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.
hope4meandu day 0 here, day 0 at work
Thanks Rexroth for starting!!
Yoffee was in the hospital last Saturday for 3 days. She's thankfully better. Haven't been to work the whole week or done anything, except helped a friend with her children's ballet performance. Wish I wasn't so nervous at the show, last year was better. Really wasn't as available emotionally because of Yoffee.
Not going in to work tomorrow. Don't have much $, my husband was cursing at me this a.m. because of not working. I'm scared.
LOVE TO ALL!!!
♥"Careful the wish we make, wishes are children. Careful the path they take, wishes come true..." From "Children Will Listen," by Stephen Sondheim.♥
Thinking of you all
Thinking and praying for you all
Rexroth
(hope) (yoffee)
Hope it gets better for both of you.
Jo
Avoiding the truth consumes great effort and energy. - Jim Loehr
Thank you so much to you both!!!
Really appreciate your support.
♥"Careful the wish we make, wishes are children. Careful the path they take, wishes come true..." From "Children Will Listen," by Stephen Sondheim.♥
Hi everyone! This is my
Hi everyone! This is my first check-in. :)
Okay, I'd like to work on the project I'm in the middle of when I have the chance, and will time myself while doing so to get an accurate reading of exactly how much time I'm spending on it. My daily goal is 4 hours, but I'd be happy with just 2.
That's it. Starting simple.
Thanks! :)
rick
welcome rick!
Avoiding the truth consumes great effort and energy. - Jim Loehr
check-out
Thanks, Journey! :)
So here's my progress report on yesterday:
Spent almost 2 hours on the project, when I'm pretty sure I completely wasted another 2 on my internet addiction. :P To look on the bright side, however, I'm actually somewhat glad I actually worked on it for 2 hours (which I even said I'd be happy with!!!). Not sure if I made all that much progress during those 2 hours, but I'm deliberately trying not to race or force myway through it anyway.
omg i need this place so badly. I already feel more in control talking about it. THANKS!!!!!!
Daily panic
Every day mid to late morning, I am experiencing a circuit overload, as new cases and other inputs (phone calls, emails) pour in. It really throws me off balance and makes me want to escape to cnn.com or my email for a while. Since I am supposed to go out of town for a week on Saturday, I am feeling extra pressured to finish things, and my attention darts from one to another task lying before me, not actually working on any of them, just thinking about them. One of the most stressful things is having clients call me to ask for a "preliminary impression" of a case I haven't yet received! Should I work on something else? Should I keep checking my mailbox to see if it has arrived? What if I receive and look at their newest case first and call them back, only to have them ask a "by the way" question about another, older case of theirs I haven't looked at? I throw myself into an unproductive tizzy. I have to find a way to tamp down my "fight or flight" reaction to these kinds of stimuli. Okay, the new, 'high priority' case has arrived, so I need to hunker down and stick to the game plan, starting with this one. I have already let the morning go by.
Goal 1: 30 minutes x 3, starting with 'high priority' case
Goal 2: Break for lunch
Goal 3: 30 minutes x 8, breaking longer cases into pieces
Goal 4: Break for dinner
Goal 5: 30 minutes x 3 or 4
Goal 6: Leave by 9:30 PM (trying to split the difference between my desired leaving time and the actual time I am still leaving, which is after 10 PM; it's just not right)
Goal 7: Bed by 11 PM (same thing; if I say 10:30 PM, it turns out to be midnight; better to work it back gradually)
Back to report tomorrow, then a week off to work on other things in my life.
Scribbler's Thursday CI 10:34 a.m.
Stayed at girlfriend's, hence, late start today. I continue being pretty productive. I also continue not getting paid, so that now I'm very low on even credit, and have no cash. With kids coming this weekend, plus a short business trip starting tomorrow, I'm going to tap out my last credit line in the next few days. Not to mention I sent nothing to the IRS yesterday, the first time I can ever recall doing that when an estimated payment is due. It's hard to blame all this on procrastination. Sometimes events just don't go as planned. But I do have some things to do to try to collect, such as drafting a demand letter to my biggest debtor. And I have to keep writing and billing for articles, to try to keep this from happening next month. Off I go...
