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 February 27, 2011
May today be a productive one for you!
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fudoshin: day 41: 2:43pm
Please do not leave advice. Thank you. Prayers welcome.
This is the 41st 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:
the past. (I am now back on day 4 for this, because Wednesday I
accidentally searched for an old classmates twitter).
of this.) This includes not stalking people on AIM or other chat
networks, whom I've tried to date in the past. I thoroughly embarrassed
myself on IM before in ways I never would over the phone.
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.
fudoshin: day 41 toplines: 2:40pm
Please do not leave advice. Thank you. Prayers welcome.
TO DO LIST:
French homework handout for 2/23
Journal #2
Journal for week 6
Journal for week 8 (due on 2/28)
criquer louer
commentaire draft
le compte rendu
read Essay on Man 2541-9
b/t, floss, use listerine, endtufted brush - morning
b/t floss, use listerine, endtufted brush before bed
Some step work
run 4 minutes, walk 1 minute X 6
bike four minutes forward, 2 minutes back
stretches
write down problems proved from first and second homework assignment
vitamins
hope4meandu day 28
Thanks leavinghome for the encouraging starter!!
Need help to clean today. I've been up at all hours taking snowy (rescue dog) out and taking care of all my "kids." Haven't worked out all week.
I realy relate lots to what vic & findingaway were saying on Friday. It doesn't seem to matter what I've done in the past, cleaning wise, I look at it as "so what."
This is the first time in many years that I really want to have guests over especially from our neighborhood. I like and connect with some of them, and I can't give that to myself because of my disgusting, dirty house. I'm very ashamed and with snowy peeping and pooping everywhere doesn't help. Thankfully, I've been cleaning up after him every step of the way, and in the past (embarrassing) didn't always with Yoffee. Can't figure it out. Grateful I can be honest, even though I'm humiliated by my behavior.
Did:
-cleaned SimcySue's cage
-gave Snowy or snow snow a bath last night
-took Yoffee and snow snow out numerous times
-made them both cooked dinners
To do:
-
laundry-
1 hour of cleaning starting in bathroom-stretch on my own, no video
-brush teeth
-hair
Wishing you all many breakthroughs with procrastination today.
♥"Careful the wish we make, wishes are children. Careful the path they take, wishes come true..." From "Children Will Listen," by Stephen Sondheim.♥
kromer 2:40 CI
I slept in the morning (which I really needed to do), went to church, and helped out with potluck. Now, I have a lot to do, but it's managable:
*Send out mp list
*Get some exercise (probably an hour walk and 15 min of stretching)
*Emails!
*Call IA, email RH
*image slides
*get as far as I can on web crawling project (I'm hoping to send out nature, science, nat. gen, and maybe nat. immun.)
katia 2/27
Hey guys. . .parents visited over the weekend. . .it was great!!! Got some sleep, all sorts of odds and ends done, etc. Two more weeks of classes! :0
Things to do today-
-Vitamins & #1 #2#3 #4#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6#7 #8-2 sections of Aristotle
-1 math problem from last week
-2 math problems for this week4 done! 8 left-PA meetingday 27
lost a few checkins due to work, but here we go.
shower
eat breakfast.
take pills.
project b:
title page
citations
add last section
final edit
format thing
add current work
fix fonts
fix citations
check other works for guidelines
add missing content
edit
done
go to library
crosscheck booklist
sleep if at all possible
2/27
Thanks for the post leavinghome!
Work 8AM-5PM:
-Figure out fix for low c (test low r, test high r, test add c)
-review pinouts
-PY AI-5
-PY AI-6
-choose 10 cn
-get h ordered
-get l ordered
-get f ordered
After Work 5PM-Sleep:
-Document stuff for insurance
-followup with mom about acctn
-find and print 6 personal tax documents
-prepare weedwacker for warranty
-check payout for b expenses
-get oil change
-remove disc items
-order postcard thank you cards
-start spreadsheet of c products
-shine shoes
-update price correction for e
-buy cr ticks
-update qb
-check passport
Vic 2/27/11
Show up (done)
check in sun feb 27 tracy-la
Reading
Letting Go of Fear
Fear is often at the core of compulsive procrastination. It can motivate us to avoid situations, procrastinate or neglect ourselves.
