darn! Derailed by a call from my lawyer. Guess it will have to wait until after the 1 PM meeting.
4:38 PM: Finding myself in roughly the same situation as yesterday, late in the day and only getting started. Yes, did attend two meetings, but no progress on case analysis and reporting. Feeling bored and unmotivated. Okay, down to it for awhile.
Goal: 4:45 - 6:45 PM: 6 new cases in 2 hours
9:13 PM: Quite the time underestimate, but they are done!
Scribbler's Wednesday CI
Fixed new guitar by wedging a piece of rubber band into the battery holder. Hope everything else is equally quick and easy. Today:
Prep
get upat 7 (not hardly, slept until 9 after staying out and up too late)coffee, paper, water plantscheckinsMorning
Afternoon
Evening
At some point soon I need to:
I question the point of keeping that unscheduled to-do list active. It's so long now, it's hard to have any enthusiasm for attacking it. Maybe I'll try to do something on it today. Wow. That's long.
closed lists
I stopped making lists temporarily because i let them grow too long and the fed feelings of being overwhelmed; then i switched to 'done' lists, and looked at the idea of 'closed lists' in the Mark Foster books. Just my path...
re unscheduled todos
Whatever works for you, but personally I find it much more motivational to start with a fresh list every day and put only today's items on it. Of course then you need a trusted system in which to keep those long term items so you don't forget them.
'A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.' - Elbert Hubbard
Scribbler's Wednesday CI, Second Edition
You're probably right that there's a better way, J. I'm looking for it.
Fixed new guitar by wedging a piece of rubber band into the battery
holder. Hope everything else is equally quick and easy. Today:
Prep
get upat 7 (not hardly, slept until 9 after staying out and up too late)coffee,paper,water plantshealthy breakfastcheckinsMorning
QueryCall 1 re: tabataAfternoon
Healthy lunchDo tabata intvwEvening
At some point soon I need to:
I question the point of keeping that unscheduled to-do list active. It's
so long now, it's hard to have any enthusiasm for attacking it. Maybe
I'll try to do something on it today. Wow. That's long.
ScottY check-in
DONE: workout, shower
DONE: scripture study and prayer
DONE: BP project
DONE: MP project
DONE: HPG work
DONE: HP appts set
practice vc
Lefkoe work
>>i feel good about having worked on the highest priority tasks all day.
Journey 11 am
Late checkin this morning! Went to the gym and the grocery store, got home in time to do some preparation for my 9 am meeting and had the meeting. I had a nice breakfast including some fresh figs that my gym friend brought me!
Now I'm making todo list for the rest of the day.
'A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.' - Elbert Hubbard
Journey noon & updates
Finally posting the list for today at lunchtime lol. I've tried just using my list in Remember the Milk but somehow putting it here forces me to make a more realistic list and stick to it:
GymPublixPlanningPrepare for meeting with F.Meet with F. about scriptSA - check on request for Z.Project Z - PPTProject Z - continue to work on deliverables listProject Z - prepare for tomorrow's meetingProject Z - spreadsheetT. MeetingProject M MeetingFill up vitamins and N.S.Put away clothesFind phone # for C.Check for email from D.Quiet timeDinnerPrepare clothes for work and gym for Thurs/Friadded: water plants and feed birdsUpdate 4:30. I've slogged through a bunch of documentation and I think I have a clue what deliverables are needed for Project Z. I don't understand what they mean, but at least I have the names of the things that are needed lol. Now I can start figuring out how to produce them.
Now to work on preparing for tomorrow's meeting. I'll do that in 20-30 minute chunks and do some chores between chunks. Chunks and chores, here we go.
Yay, the horrid spreadsheet is done. Boo, I've only received about 1/4 of the information I need, so in tomorrow's meeting I must be the bad guy, kick some ass, and take some names. In the good news category, dinner is almost ready
Jo
'A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.' - Elbert Hubbard
Gym arrival
Journey,
So did you make it to the gym before 6 a.m.? I remember that you wanted to avoid meeting your pastor there!
ScottY
re: gym arrival
I didn't quite get there before six but I was still early enough to avoid the pastor haha!
'A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.' - Elbert Hubbard
hope4meandu check-in (10:43AM)
Hi Guys,
Thanks Rexroth for the message today.
