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.
kromer 3:30 CI
I have a lot of work left today, and I'm kind of exhausted...
I need to:
*Do p-c extraction
*Do genotyping
*Check on expts and update records
*Do deacon stuff
*Finish C-A parser
*Make haircut appt
OK, right now I'm going to start p-c extraction and genotyping, then I'll work on deacon stuff
Vic 3/19/11
bring the body and the mind will follow ............
tracy-la check in sat march 19
P.A. Thought for the Day
When
we were procrastinating, we used to be ashamed of the past. Remorse is
terrible mental punishment: ashamed of ourselves for the things we've
said we were going to do and never got done, afraid to face people because of what they might think of
us, afraid of the consequences of what we did or didn't do when we were procrastinating. In
P.A. we forget about the past.
Do I believe that Higher Power has forgiven me for
everything I've done in the past, no matter how black it was, provided
I'm honestly trying to do the right thing today?
Strength
In
the past, we relied on our own strength to get us where we thought we
wanted to go. We were afraid, since deep down we knew how weak and
undependable our own strength really was.
When
we turn our lives over, we no longer have to go it alone. We have
tapped the limitless reservoir of strength provided by our Higher Power,
and when we are operating under His guidance we feel confident. What we
could not do ourselves can be done when we admit our weakness and ask
for help.
Through working the PA
program and through closer contact with our Higher Power, we may find
that we are going in a new direction. The things we thought we wanted
may turn out to be unnecessary, and we may have new goals. Wherever our
journey leads, we will have the strength we need, since it does not come
from ourselves but from a Power greater than ourselves.
I need Your strength, Higher Power.
Adapted From Food for Thought: Daily Meditations
MY BASICS:
checking in;support calls(1x);affirmations;gratitudes;reading;check calendar AM; check calendar PM;write down my 6 most important tasks;voicemail;exercise; manage A; manage D; use "tracking time" sheet; use master list; use timer (check out instant boss application)Affirmations (said aloud as well):
I choose to show up and start my top 6 tasks, 15 to 30 minutes at a time.
I set my mind to my top 6 tasks and I complete them -- in 15 to 30 minute periods.
And remember . . . if you've felt resistance or "screwed up" or procrastinated something lately, it's probably just the Dynamics of Human Change doing its checks & balances . . . keep going!
tracy-la
Scribbler's Saturday CI 9:34 a.m.
Let's see if I can get this somewhat organized, or at least come up with a list of the gotta-dos today:
Online Meeting Today
There will be an online meeting today at 7:30 GMT or 3:30 p.m. New York Time.
Come and join us!
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 11th hour for starting this trend.
Things I have done today
1. Went to the 7 a.m. telephone DA meeting2. Went to the 9:45 a.m. telephone CLA meetingThings I will do today
1. Take shower2. Get dressed3. Test blood sugar twice
4. Go over my 2nd Step with my NA Sponsor at 10:30 a.m. and have brunch5. Send Al-Anon literature for today6. Post Al-Anon literature for the coming week
7. Get my medicine ready for the next two weeks.
8. Scan computer9. Eat dinner10. Call the hotel about a ride to and from the hotel from the greyhoundstation11. Go to the 7:30 P.M. face to face NA meeting12. Go to the 10 p.m. online EA meeting13. Go to the 1 p.m. telephone CLA meeting14. Go to the 2:30 p.m. telephone CODA meeting15. Go to the 3:30 p.m. online PA meeting16. Declutter for 15 minutes17. Prayer and meditation
Thanks for letting me share
Journey 9 am
Happy Saturday! It's a beautiful day here. I was planning to get out early and get my grocery shopping done but my husband disrupted my schedule by telling me I have to stay here for the A/C repairman until noon, because he has to go into work unexpectedly. So, I figured I'd get the house cleaned up this morning and shop this afternoon. The kids are coming over for dinner tonight. So what have I been doing? Chatting on skype with my daughter and playing video games. I've been up for two hours already and got nothing done lol.
So here goes, I'm going to make my todo list for the day, call my mom and invite her to dinner (then I can skip my normal saturday mom visit), and then finish up my grocery list.
Have a productive and enjoyable weekend everyone!
