Monday 13 September 2010

Haven't been super productive today due to breaking my 'abstinence' of personal web surfing, etc.  I just need to realize that I have a procrastination addiction that manifests itself in the avoidance behavior of websurfing/webshopping.  Therefore, I cannot indulge in any of that activity while at work. I realize and acknowledge that I simply do not have the willpower to limit myself to a defined amount of time. *sigh*

So for the (rest of) today my goals are:

- enter txns

- get paper signed

- prep forms for mailing/stamp

- print forms

- email thank yous

- finally...forgive myself, pick myself up, learn and move forward.

"Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection." - Mark Twain

TO-DO-LIST
FOCUS TO THE DETAILS

ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I NEED TO RECONNECT WITH MYSELF.

TAKING CARE OF JIMMY, TIME FLEW BY.

CLEARLY, THE PROCESS WAS DIFFICULT.

HOWEVER, INSTEAD OF THINKING ABOUT THE NEGATIVE.

I'LL THINK POSITIVE.

THE FIRST PRIORITY IS TAKING CARE OF MYSELF......

BUSINESS CONTACT:
done CALL BUSINESS LICENSE RE: LICENSE INQUIRY
CALL ZONING RE: VERIFY IF ADDRESS IS SUITABLE.
CALL COURT RE: SEIZURE OF PROPERTY

PERSONAL:
E. B.
DONE SHOWER
DONE LUNCH DONE V'S

VERIFY:
UPDATED BOA
9:59 AM REQUEST VIA EMAIL TO UPDATE WFB
(EMAIL REPLY ASK TO ME CALL)

CALLS:
WFB
GAYLE @ B.R.M.S.
DAVID
INUSRANCE

TO-LIST-DO
9:19 AM
TYPE LETTER FOR OWNER TO SIGN
DONE CONTACT OWNER OF PROPERTY (2 WEEKS AGO)
FIND PROPERTIES TO LIST

re: agnus: totally know what u mean about carrying the high thru the week. I would like to feel excited about moving beyond step 3 into 4+. Those are the hard ones, the blow to the self image i hesitate to take :/

anyway, i came cuz i have a whole block of task in front of me, monolithic once i start. or at least seems so. usually they're not as monolithic as i think they are. but it seems like such a large commitment of a block of time that i want to do something else instead.

but god is with me, and i am in my right mind, so i'm checking in here and will do the next right action, the next microburst for this task.

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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

Sort the mail

Hi All,

Thanks for the starter, tuffl!!

Boy it's been a little bit of a whirlwind recently. Glad to be back after the holidays!! Work is going well. Thank HP!! My step-daughter was in & we had a great time!! Thankfully, HP, again. Also, did a volunteer project I was putting off, last night.

DID:
Cleaned:
-fridge
-oven
-stairway
-laundry
-bathroom

To Do Tonight:
-do video stretch tape & 10 mt of stomach (really, really slacking on the exercise)
-pick up meds
-food shopping
-laundry
-clean freezer
-wash kitchen floors

Anxious about & turning over:
CALLED-still didn't hear back from the gym about my refund
CALLED-didn't get food delivered, when it was supposed to and I need to follow-up.
-need to get paid, if possible, today

♥Prayers & guidance needed & appreciated for my Yoffee's healing.♥

Thanks for getting us started tuffl. I don't understand graphics very well myself but thanks for taking a shot at it.  An AA women's conference this weekend got me really pumped for living these 12 Steps every day, then my grandkids helped plant our first-ever fall garden.  I hope I can carry all this good stuff into a week of real life!

