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 24: 8:44pm
Please do not leave advice. Thank you. Prayers welcome.
This is the 24th 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 6 for this as friday 02/04 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).
exercise for 30 minutes a day: walking, swimming, hiking, biking,
running, jogging, karate, yoga, a dance class. Anything of those for at
least 30 minutes. And nothing else. I can do the running plan, but I
assure myself that each day that I show up to run, I will be okay, if
all I do is ultimately choose to walk. Whatever I feel comfortable with
when I do. That way I don't intimidate myself.
Thursday
Make bedGo to bank
Mani/Pedi (self care ;-))
Pay vet bill/pick up momentoConference call
Emails re: software
Emails re: social media
Script for C
Email re: transition
Yoga or a walkWork on videos for L
Laundry
Load of dishes
Dinner
Quality time with spouse
Cathal
Thanks to everyone who welcomed me yesterday on my first post. Hope you have been having productive days!
first list 5/8 = 62.5% completion success. i got 5 done well enough but got bogged down a bit in one then wasted a good bit of time on the internet with the result that I had worked late on task 6 and didn't get to bed till 0125 - it wasn't properly completed even then.
Aim to improve on the score today with this list.
Complete computer quota DONE
Complete list DONE
Today’s direct points DONE
Finish earlier points
Go over other vocab DONE
Start first part of project DONE
Transport work DONE
Bed by 2355
1:00 pm check-in
Went to a meeting this morning (got up at 6 am) so I'm checking in now. Very Tired!
I was supposed to go door to door to canvass for our upcoming federal election>I'm in Canada where we currently have a minority government so the Prime Minister could call a snap election. It was cancelled so I have about 4 more hours of time I can devote to more productive work.
I posted my check-ins in the wrong place the past two days.
I spent most of yesterday doing something that was not on my list, however, my work put me in the good books of some of the higher-ups in my (political) party and could pay off in the fall.
What I plan to accomplish today:
Afternoon
Finish and email one query for a magazine.
Phone TI (political contact) to remind him to send his reply so we have a new president and our association will no longer be dysfunctional.
Update and email letter to send to City Hall bureaucrats.
Pay MC & Visa on-line.
Evening
email contacts I met today and connect with them on LinkedIn
Call volunteer for Editors Association
Search for temp jobs and contracts (no longer than one hour).
Finish volunteer newsletter for professional association.
Prepare for meeting tomorrow with client.
tracy-la thurs 2/10 checkin
READING:
Write Before You Procrastinate
When
you are tempted to procrastinate, stop and make contact with
another PA member. If you cannot bring yourself to make the call, or if
you make it and still want to procrastinate, then try writing.
Before
you procrastinate, write down exactly how you are feeling, what you
think the extra procrastination will do for you, what the likely result will be,
and how you will feel an hour later. It is a good idea to keep a pad of
paper handy in the office, near the computer, near the kitchen; you can grab a pencil instead of procrastinating.
Often
the process of writing down exactly how you are feeling will reveal the
hidden emotions which are masquerading as distraction, anxiety or a need to do a different task and a desire to procrastinate.
You may discover that you are angry, or fearful, or lonely. Write the
feelings and write the consequences of procrastinating because of them.
Grant me insight, Lord, and self-understanding.
Adapted From Food for Thought: Daily Meditations
MY BASICS:
checking in;support calls(3x);affirmation;gratitudes; reading;check calendar; plan to plan;email my 3 most important tasks;voicemail; billing from prior day/declutter prior day's email;exerciseGot up at 4:45 a.m. Worked for 2 hours in the morning from 5 to 7 am -- then got kids ready for school. Then from 8 to 9 am on a new matter. Misc from 9 am to 9:30.
Keeping track of my time on my billing worksheet for day.
Crazybug CI
Checking in a little bit late this morning. Though I have been working, which is a good change! :)
I have an important writing task to complete today. This typically elicits lots of anxiety and procrastination. I've been talking nicely to myself and attempting to drop all expectations. Doing everything in my power to be non judgemental and positive. I came accross this quote from one of my favorite authors and it made me smile.
“I write one page of masterpiece to ninety-one pages of s%*!,” Hemingway confided to F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1934. “I try to put the s#*! in the wastebasket.”
I'm just focused on getting this done s#*! or not! LOL!
a great productive day wished to you all.
Vic 2/9 & 2/ 10/11
kromer 9:50 CI
Busy day!
Scheduled: lunch 12:30-1ish, class 3-5, dinner for interviewees 6-9, bible study 9-11
Check on expts (s,
p)p-c extraction (started)
do assignment for class (need to do this soon), email class notes to rko
get sample data for science
run gel (done)
work on proposal
deal w/ email(started)
OK, right now I need to start p-c extraction and gel, and check on expts (p)
hope4meandu day 10
Thanks lennon for starting us today!! YAY Scribbler, so glad you are here!!
Yoffee is doing better now (thank YOU HP) then she has in the last 2 years. Now my fears, anxieties and worries are how to keep it this way.
Last night I only worked out, but at least!!?? I think I know what recovery will look like with this nasty, stupid, life-sucking disease -- when I consistently keep my house clean (not perfect) but consistent.
Turning over all the things that am not doing:
-close out Citibank account & pay off money owed
-go to CVS
-go to ENT
-go to lab to get mamm, thyroid & fibroids pictures
-cleaning bird cage
-getting bird food
-Yoffee bath
Tonight:
-clean rug
-laundry
-cooking
-clean birdcage
Wishing you all numerous miracles today!!
♥"Careful the wish we make, wishes are children. Careful the path they take, wishes come true..." From "Children Will Listen," by Stephen Sondheim.♥
Scribbler's Thursday CI 8:45 a.m.
get up at 6make bedsweepscoffee, paperhealthy breakfastcheckinsMorning
Teacher conference
Update Quickensend queryMusic marketing - send 5 emailsCall 2 re: discriminate /File discodayAfternoon
Healthy lunch (w/B?)P/u B at 2:45P/u C at 5katia 2/10
It's way too early lol. Might have to rest when I get home.
Things to do today-
-Vitamins -#1 #2 #3 #4-#1 #2 #3 #4 #5#6 #7 #8-Order MMPSB
-Email J-Put Connor's Laundry away-Tutoring tonite-Work on math (not sure # problems)2 problems lolGotta get moving. . .not even sure of things. Adviser meeting today. VERY anxious.
2/10
Thanks for starting lennon!
Work 8AM-5PM:
-create contacts doc for ooc [DONE]
-Figure out fix for low c (test low r, test high r, test add c)
-review pinouts
-review part 3 in depth (SS) [DONE]
-review part 4 in depth
-call gp about part [DONE]
After Work 5PM-Sleep:
-Document stuff for insurance
-followup with mom about acctn
-find and print 6 personal tax documents
-prepare weedwacker for warranty
-take 8 from RI
-check payout for b expenses
-get oil change
-remove disc items (ask r about this again)
-create landing pages
-put in js knob
-buy b vday gift
-call about circus ticks [DONE]
-order thank you cards
-buy rice [DONE]
-buy shampoo [DONE]
-buy choc and card for r
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. Take shower3. Get dressed4. Fix and eat brunch5. Get medicine ready
6. Post and send out Al-Anon literature for today7. Go to therapy group at 9 a.m.8. Go to individual therapy at 10:15 a.m.9. Read syllabus for my class10. Do my journal for my leadership class11. Read Chapter 5 in the textbook
12. Go to the Internship at 1 p.m.13. Cook and eat dinner
14. Go to the 8 p.m. face to face NA meeting15. Test blood sugar twice16. Post Al-Anon literature for the next two days
17. Prayer and meditation morning and evening
18. Make bed
19. Wash dishes
20. Declutter for 15 minutes
21. Renew a library book22. Do numbers23. Call my CLA Sponsor24. Call my DA Sponsor25. Write my list for tomorrow
Thanks for letting me share
Journey 7 am
Thanks for starting us out Lennon!
Well, we had to buy a new refrigerator last night. The repairman said the old one couldn't be fixed, or well, it could be fixed but it would cost more than a new one. I was upset and frustrated over this yesterday so I didn't get as much work done as I would have liked, but I did a reasonable amount of work considering the situation.
The good news is that I am working from home again today to take delivery of the new refrigerator. I'm skipping gym this morning so that I can clean out the old fridge. Trying to be positive about it - although we had to charge the new fridge, I'm grateful that we can go out and buy what we need and that I live in a place where food is plentiful and we have appliances like dishwashers and refrigerators. For many people in the world, that would be unimaginable luxury. Although I feel a bit deprived because this fridge doesn't have filtered water and an ice dispenser in the door like my old one did
lol. We will actually have to open the freezer door to get ice out of the ice maker. Geez, life is tough.
Anyway, I'm fixin' to shake myself out of the doldrums, get dressed, make my todo list, and then tackle that fridge. I have a good bit of work to do today too, since part of yesterday was taken up with refrigerator issues.
See ya later.
Jo
We won't be afraid of being sweet to ourselves. - Her Space Holiday
((Jo)) relate
This is the first time in my adult life (and I'm old) that I have a washer/dryer in my home and I kiss them constantly!!!
♥"Careful the wish we make, wishes are children. Careful the path they take, wishes come true..." From "Children Will Listen," by Stephen Sondheim.♥