Many of us have been afraid for so long that we don't label our feelings
fear. We're used to feeling upset and anxious. It feels normal.
Peace and serenity may be uncomfortable.
At one time, fear may have been appropriate and useful. We may have
relied on fear to protect ourselves, much the way soldiers in a war rely
on fear to help them survive. But now, in recovery, we're living life
differently.
It's time to thank our old fears for helping us survive, then wave
good-bye to them. Welcome peace, trust, acceptance, and safety. We don't
need that much fear anymore. We can listen to our healthy fears, and
let go of the rest.
We can create a feeling of safety for ourselves, now. We are safe, now.
We've made a commitment to take care of ourselves. We can trust and love
ourselves.
God, help me let go of my need to be afraid. Replace it with a need
to be at peace. Help me listen to my healthy fears and relinquish the
rest.
Adapted From The Language of Letting Go
BASICS:
MY BASICS:
checking in;support calls(1x);affirmation;gratitudes;reading;check calendar; plan to plan;email my 3 most important tasks;voicemail;exercise #1;manage A; manage D; use timesheet and timer; if I feel a setback or need immediate mood repair -- I will do exercise #2Affirmations/Mantras:
Just get started. Where, when and on what can I start?
Remember I may not feel overly enthused to get started.
Stay put. I will not give in to wanting to "feel good" in the short
term. If I feel fear or anxiety, I will focus on my inner landscape of
curiousity, my drive to succeed, my interests, etc which are much larger
than my fears. "Feeling good now comes at a cost."
Remember: Only 8,760 hours in the year.
Remember, I won't feel more like doing it tomorrow either
tracy-la
Journey 1 pm & update
A really slow start to the day. I worked late last night but that THAT late, and I feel tired and slept very late. I'm going now to do a gentle yoga routine, eat my tasty life cereal, and then take a shower and do a moderate amount of household chores. Not going to pressure myself too much today since I do feel tired, but I still want to get some housework and cooking done!
Update 2:45 did yoga, did a quick wipedown of bathrooms and cleaned the toilets, took a shower, and now taking a break before making 'brunch' for myself and daughter. Her lunch break is at 3:00. (she works from home). I never did eat the life cereal!
After brunch, I'll start dinner - it's a slow cooked beef stroganoff so it'll need to cook a couple hours, finish preparing my work and gym clothes for monday and tuesday, and then do some laundry.
Update 4pm dinner is in the oven, laundry is in the wash, and I'm doing the budget for march. yuck. but I'll be happy when it's done.
5:30 budget is done. I'll do laundry for 30 minutes, then finish up dinner. After dinner, I'll do the dishes and then relax for the rest of the evening and go to bed early.
Jo
We won't be afraid of being sweet to ourselves. - Her Space Holiday
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. Go to the 9:45 a.m. telephone CLA meeting3. Eat brunch4. Take shower5. Get dressed6. Go to the religious meeting at 117. Go to the 2:30 p.m. online PA meeting8. Finish my First Step in DA
9. Finish my First Step in Al-Anon
10. Go to the 6:30 p.m. face to face DA meeting
11. Go to the 8 p.m. telephone CLA meeting
12. Go to the 9:30 p.m. telephone CLA business meeting
13. Fix and eat dinner
14. Pay my Insight package with cable, Internet, and phone
15. Do numbers
Thanks for letting me share
Finding New Strength CI
I slept, worried, hid under the duvet, obsessed and avoided all day yesterday and this morning too. It is midday and I am miserable and hatemyself. I have been thinking a lot about the past and how I have wronged people I cared about. I am feeling guilty and remorseful and would like to find ways to make amends. I have also seriously harmed myself with my chronic procrastination. One way I could make amends, to myself at least, is to recover, keep fighting this addiction, face the emotions, pass through them while starting to function properly. Then when I am able to workto the best of my ability I will be in a much better position to make practical amends to others, if appropriate. I am full of fear today but I will not remain immobilised.