Prep
Get upat 6 (Ha! Not even close.)Make bedbreakfastCoffee, paperCheck-insRehearseMorning
Update BN posts, tweet, etcUpdate QuickenQ - somebodySend music emailReturn HITEC paperworkContact CDAfternoon
Healthy lunchCall IRSCall INC re: invoiceCall DAOrrell intvwFile BN (?)Call 4 re: KerrvilleI checked off every item on my list today, except for exercising this morning. Maybe if I keep that up, I can find a wya to pay my bills. Nobody can say I'm not trying, that's sure. I'd say that's a reasonably aggressive task list. Now I have to go pick up the kids and cook dinner and have a little fun with them. Thanks to everybody for reading and posting. It seems to make a difference, for some reason.
Evening
Tomorrow
Journey 10:10
Happy Thursday. Back in the office, and I've been to the gym, read email, done my todo list AND attended a meeting. *whew* Yesterday was a excellent day, hoping to make today the same.
I have completed 1 of 7 MITs. Stop! Coffeetime!
11:10 2 of 7 complete
2pm 3 of 7 complete
3:45 4 of 7 complete; #5 is a quick one but a dreaded one - I need to call my mom. I don't know why that should be so hard. I love my mom, I just hate making phone calls.
4:06 phone call made.
4:45 6 of 7 complete. I've also done a couple of lower priority quick items. Working on #7 for 45 minutes then I'm outta here
Jo
Avoiding the truth consumes great effort and energy. - Jim Loehr
6/16
Thanks for the thread Rexroth!
Work 8AM-5PM:
-Figure out fix for low c (test low r, test high r, test add c)
-read 1 hr s
-add d to sc
-talk to c [DONE]
After Work 5PM-Sleep:
-check jo's
-go through accounts payable
-add chat
-check yahoo email
-get real quote from homeowners ins
-check how good homeowners ins company is
-buy stuff for dryer vent fix
-get rr going
-fix website look
-make list of cust for email
-checkout hw site
-get 30 for gas from b [DONE]
-read initial analysis from flx [DONE]
-run edger
-call comcast about fixing bill
Hypatia's check-in
I'm disappearing under piles of paperwork, and no time to do them. I have 50 minutes before the meeting, then after that I need to do a hospital visit.
Plan
log phone callmake urgent action listH.
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 Rexroth for starting this trend
Thing I have done today
Went to the 7 a.m. telephone DA meetingThings I will do today
1. Go to the 8:30 a.m. telephone PA meeting2. Go to the 9:30 a.m. telephone PA check-in3. Go to the 9:45 a.m. telephone CLA meeting4. Gp to the 10:30 a.m. telephone PA check-in (No)
5. Go to the 11:30 a.m. telephone PA check-in10. Go to the 12 noon telephone ACA meeting11. Go to the 1:30 p.m. telephone PA check-in12. Go to the 2:30 p.m. telephone PA check-in (No)
13. Go to the 3:30 p.m. telephone PA check-in (No)
14. Go to the 4:30 p.m. telephone PA check-in15. Go to the 6:30 p.m. telephone PA check-in16. Go to the 8 p.m. telephone CLA meeting17. Go to the 9 p.m. online EA meeting18. Go to the 10 p.m. telephone CLA meeting19. Go to the 11 p.m. telephone ACA meeting
20. Prayer and meditation morning and evening
21. Warm up and eat brunch22. Cook and eat dinner23. Take shower24. Sweep floor into a pile25. Pick up stuff off the pile26. Clear tables near the computer
27. Make bed
28. Wash dishes29. Do numbers
30. Clear chair31. Clear couch
32. Clear table near the couch
33. Recycle magazines
34. Post and send out Al-Anon literature for today
35. Get bills ready to be paid and ready to mail tomorrow
36. Call insurance companies to ask questions
37. Get my Father's Day card ready to mail tomorrow
38. Get sleep apnea stuff ready for tonight.
39. Put clothes away
Thanks for letting me share
Rexroth Check In
Done:
Up prayer and reflection
Sheets into washing machine and on
Phoned landlords re lighting
Checked emails and post
Looked for an important receipt
Started planning todos for next two and a bit months before I go abroad both things to do for trip (posted on this site)and generally
Talked to friend on phone over problems
Todo:
Hang up sheets and put on cotton blankets
Some cooking for freezer
Out to post letters at post office and to order prescription
That will do for now
Regards Rexroth
Rexroth Check Out
Done:
Above and
Bought ticket for travel later this year
Checked vaccinations and malaria stuff and other medical bits
Put out blankets to dry and remade bed
Thats it I'm done Night Folks
Rexroth
an4 CI 16/06/11
Ok so I didn't exactly woke up at 7 as scheduled. It's 9:23 am, but that's better than noon.