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.
Scribbler's Monday CI 8:07 p.m.
I don't know if just using Outlook and not posting here is going to work. My problem is getting distracted by online political discussions. I get into these things and spend vast amounts of time researching and writing posts. Meanwhile, paying work is being neglected. I have written a Cost Benefit Analysis a la Smart Recovery, and it's given me some insights that may prove useful. But it's still a problem. I'm irked. I spent a few or perhaps even several hours today doing that. Highly annoying. I really dislike sitting down in the evening feeling I have shirked my duties.
Well, I guess I'll give it a try tomorrow. Perhaps I'll just post quickly here and save the detailed task list for Outlook. There's gotta be a way.
wrkinprogrss: 08/29/11
Short List:
job work:
ck mtgs statusreply to D's Qmeet w/ B & Yck stat rpt for other prioritiesmake mammogram appointmentshowermake 40min. cleaning progress (never did get to doing this deliberately--may have gotten in a very few minutes)
ck Rx status (checked once at about 12:20pm; not yet ready)
do del ld laundrydo at least 15 minutes of Qi Gonguse Balancer (did at least a bit--not sure how much, now)
bed w/ lights & sound off by 9:30pm (not even close)
Why and How:
As part of choosing to have a satisfying amount of accomplishment, today, and making my surroundings more pleasing, I will postpone computer activities involving LJ, photos, and fan-fiction until
after 6:00pm ANDafter doing 40min. of house-work. Before that time, I will also limit online audible browsingand online LNow browsingto 15 timed minutes each. (possibly a 40min. prerequisite was too much?)As part of nourishing and rebuilding my personal integrity, I commit to doing at least 30 minutes of job work before doing any of the following as a reward, starting now:Checking personal emailChanging or uploading photos as a rewardAs part of caring for my body, today, I will
do at least 15min. of Qi Gong,use the Balancer (did do some), and turn the computer off by 9:00pm.Further, I will choose to to move toward bed and sleep after 9:00pm, postponing reading and listening until another day.Additional Possibilities:
check SRpost this at PA
clean shoes!
cook rhubarb
change toweldraft G email re economic course
do th h/w journaling re self-abandonment (or self-sabotage)
think re &/or experiment w/ dance solo
research ordering new braces
make initial Tai Chi mp3 recording?
submit timecardInnertruth checking in
Sat at my desk at 9:00 am for the first time in weeks!
Spent about 1/2 hour doing the things I shouldn't be doing instead of getting to the tasks at hand.
Productive work done already:
PIC email
Canvass schedule
Schedule coffee meeting
Rest of day:
- Update job schedule
- Apply to 3 jobs before lunch
- Misc tasks mid-day - 1. Call Chris, 2. Renew prescription, 3. Letter for Alec, 4. Complete 2 reports for Linda and mail. 5. Email Walker law
Afternoon:
- 2 jobs
- Call sister
- Update schedule depending on tonight's plans
Evening:
- Register for IABC & BOT events for September
- Update September calendar
- Update schedule for Tuesday and cross off what has been done
Mollie Check-in 8:30am
I've set a goal for today and discussed it and rewards for doing it with my partner. I am going to do 3 bullet lists, give feedback on rpp, and do a bullet list on letter. If I finish by noon, I will leave work @ 3pm and we'll go to a museum. If I finish by 3pm, I'll leave work at 3pm, but no museum.
I'm grateful for this program.
Mollie Check-in 10:30am
OK, I am working on this stuff, which is really good. Have made a lot of progress on the first bullet list. Going to finish it up and move onto the next.
back again...
And back again. Having to write a report at the last minute again... :/
Just procrastinated work by reading a few articles about procrastination here on the forums. I hope it will help at least. Learned about "cognitive behavioural therapy" and "structured procrastination".
Structured procrastination (doing other things instead of the main task) is something I am actually quite familiar with, but it has one big problem: How do you get the main task done? Especially when you don't have much time left to finish it and it is extremely important?
My calendar doesn't look so great so far... :
https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=prokrastemulo.gtd%40gmail.com&...
I did probably complete some tasks, but since I haven't kept track of it, I'm setting everything to zero.
Well anyway: Today's task:
-Finish some sort of report draft, even if it isn't great and has a lot of copy/pasting. But finish something which looks like it's finished, even if the contents are not great, even if I have to fill it with lorem ipsum stuff. Basically get started and hope it will work out not too bad somehow.
P.S.: I noticed that setting my firefox shortcut to "firefox -P nonexistentprofile -no-remote"actually helps by making me choose my profile everytime and more importantly offering me the option to "exit" before even starting.
It's like a warning page: "Warning, you are probably about to waste your time. Are you sure you need to access the internet now?"
It has worked a few times. I just need to make sure to always close my browser when I'm done. Look up what I need and close it.
Overall, I'm still not very efficient, but maybe over time it will get better. I hope at least. Otherwise, well, things might change a lot... for better or worse... :/
Each Day A New Beginning :)
Thank you God for a new day to begin anew!
Rough Sunday...slept, procrastinated, and "researched"(surfed/procrastinated) on the computer all day...I let my thoughts and feelings and the weather get the best of me...until I was at the point of desperation...So, again, Thank you God for a new day!
Today, I am up and at it, making a dry run for my real first day back to work tomorrow...I have made a good start already and plan to continue the trend...instead of actually going to work I will try to make some closure with this house that I have been fighting all summer...I am not going to write down what I plan on doing...In my desperation last night, I read tools for recoevery and it talked about keeping a time log...that is what I am doing today...on paper...so, for today, I am just going to check in on my progress physically, mentally, and emotionally as I go through the day...So, ready or not, here I go!! Have a sunny new day everyone!! tHANKS FOR BEING HERE FOR ME...
10:00am TIred but keeping moving...have gotten a good amount done...kitchen dining room bedroom bathroom...after a little break i wil...
put bed linens in wash...vacuum spot treat and steam clean bedroom carpetbreak
start den
1:00 job well done!! Tired but feeling good that I am being productive...
Break water protein fruit
1:30 Den 5:30 still workng on the den...have lsot my speed but have also done a lot besides just the den like laundry make bed drive daughter to practice talk to friend on phone...wil now work on living room siince I am on that floor and then go back down and finish den by straightening papers putting Christmas stuff away...and vacuuming...
Monday August 29, 2011
Goals before starting work:
study Sqlshower, breakfast, meditation
get daughter to bus, with lunch
decide whether or not to drive to temple and pray with others.
nap
lunch
cut lawn and backyard
write thank you note
put down ideas to write mother in law a letter
change bird cage
pack dinner
work
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 5:45 a.m. telephone ACA meeting2. Go to the 7 a.m. telephone DA meeting3. Go to the 8:30 a.m. telephone PA meeting4. Go to the 9:45 a.m. telephone CLA meeting5. Go to the 12 noon telephone ACA meeting6. Go to the 1 p.m. telephone CLA meeting
7. Prayer and meditation morning and evening
8. Eat brunch9. Cook and eat dinner10. Make bed
11. Wash dishes
12. Make business phone calls
13. Send out Al-Anon literature for today14. Call my instructor for help15. Finish up one of my assignments16. Post Al-Anon literature for the rest of the week
17. Take shower18. Get dressed19. Go to work at 5:30 p.m.20. Go to the 10 p.m. telephone CLA meeting
21. Go to the 11 p.m. telephone ACA meetingThanks for letting me share