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.
Findingaway check in
1.10 pm Thursday
Thanks for the starter FindingNewStrength!
Quick check in as today is bits and pieces, appointments and the like.
Yesterday was a reasonable productive day at my client's office
mediabat 1.20 PM
You are not quite the last Katia.
Pay rentkatia 3/2
Did better yesterday! But still feeling kind of overwhelmed. Having a hard time making a routine a routine.
And blah I hate being the last person to check-in lol.
Things to do today-
-Vitamins& #1 #2 #3 #4-#1 #2 #3 #4#5 #6 #7-Order MMPSB-See about summer registrationregistered!-Read Aristotle
-Come up with thesis for essay
-Call post officeJourney 12:30
Late checkin but having a good day . . .I'm still dealing with the problem that came up on Monday, and I've spent the mornign working on it. No breakthroughs, but some progress made. I need to solve this problem before Friday or else I have to cancel moving this code to production this coming weekend. But this is the best part of my job, problem solving. Especially when it's on a non-critical system :)
So, I am still in my sweaty gym clothes and I'm going to take a shower/lunch break, then do another hour on this issue, then I need to work on prep for this weekend.
Jo
"I'm tired of pretending I'm not a total freaking rock star from Mars." - Charlie Sheen
Thanks (((tracyla))) needed to hear that change is an adventure!
♥"Careful the wish we make, wishes are children. Careful the path they take, wishes come true..." From "Children Will Listen," by Stephen Sondheim.♥
(((hope4meandu)))
my pleasure
tracy-la check in weds 3/2
READING
Changing
As we take action, we adjust to a new self. Some of the undone tasks undone are completed, and this can be frightening. As we get more done, show up on time, break tasks into segments and start at logical spots or beginnings and finish what we start, others may react to us differently. Along with the changes come new attitudes and expectations. Though for years we may have wished to be rid of the procrastination, when it actually begins to go we may
fear the change.
What is new and unknown is often frightening. We may have used procrastination and lists of undone tasks to retreat
from uncomfortable situations. We may have spent so much time procrastinating
that there was little left for anything else. We may have expected all
our troubles to vanish when the daily tasks and projects get started and completed. Now we can no longer hide
behind lists of undone or unstarted tasks or kill time with procrastination, and our troubles may very well still
be with us. What do we do?
It takes courage to change, to become a new person. We may decide at age
forty to learn to play tennis. That takes lots of courage. New
activities, new attitudes, changes in relationships with others--all
require courage.
Change is frightening, but it is also an adventure. We are not alone. We have PA and other fellowship programs.
Others have gone through the same changes and can reassure us, one step
at a time.
May I not be afraid to change.
Adapted From Food for Thought: Daily Meditations
BASICS:
MY BASICS:
checking in; support calls (1x); affirmation;gratitudes;reading;check calendar;plan to plan; email my 6 most important tasks;voicemail;exercise #1;
manage A; manage D; use timesheet and timerAffirmation: I set my mind to things and I complete them.
tracy-la
YES!!!
To change as adventure! That which excites us often also frightens us on some level.
Hump Day with the Scribbler 9:15 a.m.
My plan to clear the decks in the afternoon yesterday so I could face my challenging project worked. I got a draft of the article done and should be able to file it this morning. In the evening I went over to a friend's for dinner and got nothing done except running and picking up my son from soccer, but that's okay. Today...
Prep
Get upat 6 (7 today)Make bedExercise
Coffee, paperHealthy breakfastSightreading practiceCheck-insMorning
File investorsUpdate QuickenMusic marketingSend queryAfternoon
Healthy lunchDo 1 BNdo 2 CIODo P.com intvwCall 1 re: cruiseTake 20 minute walkfudoshin: day 44 : 7:11am
Please do not leave advice. Thank you. Prayers welcome.
This is the 44th 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 7 for this, because Wednesday I
accidentally searched for an old classmates twitter).
Not using IM, aside from employment or twelve-step. (I'm on day 13of 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.
