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.
fudoshin: day 20: 10:58pm
Please do not leave advice. Thank you. Prayers welcome.
This is the 19th day that I have followed through with the following:
I'm making a pledge to quit using the dating site(s) and Facebook for
90 days. I had written this on my 43things account, but I wrote that I
wanted to avoid dating sites for a full six months, so I think 90 days
is reasonable for a dating site. I also have a penchant for looking at
and stalking certain people repeatedly on the dating website and online,
which has prevented me from sanity. Just all out stalking certain
people has been all out crazy; if I'm not stalking one person, it's
another person. During times I've tried to quit the dating site before, I
have visited people's dating profiles, even while not registered on the
dating site. So part of my whole thing with quitting dating sites is
also quitting stalking people's profiles that I've tried to date in the
past. If I accidentally load a dating site, b/c I accidentally clicked
on something obviously that doesn't count. You can hardly hang a cat on
the Internet without hitting a dating site ad. Intention is
everything.
In other words:
I've tried to
date in the past, which includes trying to IM them. (I am now back on
day 2 for this as today I went on linkedin and checked out the profile
of a person whom I had as a co-worker, on whom I had a crush/obsession
about).
Findingaway check in
12.30 pm Monday
Thanks for the thread lennon.
I was so pleased that I got to the online meeting for the first time
today, but since then have struggled to get my work lists together and
make a plan. Along the way I have done a few tasks, but not necessarily
the most important!
My son has just made me a coffee
so I will try again with my priorities.
Done:
To do (work):
To do (home)
Grateful to have a clearer plan now. I see how important this step is.
Mediabat 11.40 AM 2/6
30/30 mins of hwk30/30 mins of hwk15,15/30 mins of hwk30/15,15 mins of hwk15,15/30 mins of hwkSuccess rate: 79%
26/33
12step PA meeting 2:30PM new york time in "meeting chatbox"
12step meeting starting now in meeting chatbox.
Details here:
http://procrastinators-anonymous.org/node/1398
kromer 1:30 CI
Man, I have a lot to do today! Coming back from vacation, even a short one, is hard.
OK, so I need to do lots of organizational work:
Make a schedule for the weekBalance my checkbookClean off my desk/bench (have made really good progress)
Clean out my inboxPass on binder of class materialsFigure out what still needs to be done for visit weekend
And I need to do some work-work:
Study spanish for an hour
and email profStart expt (IHC) (realized I needed to do a pre-req expt--I did this, but meant I didn't have time to start IHC)
And some social things
Email about baby shower,
email DW
OK, whew! I can at least start these things, though.
katia 2/6
Stressed.
Things to do-
-Vitamins-#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7#8 #9-Make bed-Thucydides sec 66-72-Thucydides sec 73-79-Thucydides sec 80-88
-4 math problems
-3 tutoring sessions-Email LC-Put dishes away-15 min tidying
Gwen D CI: Sunday 0930
Thank you PA for being here. I finished projects this week but now I can't stop being proactive. I am very grateful for all the good things in my life, including today's sunny skies. I have an appointment in the middle of the day today, and tomorrow has got to be a real work day, so today cannot be sluffed off. I must keep chaos at bay. I must work on my infrastructure. I have only three hours starting now.
_ dry cleaners errand
X cat food store errand
_ laundry
_ dusting
X clean fridge
X do all dishes
X mop floors (kitchen and bathroom)
_ vacuuming
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I should also plan things for my parents. Visits and X birthday presents.
I also have most of what I need to move my work onto the new computer. If I get everything else done, I can think about that. Maybe one more adapter to buy. But that is not important today! Today is for getting things tidy!
First. Within 30 minutes.
'Twas a good Sunday. Have a good week!
Gnothi Seauton ~ Know Thyself
sun 2/6 check in tracy-la
READING FOR DAY -DELAYED GRATIFICATION
I believe that a sign of maturity is accepting deferred gratification.
—Peggy Cahn
It's okay to want to feel good all the time. Happiness is something we all
deserve. However, there are often preparatory steps we need to take, a
number of which will not bring joy, before we arrive at a place of
sustained happiness.
The level of our pain at any particular moment
has prompted us to seek short-term highs. And with each attempt at a
quick "fix," we will be reminded that, just as with our many former
attempts, the high is very short-term.
Long-term happiness is not the byproduct of
short-term gratification. We don't have to earn happiness, exactly, but
we do have to discover where it's found. How fortunate we are to have
the program guiding our search. We will find happiness when we learn to
get quiet and listen to our inner selves. We will find happiness when we
focus less on our personal problems and more on the needs of others.
Many of us will need to redefine what happiness
is. Understanding our value and necessity to our circle of acquaintances
will bring us happiness, a happiness that will sustain us, and so will
gratitude for our friends, our growing health, our abstinence also
sustain us. Sincerely touching the soul of someone else can tap the well
of happiness within each of us.
I will find happiness. Searching within myself, I will patiently, trustingly share myself with others.
From Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations
MY BASICS:
checking in; 3 calls;affirmation; reading;check calendar; plan to plan;email my 3 most important tasks;oicemail; billing from prior day/declutter prior day's email; exercisetracy-la
Journey 10 am
Good morning and Happy Sunday which is actually sunny here for a change.
My 2-hour work task last night turned in to a 5-hour task so I didn't get to bed until 1 am. But everything turned out ok in the end.
Today, I want to do laundry, clean out the broken freezer so the repairman can work on it Wednesday morning, bathe the dogs,clean the big bathroom, make dinner, do dishes, prep my clothes and food for work and gym monday and tuesday, and finish up a couple of work tasks that I was too tired to do last night. That should keep me busy enough that I'll be tired and ready to go to bed early. I'm sure the super bowl will put me to sleep anyway lol.
I hope and pray you are all having a productive and enjoyable weekend.
Jo
Never have an ordinary day! - Pepperidge Farm (lol)
Seattleguy1968s _Check
Seattleguy1968s _Check In
TO DO:
finish basic chores :D
Complete Super Project A-12 :D
Goal - finish all tasks by 1:15AM :D :D :D
done 5 minutes early
starting at 12:12AM
GO!
:D = Done
My Day Today
I want to thank my Higher Power for this program, this website, the telephone and online meetings, and my life.
Things I will do today
1. Go to the 7 a.m. telephone DA meeting2. Test blood sugar twice
3. Take shower4. Get dressed5. Eat brunch
6. Get medicine ready for the next two weeks
7. Post and send out Al-Anon literature for today8. Make bed
9. Wash dishes
10. Go to a religious meeting at 10 a.m.11. Do numbers
12. Go to the 2:30 p.m. online PA meeting13. Go to my mom's house and watch the Super Bowl14. Prayer and meditation morning and evening
15. Do hairThanks for letting me share