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.
Monday, 4th April, 2011. Good Morning from Oz!
Sometimes when I've had a bad day (week) I'll remember Scarlett O'Hara's words of hope:
"Tomorrow Is Another Day!"
Well, it's tomorrow!
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Leave home at 8:45 for appt.
- dishes
- Laundry: (between 1pm-2pm)
- empty out all the stuff in the laundry on the grass.
- tighten plumbing under wash tub.
- 2 loads of washing.
- check camp stove will work.
Later:
- Start 2pm: make spagetti for early tea.
- Start 4:30pm: mowing.
- Leave home at 6pm: grocery.
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clement ci
stressed. but i know from working the program that i dont need to be. alls i need to do is
- figure out what i have to do
- make a plan
- and keep taking steps.
seems so simple. ;)
anyway, i guess i have to just do those. to my list making.
oh, and i should pray, and maybe read my bible.
UPDATE-- 8:34 pm: i did my steps for 30 min, then had pre-scheduled, fixed schedule things to do.
now i'm overwhelmed and anxious. i feel so behind. emotional.
UPDATE-- 8:35pm: as much as i HATE HATE HATE HATE to take anything off my list, i have to face reality. reality is that if i am overwhelmed i will get less done. period. that's just a fact. it's the Math of procrastination. It is my life. So, if i take something off my list and that makes me feel less overwhelmed, i will get MORE done. seems so simple yet feels so bad.
well, i dont have to take it all the way off, i can prioritize it and leave it at the bottom. then i have at least a little hope, but between you and me we both know what it means to be on teh bottom. wink wink nudge nudge.
EG exercise 1/2 hr every other day, instead of 1hr almost every day. that is a reasonable compromise i can live with under the circumstances.
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the touch of the master's hand: http://procrastinators-anonymous.org/node/1898#comment-27748
"fall down seven times, get up eight" - japanese proverb
hope4meandu day 1 here; day 8 at work
Thanks Sal for starter!!!
Really quick check-in, missed yesterday, back to day 1, didn't want to miss again!! Day 8 of consistent work, beat record from January - YAY!!
Love you all & hope to be more here tomorrow!!
♥"Careful the wish we make, wishes are children. Careful the path they take, wishes come true..." From "Children Will Listen," by Stephen Sondheim.♥
kromer 12:45 CI
Was really late at work last night so I got in late today and am a bit of schedule.
But, so far I've gotten paper corrections to MK and checked on expts.
I have a couple meetings and I need to ask TE about rotation project & send emails to Dp and K, and I need to prep for and go to tutoring session, and I need to work on SOP for retinoid expts.
katia 4.4
Hello people! Doing pretty good with stuff.
Things to do today-
-Vitamins & #1 #2 #3-#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8#9-Call and cancel appttomorrow at 1:30 yay-Classes-Look over lab outline-Finish Bio article #1-Read Bio article #2
-Finish math hw- 4(?) problems
-Reply to PMs!
Phylomon - Check-in
Thanks, Sal, for getting us started...
- Call Burt
- Call Richard
- Call JA
- Documentation
- Talk with SL
Journey 10 am
Happy Monday! Weekend recap - I did not check in at all but it was a busy and fun weekend. My daughter came home for a visit on Sunday and my son and his kids came over for lunch, then we spent the entire afternoon at the park. Saturday was spent cleaning and shopping for Sunday. It was a beautiful sunny warm weekend in the SE and we had a great time!
Now it's back to work day. I was 30 minutes late to work ::sad::. I gave myself a pass last week on getting to work early since it was a 60+ hour week! But this week things are back to normal and I need to get my butt up and get to the gym earlier and get to work on time.
Right now I will finish my todo list and get to work. I have one big project and one high-priority, urgent, totally useless administative activity. But what the heck, if they want to pay me to do useless stuff, I'll do it eh?
Laters - I'm praying for you all to have a productive and enjoyable week.
Jo
Self-improvement is the name of the game, and your primary objective is to strengthen yourself, not to destroy an opponent. Maxwell Maltz
The Scribbler's Week-Starter CI 8:40 a.m.
I'm uneasy about getting into today/tomorrow conversations with Aussies. I have been embarrassed in the past calling Oz for scheduled interviews thinking it was today when it was apparently, on that side of the date line, yesterday or perhaps the day after tomorrow or a week from Tuesday. So if you say today is tomorrow, I'll just take your word for it. In any event, thanks much for the starter. I'm very glad you are here.
I had a reasonably good week last week. I finished up my big project after close of business Central US time Friday but I think that'll be okay with my editor. If he complains I'll tell him that according to Hawaii time I was early. If he still moans, I'll refer him to Scarlett O'Hara.
This week in addition to trying to pack as much as but no more than I can realistically do into my schedule, I'm going to give careful thought to choosing activities most likely to achieve my most important and urgent aims. Here goes...
