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.
Procrastination is the grave in which opportunity is buried.
Jester - Thursday
TO DO FROM 1:40 PM TO 7:00 PM:
Clear GmailCall MikeComplete Office Listing Inventory draftComplete entry of office listing inventory (carry over)
Identify sales commissions
Identify propertunities
Discuss propertunities with agents
Printed Publicity Flier
Emailable Publicity Flier
Blog Post(s) of Office Listing Inventory
Facebook Post of Blog Entry(s) of inventory
Scan dl & ss into email and email to Linden
Clear Briefacase and follow up from last night
Contact Sara about broker guy re Saturday
OfficeCleanup (carried over from yesterday)
3rd HerbsContact Apartment owner on behalf of Rick and ask for listing
Call Mike about book project
Plan tonightLink website to blog
Add IDX to website
Set up new website
OK knocking off for the night at 10:06pm. At least I worked today. Inventory is finished but needs to be entered. A good day.
Today
findingaway
Thank you Journey for starting the thread, and to all of you for sharing your thoughts and lives.
I am pleased that I'm here earlier than usual - 8.20 am, 12/11 - well it's early for me anyway.
Also yesterday I did some solid work in the afternoon after a bad morning.
There is a real chance I could finish my big project (the one that seems to have dragged on forever) today. Somehow feel scared but will do what I did yesterday with smileys for each 30 mins. So -
11/11
Thanks for starting the thread journey and another thanks to the veterans who have fought for our country!
Work 8AM-5PM:
-Finish RP of project 3 rel [DONE]
-Review draft of project 3 rel
-Finish intro to project 3 fa
-Test func of project 3 board 1
-Test func of project 3 board 2
-Test func of project 3 board 3
After Work 5PM-Sleep:
-Go for a run
-Sell computer case
-Sell dvdrw drive
-Sell b gps
-Bring trash in
-Do dishes [DONE]
-Do keyword "A"
-Do keyword "D"
-finish reading contract [DONE]
-print and sign contract
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 journey for starting this trend.
Things I have done today
1. Went to a therapy group2. Saw my therapist3. Eat breakfast4. Took napThings I will do today
1. Eat dinner2. Take shower3. Get dressed4. Do numbers5. Have prayer and meditation time
6. Do hair7. Wash dishes
8. Send out two school e-mails9. Post and send out three Al-Anon e-mails.10. Go to the face to face NA meeting at 8 p.m.
Thanks for letting me share
Scribbler's Thursday - The Remake
checkinsMorning
Update QuickenMusic marketingAfternoon
Do 2 CIOFile BN postP/U B at 2:45Evening
Scribbler's Thursday
checkinsMorning
Afternoon
Evening
First check-in :)
Hello!
Today (what's left of it), for starters, I would like to
commit to coming back later!Also:
Change sheets in 1 bedroomText KathyCall BDeclutter my purse & my briefcase.Go running.Cook dinner.Bed by midnight. Not sure... but it's looking good!
Come back later.Hope I did this right! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
clement ci
i'm already more encouraged by reading today's thread.
i was stuck, so i came here.
going to chat...
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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
Vic 11-11-10
show up (done) Get out of self, and my head. Ask HP for direction of the next right thing. Have some calls I put off because of fear and shame.
E&G Hicks say:" The Law of Attraction is responding to your thought, not to your current reality. When you change the thought, your reality must follow suit. If things are going well for you, then focusing upon what is happening now will cause the well-being to continue, but if there are things happening now that are not pleasing, you must find a way of taking your attention away from those unwanted things.
You have the ability to quickly change your patterns of thought, and eventually… your life experience."
Thanks for being here, got so much done yesterday by being able to stay focused as I listened to Eckart Tolle CD's.
re: change your thot
hi again vic!
undoubtedly that's good advice. but i come here in the deep doldrums and the idea of changing my thot seems out of reach. :(
but... i also know that many, many times i come here and read the daily thread and feel more positive about my life, and more hopeful about what i can accomplish.
thanks for sharing.
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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
pm ck in & (clem)
Clem, thanks for sharing what most of us (at least I do) think when we read stuff like Hicks Law of Attraction. It is like telling a compulsive overeater, just eat less, or alcoholic, just don't drink, etc., etc., if that's all it took none of us would be here.
All I know is by participating in PA, I have hope for something "better" , I am not alone anymore, I can't believe the all the accomplished people here can feel as I do. I have such a long way to go, but because of the people here, I can face my "shame" enough to keep showing up in spite of them, and that is a miracle.
Not as productive today, very difficult to accept, Hicks say "but if there are things happening now that are not pleasing, you must find a way of taking your attention away from those unwanted things. " I can start by being grateful, then by helping someone else.
tracy-la thursday check in
Good day~
Checking in and showing up.
Idea of cutting procrastination at the source. To maintain my procrastination success, I must limit my time on the internet that is not related to work. If I could I would only go on the internet when I'm on the phone with a friend or buddy so I won't spend more than 15 minutes on the internet or start finding information for future articles.
Having a time management or organizing methods that are incompatible with my neurology will result in procrastination. I am impulsive and get excited about new things so I need to set up structure that works with my neurological dominance.
tracy-la
re: tracy-la
> Having a time management or organizing methods that are incompatible with my neurology will result in procrastination.
lol. but so true!
> I am impulsive and get excited about new things
i SO relate!
> I need to set up structure that works with my neurological dominance.
yeah, me too.
i've been trying to do that for a long time with little success. i'd be interested in hearing anything that works for you.
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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
It's like remembering that
It's like remembering that I'm left handed and cannot write with my right hand but thinking I should be able to because everyone else does. Now can I write with my right hand? Sure but it will take me a long time and the writing would be total chicken scratch.
Clement - I think the tools that will work for me involve a lot of different things (not just one magic bullet that work for some people). I'll have to make up a list when I have more time. Perhaps if we shared lists we'd get ideas that can help but since we're all different what works for one person may not work for another. Checking in frequently with others helps especially for those times I do go off track (at least it gets limited to 30 min). Talk to you later,
tracy-la
kromer 9:50 CI
Having a bit of a hard time getting started, lots to do today.
Scheduled: bible study 8:30-10:30
MITs: Stage 1 (with help from TE) ) (have made good progress on this)
Add to D & T's doc (will do this soon)
Figure out tubule sep. problem (or at least next steps on this)(started)
Other tasks:
Plugs, start DNA extraction (will do this soon)
Stage 2 (will at least start this soon)
Look at introns/exons
1 hr thinking about career plans
Read 2 papers
(will do this soon)
Return lib book (will do this soon)
Deal w/ email
OK, starting with the staging.
myy day 11
Done:
- met daily billable work quota (||||)
- called about a bill
- went grocery shopping
Crazybug CI
"On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow."- Friedrich Nietzsche
Overcoming any habit or accomplishing anything great is an iterative process. That means you just need to keep 'starting' and it will continually improve.
I will give all my efforts over to the bookkeeping tasks I have today and try to stay focused on that. I'll keep starting.
re: Crazybug CI
inspiring stuff. even Nietzche altho i think he gave up on that later in life.
and the other quote about the iterative process. that's rly helpful to me today. tx!
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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
Iteration
Clement - thanks for your response. I've been thinking a lot about iteration and iterative processes that ultimately lead to success. Think babies crawl - walk -run. That's an iterative process right? Keep trying essentially the same type of forward movement and eventually you're running like the wind.
I get very frustrated and disheartened at times when I feel like I'm not progressing in resolving my considerable procrastination habits. So to deal with that I've decided to put all my faith in the fact that daily I am experiencing an iterative process that will ultimately lead me to a productive life. Some of the iterations are more useful than others, but it's still a small step towards the ultimate goal.
Wishing you good thoughts today and a clear path forward. Just start...
Rexroth Check In
Thanks for starting the thread journey.
I'm still ill
Done:
Up prayer and reflection
Check emails
Go back to bed
Check mail and email
Out to buy birthday card for friend and later post it
Phone advocate for meeting
Todo:
Wash up
Tidy a bit
That will do. Sooner or later I'll get better
Regards Rexroth
Rexroth Check Out
Done:
Above and phoned friend
Prayed and reflected and now in bed
Todo:
Check emails and go to sleep
I feel a lot better and very fed up
Night Folks
Rexroth
Journey 7:45
Good morning! Today is a holiday for me . . . I slept an hour later than normal and now I'm goofing off on the computer . . . time to get busy, I don't want to waste the day! I'll prolly be in the chatbox since I'm not working, see ya there.
Jo