Jo
Self-improvement is the name of the game, and your primary objective is to strengthen yourself, not to destroy an opponent. Maxwell Maltz
Beginning again
I joined a few mths ago for about a week, and then "fell of the wagon". Here I am trying again. It seems I do that in a lot of different areas of my life...start...stop..and then its take me a while to start again. I also seem to get rebellioius/resistant/overwhelmed/confused and tired and all these things kind of contribute to keeping me stuck.
Anyhow I'm grateful for this site and for those things in my life that are constant even when I'm not.
So I'm kind of sad today...but will attempt to get some of the following things done, rather than numbing myself with online tv watching...which I realize has become a problem.
To do:
get up early(was unplanned but good)meditatereach out for help(here, also unplanned but good)1.write timeline
2.e-mail a timeline
3.e-mail a and f about employment
4.fill out employment paper and get ready to mail.
5.clean up
6.wash dishes
7
.pay credit card bill8.pay internet bill9.go for a short walkEven this feels overwhelming...but I'll aim to just get a few of these things done...i'll start with small things...bills.
C.
tuffl check in
hey there, have a productive/ relaxed Saturday all of you!
thank you 11th-hour for starting the thread!
i'm up reeally late but it's ok, i needed some relaxing. however, need to make good use of the rest of the time now.
My first check-in. 0950 am UK time
and I'm even procrastinating over this. What should I put? There are so so many things I need to get done today. Take a deep breath and here goes:
See you later folks
Hypatia
help please - can't find the edit button!
I was all set to mark off the OU assignment as done, but I can't find how to get to the edit screen! I'm using Firefox.There's an edit button on this new post that I've just sent, but not on the previous one.
advice welcome....
can't edit already-replied-to posts but ...
I'm not sure why, but ... We cannot edit any of our posts that someone has replied to.
HOWEVER, we we can reply to our original post, and our reply will appear directly below whatever we reply to.
Thank you - that explains
Thank you - that explains it!
I didn't get very far today
S, my husband, didn't feel up to going out so I had to do the shopping on my own. The weather improved late afternoon so I decided I needed to get some exercise and went for a walk for an hour - I seriously need the exercise, but it also acted as a diversionary tactic from my list. Then I fell asleep listening to the radio. It feels as if even the act of writing down the things I need to do causes demand resistance. Oh well, try again tomorrow.
yum!
Mmm Mmm! Lemon Meringue Pie!
Seattleguy1968's SUPER MOON Check In - 2:37 AM
Seattleguy1968s _Check In
TO DO:
Project A
Project B
Project C
:D = Done
Finding a way late check in
6 .40 pm
My Saturday is almost over but wanted to check in as I didn't yesterday.
Today I have:
Later I will:
11th_hour Check-in 11:15 pm FINAL
WILL Do (per check-in 2:22 am)
Wake up early DONE halfway (woke up....at 9:11am)
Do something FUN KINDA - watched 3 Stooges and Arrested Development
Make bed DONE
Added liner to empty wastebasket
Take out trash and recycle DONE
WALK to grocery store DONE
Ate breakfast DONE (bowl of Special K and coffee) Also I avoided that second cup of coffee because I now recognize if as procrastinating)
Called TR to discuss direct transfer and my portfolio *Most Important Thing*
Resumed taking a multivitamin and fish oil tabs
Used my NEW electric toothbrush (what was I waiting for, a special occasion?)
Drive to
o Post office – buy stamps, mail bills
o Dollar store – buy tweezers and pen DONE
o Bank – cash rebate check
o Credit union – request transfer forms DONE *Most Important Thing*
Ate a heathy lunch
Attend online PA meeting at 3:30pm DONE plus participated!
Took out trash AGAIN, also newspaper recycle
WALKED to Subway, and bought only half a tuna sub
Ate tuna sub for dinner
Get shampoo, haircut, and blowdry
Decided to QUIT reading “The War of Art” because it bored me. According to Hypatia (per David Allen “Getting Things Done”) at least give a book the first 50 pages. Well, I counted 65 pages read! So I say that is more than enough!
Read from “the WORD among us” DONE
“Lord, I have so many plans and expectations for my life. I bring them all to you. Show me your way Lord. I'm ready to hear and obey.”