Prep
Get up at 6Make bedExerciseCoffee, paperCheck-insHealthy breakfastSightreading practiceMorning
Update QuickenInvoice cruiseQuery - CMOMusic - contact Lexie,Music - Billy'sMusic - contact ScootersMusic contact BaskinFollowup w/CD re: cruiseCall more cruise lines re; intvw (?) ///Afternoon
lunchDo 1 BN - swipe feesRewrite AB pieceCall 3 re: M3 ////Work on taxesWhew! I can hardly believe I got all that done. Off for a quick run, then out to listen to some music with tmy girlfriend. After that, tomorrow is another day. (Is that a good thing? It just means I have to do all this over again to try to stap one step ahead. Oh, well. At least I'll be able to enjoy my fun knowing I have earned it, sort of, at least for today.)
Evening
everyone loves a monday
Thanks for the thread and to everyone for showing up today!
monday goals for me:
pay the rent!!!!!cancel evening plansfind files-well i looked for them for 20 min w/no luck...where are they?!review timesheetsanswer today'sand last weeks emailslife coach meeting:) she wants to do tapping. i'm dubiousI think that lack of sleep and cold medicine will help me with my monotasking today.
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 1968sal for starting this trend
Things I have done today
1. Went to the 7 a.m. telephone DA meeting2. Went to the 8:30 a.m. telephone PA meetingThings I will do today
1. Take shower
2. Get dressed
3. Prayer and meditation morning and evening
4. Post and send out Al-Anon literature for today5. Cook and eat brunch6. Read the assignment and write the paper
7. Go to the 9:30 a.m. telephone PA check-in8. Go to the 9:45 a.m. telephone CLA check-in9. Go to the 10:30 a.m. telephone PA check-in10. Go to the 11:30 a.m. telephone PA check-in11. Go to the religious meeting at 12:45 p.m.
12. Write paper for the leadership class
13. Write corrections for the leadership class
14. Post Al-Anon literature for tomorrow
15. Eat dinner
16. Test blood sugar twice
17. Go to work at 5:30 p.m.
18. Make bed
19. Wash dishes
20. Get sleep apnea stuff ready for tonight
Thanks for letting me share
4/4
Sal, thanks for starting the thread!
Work 8AM-5PM:
-Figure out fix for low c (test low r, test high r, test add c)
-Deal with 1 issue [DONE]
-Deal with 2 issues [DONE]
-Deal with 3 issues [DONE]
-Deal with 4 issues [DONE]
-Deal with 5 issues [DONE]
-Deal with 6 issues [DONE]
-Deal with 7 issues [DONE]
-Deal with 8 issues [DONE]
-Deal with 9 issues [DONE]
-Deal with 10 issues [DONE]
-Deal with 11 issues
After Work 5PM-Sleep:
-Document stuff for insurance
-get oil change [DONE]
-order postcard thank you cards
-finish spreadsheet of c products
-vacuum some areas of garage
-fix hole in garage
-call Ryobi and authorized service center about fixing trimmer [DONE]
-bring trimmer and receipt to authorized service center
-get new Comcast box [DONE]
-buy ramen
-exercise
-install office on my comp
-install office on b comp
Hypatia's check-in
Hi Sal!
Today's list
H.
Vic 4/4/11
One Day at a Time, one minute at a time.
pm ck in- happy I started the day with this mindset, now I need to remember HALT. am soooooooooo exausted, but went to bed at 2am and got up at 6am (my head says what does that have to do with anything?) while the rest of me aches , drove around all day yesterday and today for older and younger son, younger one is grateful, older one is obnoxious,and just sittling at the tv, so I am turning in, self care does not include judging others, tonight- #1 is focus on self care and remember to be greatful for all that my hp has given me to do and by his grace was able todo it. Thank you PA (ers) for being here.
fudoshin: day 77 : 3:50am
Please do not leave advice. Thank you. Prayers welcome.
This is the 77th day that I have followed through with the following:
the past. (I am now back on day 40 for this).
includes not stalking people on AIM or other chat networks, whom I've
tried to date in the past. (I'm on day 5
of this.)
Prayers...
... sent
an4 CI 4/04/11
Ok, it's been a bit more that 6 months since masters started and my procrastination seems to get worse every term...I have an essay due tuesday and what have I done? nothing. Even if the essay is kinda complicated since i need to find some primary sources for it, even being aware of all the work that essay implies, i still couldn't do anything during the weekend. Now I have to finish everything in one day, or one day and a half, at the most, and don't even have an outline nor my sources...I just hope I dont get kicked out of masters. I definitely will get this done somehow, I guess..but will I pass? God knows. Anyway....goal of the day?
1. Write a 10-12 page essay for EOS course, somehow, with help of PA chat.
you can do it!!!!!! i work
you can do it!!!!!! i work (procrastinate? ;p )with masters students everyday if you need any advice... Just remember, your faculty want you to succeed just like we do _______________________________
-Snuzanne
great article: http://zenhabits.net/perfect/
Findingaway check in and hello from another Aussie!
8.40 am Monday
Thank you for the starter 1968sal, it's great to log in and find that someone in the same time zone has already started the week!
Here are my lists.
Work:
revise main listend of month fuelend of month invoicetransfer USBreview MS listnet gainphone EAmap/s for Temail TmicroscopeHome: