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.
Sunday November 7, 2010
Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; while others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than before.
-Polybius
If the wind will not serve,
take to the oars.
Destitutus ventis, remos adhibe
-Latin Proverb
It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, "Always do what you are afraid to do."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
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findingaway 8/11
findingaway
Checking in at 9 am Monday local time. Have not put together a to-do list yet, thinking now.
End of work day check-in 6 pm.
Need to keep my report progressing - as much as possible. Stuck with it, definitely some progress, the end is in sight!
Also some banking and minor business accounting. Done
Will catch up with M re his resume again. Spoke with him, will do this evening if he's free.
Monthly timesheet posted to J. Not posted but ready to go.
I am grateful for a good day on Friday 5/11 - made some progress.
Pretty happy with today - some minor side tracking when doing internet research but no games, did not spend excess time on personal emails in work time.
Thank you everyone for being here! Extra thanks to pro!
kromer 11/7
Lots of work to catch up on this weekend! most of it should be fun though.
MITs:
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Make schedule for next week*
Genotype,check on expts*Send card, bug MK
*Take pictures of slides + note observations (will do this soon)
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Start Ab database/study sql
*Clean bathroom(will do this soon-ish)
Other tasks:
*Laundry
*Read through protocols & figure out what marker I want to use
*Chart out expt
*Southern notes (will do this soon-ish)
*Read 2 papers (will do this soon)
*Read 2 more papers
*Organize papers
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Find recipeOK, I'll start with the genotyping, then while that's running I'll take picts.
katia 11/7
Feeling better and rested. Hopefully prof will grant my extension request for my test.
Things to do-
-Work on (not nec. finish) PS #30-Email X
-Call Y-Read impt stuff-PA meeting? hrmm-Vitamins/Pill #2-Start notebook-Research a possible make-up classStudy tasks I'd like to finish
-Notes Ch. 9 Sect 8-10Ha! yes-Notes Ch. 10 Sect 1-5muahaha-Notes Ch. 10 Sect 6-9woo-Notes Ch. 10 Sect 10, Ch. 11 Sect 1-5-Notes Ch. 11 Sect 7-10-Notes Ch. 11 Sect 11-12again ha!Eek! Be back later lol.
*Just read the quotes. . .they are great, seattleguy! Can definitely relate to the first one at the moment. As much as I try to not have to put in that vigorous effort at the end. . .sometimes life gets in the way!
*Meh. Not getting much done at all. Fabulous news is I do get to take my test later in the week due to extenuating circumstances.
getting some stuff done
Hi!
I took some stuff to the charity store today. I am trying to clean out a bit.
12:50. re-filled area of the closet I had cleaned out. ((sigh)). Folded & put away clean clothes. Took trash to dumpster. Made 1 bed. Cut tags off new outfit.
1:30 goal: take shower, then can make a support call. Shower done + hair wash & dry. Made 3 support calls, but no one home; left 2 answering machine msgs.
2:30. Made 2nd bed. Doing another load of laundry.
2:50 Diff support group person can meet for coffee. Going out.
Have a good day! :)
Recycler
Thank you, gals & guys, for being here! :)
My Day Today
I want to thank my Higher Power for this program, this website, the telephone and online meetings, and my life
I want to thank seattle1968 for starting this trend
Things I have done today
1. Went to the 7 a.m. telephone DA meeting2. Went to the 9:45 a.m. telephone CLA meetingThings I will do today
1. Fix and eat breakfast
2. Prayer and meditation in the morning and evening
3. Wash clothes
4. Go grocery and clothes shopping
5. Put groceries and clothes away.
6. Go to the 2:30 p.m. PA meeting
7. Go to the 6:30 p.m. face to face DA meeting
8. Call my DA sponsor at 8:30 p.m.
9. Post and send out Al-Anon literature for today
10. Do Business homework
11. Warm up and eat dinner
12. Do hair
Thanks for letting me share.
PA Chatbox 12step mtg now Sundays 2:30 PM New York Time
Please note that the meeting *seems" to change time in November due to differences in international clock settings.
Note that a meetings list is now easy to find on this website.
(Thanks, pro!)
Just click the "meetings list" button at top of your screen.
All are welcome to today's chatbox 12step meeting.
Further details on chat meeting here:
http://procrastinators-anonymous.org/node/1398
Explanation for time adjustment here:
http://procrastinators-anonymous.org/node/3128
myy day 7
It's Sunday afternoon and I haven't done a single useful thing today. I'm reading a book and there's no nagging guilt that I should be doing something else. This week has been good. I've met and usually even exceeded my daily quota of billable hours. I did some quick math and cringed when I saw how much better my financial situation would be if my usual workweek was like this. Well, I can only move forward and no use lamenting the past.
I'll continue writing my "three things to do" -lists. It's simple, easy and works for me. My first guilt free Sunday since who knows when proves this. I'm so used to a continual background feeling of guilt about things I've not done that not having its weight on my mind feels very weird. Weird but amazing.
Done:
- took care of my home by tidying a little
- lighted a candle in the kitchen
- asked hubby to make popcorn and watched a movie
tracy-la sunday nov 7 check in
Hi Everyone:
1. My basics: check in / show up - Done
Changing my daily plan and focus on how I manage my energy on a daily basis. Now I am going to start my office work right away without any delays since I am a morning person. I get up early and I used to spend the first several hours of my day exercising, writing articles, working on recovery and other things that are important but can be done later in the day once I get the work that requires higher concentration and energy done first.
The other downside to doing the other things first is that I used to get caught up in them and instead of spending 30 min on a marketing article, I'd spend 2 hours. Then work got delayed and when I didn't start on the work projects, I'd feel worse about that.
I will check in but save the reading, exercise, marketing, etc. till later.
2. Projects: Each smiley face = 1/2 hour
Billing project - categorize & finalize ones I can do quickly
Memo to office mgr re: bills finalized & things to be done
got 13 done - yea. 
[ got total 35 done on this one project - 2 hours incl 20 min check in]
Clean up desk area and 2 briefcases -
All done - Yea! I say Yea even though I get chagrined at what I find in there and how some papers sat in there since June and didn't get filed. But no surprises (unopened bills or other nasty things) - just filing. I'm just happy I got it cleaned out. A weekly maintenance plan/time might work here to eliminate the build up.
If I have time later, would like to do 3 more billing projects:
A project -
G project -
SS project
Will come back and edit later. Have client meeting I need to prepare for today.
Have a great day everyone and thanks for being here!
tracy-la
Vic 11/7
Show up (done) Ask God to direct my thinking, especially asking that it be divorced from self-pity , dishonest or self-seeking motives.
All day soccer tounaments yesterday and today- yesterday 1st game 8 am and last game 8 pm. Not much else accomplished. Feeling panicked today becuase My boys do home cyber school and tommorrow geometry and biology test due. We did not start. I want to enjoy tournament- they are undefeated and my son is a great soccer player. Stayed home for today's 8am game but semi- finals and finals are all afternoon. Need to get moving and at least get started with stuff.
Thanks for being here. May we all find the wisdom , courage and most of all the gracefor the willingness to "Keep On" today. It is not "automatic"
Seattleguy's CI November 7 2010
TO DO:
make protein shake :D
relocate 1 lg
finish chores
sleep Zzzzzzz
Project Tx3lg
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:D = Done