Morning MITs:
review planning doc for colleague
Spend 1 hour confirming everything GM
Email final everything GM to client
action items from Thursday mtng
microburst one pile of personal paperwork

MidDay MITs:
remind client need feedback; revisions for MtC on WP
Draft fpo ltr and send to client
sb-where am i?
weekly and monthly reports
book travel
4pm massage
5:15 haircut, mani/pedi
6:15 meet B for AFG mtng

Other (through the week): 
Outrch text - and build out the slides
email APs per requests
mail hard copy expenses
call CW on EM for status
white paper re staffing
catch up on youth intr proj
wf3 proposals: FPO tr (record 9/17, post 9/22) and Hd2Sv (11/4, 9)
order ppts for FPO and Hd2Sv
Sched to write copy
Call UFP for copies of invoices
Sched cecu appt for car loan
call car insurer
check CoPs
resched mtng with SW re HC SGA
finish contract briefs and send eg to team
sched myself a dermatology appt

Edit/roll over tasks... and continuing onwards. Goal is to incorporate ex even during stressful times. 

Household: clean bathroom & kitchen; mop floors; dust counters & surfaces; wipe windows; triage recycling

Other: pick up Z Str mu

G Work: look up voc; start reading; write out zBs

V Work: or ex Sch w cd; Mo Di; start Z Str; dech

Self-Care: yoga classes (print out directions & tuck away in yoga mat pouch) 

Hello! I gotta keep doing this so I don't slip into a state like yesterday. One thing I did notice yesterday was the fact that I blow things out of proportion to the point where it negatively affects what I'm doing RIGHT now (ie. I got a B on the test turns into I'll get a B in the class turns into I won't get into the grad school I want turns into I'll be a failure at LIFE. It's crazy! Sorry)

So the things I should do today-
Check out this week's lab
Update Calendar with new assignments
Read Ch. 5 Sect 6-8
Notes on Ch. 5 Sect 6-8
Reading Quiz 5/5!
Activity 5/5!
Work on PS #10
Copy PS #10 into notebook
Finish Notes on Ch 4 Sect 7-9
Finish Filling out form
Mail form
Put away 15 strewn about items
Call person1
Email person2
Text person3
Take vitamins/iron
Keep looking for math course

It is 3:22 when I edit now, and a good chunk is done.
4:52 Finished all the physics things I wanted to do!

So. . .I got EVERYTHING DONE today! I have NEVER done this. I am SO EXCITED. Hence the CAPITAL LETTERS. YAY!!!

Happy Monday!  I'm on vacation.   I spent Sat with the grandkids at the lake, had fun but was exhausted and sunburned.   Sun I did a good bit of relaxing, although I did make dinner, clean the kitchen, and clean my fridge and freezer. 

Today I want to:

• Finish grocery list
• Take a walk
• Visit mom
• Grocery Store
• Pet Smart
• JoAnns
• Put away groceries
• Clean out the 2nd bathroom drawer
• Some general straightening
• Laundry
• Clean out one desk drawer
• Make a start on closet
• dinner
• dishes
• log into work and do my (very late!) time sheet
• read a chapter or two in my book

Going for a walk now! Have a great week everyone!

UPDATE: back from walk, laundry done, gonna take a short break then a shower and head out for errands.   laters!

UPDATE 5 pm:  back from errands, took longer than I planned (of course!) now putting away groceries and making dinner.

UPDATE 7:30 I made a very nice dinner, fried chicken. I hate frying chicken but tomorrow is my husband's bday so I made the effort lol.   Now I'm tired, I dunno if Imma tackle those drawers tonight or not.  Maybe I'll just do one.  The dishes are done, and I have a couple hours . . . yeah, why not?

Update 8 pm YES I cleaned out the bathroom drawer.   It looks very nice.  Now both of my bathroom drawers are all clean and organized.

That's enough for today, I'm going to relax and read my book for a while then go to bed!- 

Jo

'You become what you think about most of the time.' - Brian Tracy

I need to do some especially important things this week, and making today work out well will help alot.
To do:
morning domestic routine
lay out paperwork for medical bill (I already paid)
begin work project A
call client B (for third time)
tidy workshop (if only for 15 minutes or so)
trip to town @ noon (12step meeting, supplies)
glue loose flap on shoe
remove unneeded stuff from kitchen table
do minimum 1hr on work project C
check in later