Last night I finished my volunteer project, thankfully, but of course, didn't make lunches or brush my teeth before bed.
I am realizing that this procrastinating thing is really stopping me and my life from growing.
My boss is away, so I'm spending too much time on me and the disease is feeling justified. So grateful that he's on vacation.
Today:
-
shopping-
call A & ask a favor-look on DA website
-look for recipes for sat & next week
Tonight:
-take girl for walk
-clean kitchen floor
-clean oven
-finish ML project
-dust living room & dining room
-workout for 10 minutes
Kind regards everyone for a non-procrastinating day!!
♥Prayers & guidance needed & appreciated for my Yoffee's healing.♥
kromer 8:45 CI
I have lot lot to do today! Mostly reading and meetings, though.
Scheduled: mtg 1-3, 3-4
MITs:
*
Notes and follow-up plan for mtg*Read old proposals and take notes on what does and doens't work (have read 3 out of 5)
*Make schedule for rest of the week (I know I made one this weekend but I have no idea where it is
*
Read B's paperand make expt plan (working on this now)Next priority:
*Call IA, get present
*
Call PH and SH*Read ckit stuff and take notes
*Summarize potential stuff
*Exercise (swing or jogging)
*Expt mgmt
Lower priority
*Read C&M paper and make expt plan
*Email KT, RHu and RHi
*figure up backup system
OK, going to library now to read old proposals, b's paper and maybe some of the ckit stuff.
Vic 2/28
Any decision to accept or reject reality does not change "what is and what is not" the truth. It is the belief about reality within the alcoholic which determines their free choice of action. (see pg 55).
my day today
my alarm rang at 7 but i procrastinated till 7:30-not a good start of day.
ok thereafter i helped mumyy in kitchen from 8 to 9a.m.
had breakfast at 10.
surfed on net and checked emails till 11
did biology lesson-well i planned for a 20 minutes session but to my surprise i almost stretched it to 45 minutes. i am quite ecstatic about it.bio had always been my plus point
then i took shower,had lunch,surfed again on net
to do next:
train reservation and other activities on net till 5:30 p.m.
physics - solve vector problems till 6 p.m.
bit of sketching till 7
then read a novel till 8
help mumy and watch t.v.
after dinner i will solve problems of inoorganic chemistry.
hope for a good end of day
((shikha)) sending you encouragement!!!
Since you can solve problems of inorganic chemistry, can you solve my procrastinating problem? LOL!! and world peace?
♥Prayers & guidance needed & appreciated for my Yoffee's healing.♥
Check in
Hope everyone can find the focus and energy they need today.
Yesterday I did quite well but stumbled at the very end of the day. I keep going to bed too late and wasting time in the evening. I shall really try to remedy this today.
finish reg brochure and pics
design stage1 newspaper
speak to web people about printer and fplan
call diane
valuation spreadsheet
board for Sydney
58 Brochure
Collect mail from 53
Return key to rec
TONIGHT - don't watch too much TV, instead do at least half an hour of Portuguese and go to bed by 10.45!
chick CI
thanks for the starter Rexroth
back with thankfulness and forward with hope is good for me today
plan rest of week carefully: there is still time...
My Day Today
Things I plan to do today
1. Get some sleep
2. Take a shower
3. Get dressed
4. Get Brunch
5. Get some suntan lotion
6. Get some quarters
7. Go to work
8. Get clothes ready for Thursday.
9. Prayer and meditation
That's all I have
Rexroth Check In
Done:
Up prayer and reflection
Checked emails - nowt
Todo:
Wait in for plumber to fix bathroom
and I've lots more to do that I don't want to commit to
Regards Rexroth
Rexroth Update
'and I've lots more to do that I don't want to commit to'
So I'm not even prepared to list it...
I need to think and act on this.
Done:
Taken some photos with my 'new' camera which I bought in June and uploaded the software and the photos onto my laptop. This was difficult and I have a lot to learn and I won't learn it unless I do it.
Let in plumber who has fixed the leak in the bathroom which is a blessing.
Dealt with smail mail
Todo: (listed even if I don't do it)
Out to take some more photos
Work on insurance problems
Regards Rexroth
Rexroth Check Out
I didn't do above and I haven't done much construction except wash up and tidy up and I'm very tired
Todo:
Prayer and reflection
Bed and sleep
Night Folks
Rexroth