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.
Wednesday October 19,2011
HAPPY WEDNESDAY, EVERYBODY!
HAPPY HUUMPHDAY!
Have a great proactive day!
Peace
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katia 10.19
Another midterm tomorrow!!! gah!!!
Things to do this evening:
-Optics Lab #3
-Section 1
-Section 2
-Section 3
-Section 4
-Section 5
-Study Optics definitions-Brick wall ray trace-Other ray traces
-Read metal article-Six metal questions-15 min organizing clothes-2 math problems-Find immunization form-Copy birth certificateDay 2 Check in
My various schedule:
School: 8:30-2:35X-Country: 3:00-4:30Meditiation (1-2 min)
(Didn't Do)
Check PA Updates for momentum (45 min. or less)English Papaer Draft 1 by tomorrow (30 minutes or more)
(Postponed to Monday, but I can still do a samll step)
Christian Lifestyle Study
ACT Practice (Had trouble getting started due to distractions)
wrkinprogrss: 10/19/11
TODAY:
9:00 meetingask DS re prep wantedmajor progress on job work comment incorporation (aim for >= 5 hrs of job work, today)14:00 meetingassess/do laundry as needed
check in w/ Sam(good enough--morning emails sent)prepare for safety inspection tomorrow (break this into smaller pieces!) (did some)
do at least 10 minutes of journaling re ideas for getting to bed earlier
15+min. QGtake bedtime RxGo!
Courage 10/19
Drink Water!
1. QC and prepare COA (DONE)
2. Draft letter to PP (DIDN'T DO)
3. Prepare PP for upcoming Production (DIDN'T DO)
4. Lunch Meeting with CZ (DONE)
5. Reply Ka's email (DOING NOW)
6. Send out statement to MA via UPS (DIDN'T DO)
DID C BASE FOR TOMORROW
OVERALL NOT A PRODUCTIVE DAY. HARD TO CONCENTRATE, WHICH IS MY PROBLEM MOST OF THE TIME.
FOR TONIGHT
1. Finish email to Ka
2. Start on the draft letter to PP
3. Leisure reading for 30 minutes (be in poetry, NYtimes, or Magazine)
4. Read to daughter for 30 minutes
5. Prepare her for bed
6. Shower/wash hair
kromer 11 CI
Wow, I am late and unfocused today.
Need to:
*Collect (don't think I'm going to get this done today--will try to do very early tomorrow)
*
Mtg w/ S&S*
Call KA*Look into ES cells as cont (soon)
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Small group*Email about ecad
*
Mail voter reg form, drop off comm mtg form (comm mtg will have to wait til tomorrow)*
Start drying probes*
Work on washing walls*
Finish easy app stuff*Start geno (after small group)
Good Morning! 930 -
Good Morning!
done930 - 1030
1st set immunodone1045- 1145
1st set bacteriology1200-100 2nd set immuno
plus p208,9
done130-230 practice test
=did not take test, took nap instead
done250 - 315
pickup from schooldone3-5
homework help, make dinner, tidy living room, tidy kitchen
done5-6 review test= didnt take test so unpacked a box and put everything away instead
done6-715
eat dinner, hang out with family
730-945 review practice test
= didnt take test so checked email and study immuno instead
208-211
945-10 bact
topic 1
10-11 immuno
212-214
11-11:15 bact
topic 2
1115-1215 immuno
215-217 immunology completed
1215-1230 last bact topic general bacteriology completed
Journey 10 am & updates
Happy Hump Day!
Yesterday was good . . . I am going to keep that momentum going and also devote at least one hour to the horrid paperwork tasks that I don't want to do . .
Update 11:15 bookending half an hour on horrid paperwork task #1
Update 12:23 Worked for an hour on the above documentation - completed section 3 (of 12). I have a long way to go, but making progress. I commit to working on this at least half an hour a day until it is finally done.
Jo
Avoiding the truth consumes great effort and energy. - Jim Loehr
Hypatia's check-in
Back to doing the check-ins. I've got an "admin" afternoon today i.e. it's completely unstructured and is for me to get my paperwork done. This is normally a disaster from a procrastinator's point of view. I'm going to try a different method of setting my TODO list and see if it works any better.
1pm GTD processing:
today's file/desk/in-tray/workbook/carrier bag/emails2pm
Reports project (1 set of reports)3pm Urgent reports (X/M,
T, M)4pm phone messages
5pm file letters
4.30pm and I ran out of steam. Can't face doing anything complicated at this stage in the day. Going to do reading for tomorrow instead
tracy-la check in 10-19
READING FOR TODAY
To Abstain Is to Live
If we do not abstain from compulsive procrastinating, we do not live - we merely survive. Without abstinence, joy and creativity fade and we are left with only the effort of getting from one day to the next. We remember the despair of living without the PA program, and we are grateful that we have been given a reprieve from our former misery.
Abstaining is what we do each day in order to live the life our Higher Power intends us to have. There are good days and bad days and mediocre days. As long as we abstain from compulsive procrastinating, we are able to accept our passing moods and the events of each day with inner serenity. We make progress in our activities and in our understanding. We are alive to the possibilities of each moment.
To abstain requires that we choose a long-term satisfaction rather than a short-lived indulgence. To abstain is to walk with our Higher Power in the way He shows us.
Thank You for the power to abstain.
Adapted From Food for Thought: Daily Meditations
SECOND READING FOR DAY
P.A. Thought for the Day
Do I realize that I do not know how much time I have left? It may be later than I think. Am I going to do the things that I know I should do before my time runs out?
By the way, what is my purpose for the rest of my life? Do I realize all I have to make up for in my past wasted life? Do I know that I am living on borrowed time and that I would not have even this much time left without P.A. and the grace of God? Am I going to make what time I have left count for P.A.?
Adapted From Twenty-Four Hours a Day © 1975 by Hazelden Foundation.
Rexroth Check In
Woke early and am tired and fed up
Done:
Up prayer and reflection
Checked emails and posts
Researched info on web
Todo:
x Clean kitchen - again
x Clean bedsit
x Phone friend re his stuff
Phone person re photo course - lost number!
x Phone for flu jab
Writing on trip
Complaint re bank
Regards Rexroth
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 print out my Step2. Prayer and meditation morning and evening
3. Take shower4. Get dressed5. Purchase a monthly pass6. Go to the 12 noon telephone ACA meeting7. Go to the 1 p.m. telephone CLA meeting6. Go to the 3 p.m. telephone CLA meeting7. Go to work at 5:30 p.m.Thanks for letting me share