Here is my main tasks for the week
Daily: Pray, eat well, cook at least one meal, exercise, teeth, read
Today : Tidy & clean home/ Decorating
Monday : Job hunting / Paperwork/ Meal plan & food shopping
Tuesday :Paperwork/ Decorating/ Spring cleaning
Wednesday : Job hunting / Decorating/ Study
Thursday : Paperwork/ Study/Spring cleaning
Friday : Job hunting/ Start project/ Decorating
Saturday : Social / Project
So even though it is midday and I could say "Oh well, too late to start today, fresh start tomorrow" I won't say that. Instead I will
Pray
eat well DONE
cook at least one meal,
exercise
clean teeth
Paint one wall of my bedroom
Finish all the washing up
Study 1 hour
Put clothes away
Tidy living room
Read something uplifting
I look at this list and I think how pathetic to struggle with the basics but the fiirst bricks in a wall are just as important as the last.
duvet days
i have had these duvet days and i also struggle with the basics. without a routine i am nothing but a whimsical disaster. i applaud you for observing the problem and pushing beyond the covers. hugs and non-denominational prayers...
((((Findingnewstrength))))
Oh, that's an awesome post! I love the way you described the desire to spend the day berating yourself and feeling horrible, but you stopped it and moved on. That's a real inspiration. Thanks.
Findingnewstrength said:"One way I could make amends, to myself at least, is to recover, keep fighting this addiction, face the emotions, pass through them while starting to function properly." Yes! That's the ticket, isn't it??
Jo
We won't be afraid of being sweet to ourselves. - Her Space Holiday
yup
i've paid hundreds of dollars for the same advice via CBT
Wow, just what I needed to hear too!! Beautifully put!!
♥"Careful the wish we make, wishes are children. Careful the path they take, wishes come true..." From "Children Will Listen," by Stephen Sondheim.♥
finding a way check in
9.50 pm
Late Sunday for me now and all I have left to do is the dishes, exercises and going to bed (not too late!).
I am very grateful for what is happenning in my life right now. I have real hope for the first time in weeks that my marriage will work out.
Leavinghome 2011/2/27
Sunday February 27, 2011
Listed in order of importance (Generally I should do them in this order, but can jump to more fun tasks if I can't keep going on hard ones.)
Probably way too detailed, but here goes....
Most Urgent
1. Make list of issues to discuss with psychiatrist
1a. Life history in 4 minutes (
E, J, M, P)1b. ADHD-related
1c. demand resistance
1d. self-regulatory failure
1e. list of buzzwords
2. Read company policy
3. Read contract details
4. Make lesson plan for 3/1A
5. Make lesson plan for 3/1B
6. Make lesson plan for 3/3A
7. Make lesson plan for 3/3B
8. Rip NSE CD#1 & CD#29. Rip P CD#1, CD#2, CD#3, CD#410. Put ripped files onto my iPhone
11. Find 30 books I don't needand take them to used bookstore (Actually I only found 10, but better than nothing and I'll take them to the bookstore another time.)12. Tidy room for 10 minutes13 -- Attend the 4:30 AM Group Meeting!!
Fun/not-so-challenging tasks to use as breaks
1. Write up recipe for Bagna Cauda
2. Write up procedure for making bread in microwave
3. Find references/book from "iProcrastinate blog" about "Self-Regulatory Failure"
4. Find references about "glucose and will-power"
5. Get materials ready for 3/4 MNK class
6. Get materials ready for 3/11 MNK class