56 days of exercise: I'm on day 1 for this, because Saturday I did
not come home in time to complete my thirty minutes of exercise by
midnight. All I need to do is 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.
kromer 10 CI
OK, lots to do today! Mostly catching up on non-academic stuff.
Scheduled:
mtgs 1-3 and 5-7, maybe dancing 9-10:30*
check on expts/plan*finish deacon stuff (will do this soon)
*2 hrs work on MK stuff
*emails (made good progress on this)
*
finish visit weekend planning*
get n.g. working(and maybe start cell)OK, I'll start with n.g. and visit weekend.
Vic 3/2/11
The more I learn about procrastination, this idea of Opposing syllogisms is intriguing , not to mention nothing new. The human condition is beyond all comprehension, all the proof I need to see the mystery of a hp.
Akrasia:The condition in which while knowing what it would be best to do, one does something else. The phenomenon intrigued Plato and Aristotle, because if we accept the Socratic equation between knowing a thing to be good and desiring it, then it becomes difficult to see how akrasia is possible. Yet the phenomenon evidently exists. Less optimistic philosophies find it equally hard to see how strength of will is possible.
Read more: http://www.answers.com/topic/akrasia#ixzz1FS7secYS
hope4meandu day 31
FindingNewStrength, thanks so much for the pretty starter!! Phylomon, WELCOME!!! Haven't seen you before, could be that I wasn't here, so just wanted to say HI!!! So grateful I can come here and have you guys.
Last night the abusive owners of "Toughy," formerly known as "Snowy," saw him in front of my house and came to take him. It wasn't pretty. I asked why he had broken bones and why was he so badly cared for. I know they live on the next block, because she said so, so my only next step, which I hope to do tonight, is find them & ask them if I can pay for the groomers and vet and be in his life. That's the only way I can think of to proceed. The rescue person said 8 out of 10 dogs returned to their abusive owners, don't make it. If I continue to be a precense, please G_d, then there is a better chance.
To do:
-laundry
-resumes
-hair
PROCRASTINATING FOR YEARS:
-GOING TO THE DRS. APPTS.
My body is so tired from all the "drama" that I will not work out tonight, maybe tomorrow a.m.
Wishing you all small & large breakthroughs in regards to procrastination and everything else!!
♥"Careful the wish we make, wishes are children. Careful the path they take, wishes come true..." From "Children Will Listen," by Stephen Sondheim.♥
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Thanks for the post findingnewstrength!
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
-update price correction for e
-check outdoor outlet on deck
-unlock crawlspace for next wed
Laying the foundation?
Well, I was ready to go this morning in good time to walk, but still didn't :-( I am hoping that just getting it together in time is a start . . . opens the door which I will in the future (soon I hope) walk through and keep on walking till I get to work!
I did walk home last night. No physio though.
Today:
- more work on presentation slides which I need to hand off to my assigned partner this weekend so she can do her portion
- print articles to read for tomorrow's class (oh yeah, and READ them! lol!)
- pedorthist appointment to follow up on the new orthotics I got
- physio before bed
Phylomon
- set up computer for Cheryl- working
- deliver computer
- delivery to Donna
- delivery to Anthony tnn and ch
- relationship managementRepeat tomorrow- exercise
- pick up package
- go to CT
- NI analysis
- ER diagram
- DF diagram
FindingNewStrength CI
FindingNewStrength Checkout
Goal : 3 hours and 20 minutes work on tasks I procrastinate about...
ACHIEVED!
FindingNew Strength CI
volunteer position
Great idea - that's how my daughter ended up with a job, she took a volunteer position and from there she built a reputation and found out about the job she has now, which she loves. She struggled to find a job for almost a year before she did the volunteer thing. And the volunteer work was a good deed.
"I'm tired of pretending I'm not a total freaking rock star from Mars." - Charlie Sheen
I love your positive attitude!
It's inspiring :-) Thank you for starting my day off with such a positive thought.