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.
Tuesday November 8, 2011
HAPPY TUESDAY, EVERYBODY!
For those in the United States, Happy Election Day!
Have a great proactive day!
Peace
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Crazybug CI after long absence
finding myself walking on a physically healthy path for the first time in months (what a blessed relief!), but, mentally, the path is rocky.
Lots of resistance to doing work. Very distracted and uninterested right now. Not sure what the root of it is, but know I need to keep pushing forward until I figure it out. Though there is not much time left in this day, there is enough to get a number of tasks finished. I'll just try for 15 minutes to start with and then check back in.
Thanks all for still being here...
welcome back cb
I value my time and use it wisely - Journey
Journey posted on the wrong day again sheesh!
I value my time and use it wisely - Journey
Back Again
It's been three years since I joined ... and I am still in my grave of procrastination. I quit drinking, and learned about addiction ... BUT MY CORE ADDICTION IS PROCRASTINATION.
So for today I need to clear my desk and daily tasks and then check in fresh tomorrow.
I'm changing my profile name to KnowPeace from the Promises of AA.
It’s not the sentiments of men which make history but their actions. - Norman Mailer
:)
it is so impressive that you quit drinking. it gives me hope that i can move past some of my own problems. best wishes :)
welcome back KnowPeace!
Congrats on conquering the alcohol addiction . . . you can beat this one too.
I value my time and use it wisely - Journey
Findingaway check in
10.15 am Wednesday
Thanks for the starter, lennon.
I am having a bit of a 'day off' syndrome. I have been busy the last 2 days - although I did not check in yesterday I completed a reasonably productive day at my client's office. And I know the next 2 days will be busy as I have planned field work, including employing an assistant. So I told myself today would be an 'easier' day plus I am a bit tired and resistant.
Don't want to fall into the trap of procrastinating now and then staying up late doing my work or not getting everything done. I want the kind of easy day where I finish early and can relax. So time to face the list, although I will do some exercise first, even though it's a bit late.
Thank you all for being here.
Mollie Check-in 2:30pm
I am feeling resistance to all the things I still need to do today, so I thought it might help to list the things I *have* done:
*went to hearing & did everything related to that
*got mail at the P.O.
*called Dr. D
*called SW
*called LL re: JAS & JB
*drafted a letter & faxed to ES
*drafted a letter to MFR
*scanned a document & faxed to MFR
*called MFR
*called 6 places re: document scanning services
*emailed JC re: best practices for going paperless
*called LS
*paid BCBS & parking tik
*ate healthy breakfast & lunch (and some junk, too)
*voted
Well, that's a bunch of stuff. :-) I'm just frustrated because there's such a bigger bunch of stuff that still needs doing.
Journey 2 pm
I just posted this on yesterday's thread. Oh, well, here it is again!
Bit of a late checkin eh? I am taking the day off work, taking my BFF Sheppie the Border Collie to have his bad tooth taken care of. I'm catching up on a bit of housework and laundry and I'm going to make at least one of the phone calls I've been putting off. I need to call the life insurance co., my work benefits dept. about an IRA question, and I need to make a mammogram appt. I'll get at least one of those phone calls made, and also take care of a couple of other things by mail or email - I'm really behind on my financial/personal paperwork kind of stuff. But thankfully, not as behind as I used to be when I joined this site. I still don't like doing it, but I'm managing to stay on top if it . .. mostly!
Shep came thru surgery well but I can't pick him up until 4.
I value my time and use it wisely - Journey
(Jo)
Sending Shep well wishes and speedy recovery. Vic and Velvet!!
Thank you Vic and Velvet!
He is doing well, actually much better than I expected for an old guy! He'll be 13 on January 1.
Jo
wrkinprogrss: Tuesday, 11/08/11
Hi and good wishes, All! Here's my check-in for today:
done so far on Tuesday, 11/08/11:
x make this list and email it to check-in buddy
x shower & wash hair
x 8:00 appointment with M, with some recreational photography afterwards
x check email
x do 15+min. of Qi Gong
x mail bill payment
made progress:
wip A guide rct wk
not done:
buy stamps
use balancer
do at least 4 hours of job work, including
D guide feature wk
cook rice, artichokes, sausage
do at least 1hr of house chores
take bedtime Rx
aim for bed by 23:00 (9:00 meeting on Wed)
tiptree CI
to do:
- sh/sh
- implement first pass of inbox changes
- migrate collection
- disp. stage in script -- tested
- clean bedroom
- return library items
- mail check
- read 50 pp
- review bug items - 10 candidates
- fix count issue w/ cat.
tracy-la check in 11-8-11
All acts performed in the world begin in the imagination.
—Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
We use our imaginations to plan how we're going to build a model car or plane, rearrange the furniture in our rooms, even dress for a special party. The imagination is like a big piece of drawing paper on which we sketch the way we want something to look.
When we don't know just how to begin a task, the imagination gets us started. It's like having the directions for playing a new game. Dreams about the future, where we want to go, the jobs we want to have, are made more real when we "draw" them in our minds. The imagination gives us courage, too.
Do I have the courage today to imagine a better me?
From Today's Gift: Daily Meditations for Families
SECOND READING FOR DAY
As in the physical world, so in the spiritual world, pain does not "last forever."
—Katherine Mansfield
Each of us struggles with pain and its repercussions; some of us more than others. At times pain seems unending. Sometimes we hang onto the pain in our lives, maybe because we fear even more what's on the other side. The unknown so easily controls us. Right at this moment, each of us can look back on other painful times and feel thankful for what they taught us. The puzzle pieces take on a deeper meaning when we enjoy the gift of perspective. The pain at this moment fits, too, in the bigger picture of our lives. And it will pass. It is passing.
The wisdom of the past tells us that pain enriches us, prepares us to better serve others. We come to know who we are and the specialness of our gifts through the despair that at times encumbers us. An old, wise saying, is, "We are never given more than we can handle."
My pain today is bringing me closer to the woman I'm meant to be. With each breath I'll remember that.
From Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women
tracy-la
Check in at 4:50 pm --
~ Will focus on what I did rather than what I didn't do.
Got everyone ready for school; did 1 hour on project P; met trainer and did workout (2 hours); picked up son; got his new game as requested; looked for missing document; made few phone calls; picked up ring; dropped off atmospheric clocks for repair; initial prep for dinner; checked in
~ Top 3 work things: (1) return all calls from past 2-3 days; (2) project B; (3) figure out Thursday and work on those 3 projects
~ Top 3 family things: (1) kid homework; (2) dinner; (3) set out clothes, etc for tomorrow
Work in 15 min blocks from 5 to 10 pm
Busy day
At desk at 9:05 am. Checked email and made appointment for later day.
10:15 pm check in - Had crisis in middle of day. Needed to fix cell phone and I couldn't find the bill. I pressed a few buttons and it worked. I had a panic attack!
The work from home job training went on a little longer than expected.
10:15 - Get ready for appointment downtown10:30 leave apartment11:30 audition2:15- go to MD3:30 drop resumes off
5:00 arrive home and have light dinner5:30 run6:30 search internet for holiday work
8:00 training for work at home job9:00 - work on other things in my "to do" list (checked invoices)
Check-in PA before bed.
Home and personal stuff:
riddled's first attempt at a check-in
hmm, let's see... already afternoon, but still so much to do...
now - 15:30:
wash dishes (part of)15:30 -16:30:
return stuff to libraries (2 different locations)16:30 - 18:30:
give math coaching, drive back home18:30 - 19:00: put clothes in washing machine,
then finish dishes19:00 - 20:00:
cook something HEALTHY, eat it,wash dishes again20:00 - 21:00: work on JJPP for an hour
21:00 - 22:00: hang up laundry + put away some of the clean laundry creating a mess here
22:00 - 23:30 if it has worked so far, do MC bookkeeping for October, and if there's still time, get some clothes mended
23:30 - 00:00 brush teeth etc., go to bed.
Sounds like it's never going to work. I'll see.
EDIT: ... and of course it didn't work. I managed to do the crossed-out things yesterday (tuesday) and finished the green stuff this morning, the rest still remains undone. I couldn't use the washing machine yesterday for reasons that are not my fault, but that wasn't the bad part. The bad part was that a) everything I touch seems to take three times longer than for every normal person, and b) after having finished eating (that was at about 21:00) I crashed on the bed and fell asleep. Lights on, fully dressed, teeth unbrushed etc. Woke up again at 02:30 (and hadn't slept very well, of course), switched off light etc., got up at 06:00. And the bad thing is that that happens regularly and threatens to turn into my daily routine.
I didn't get sidetracked yesterday evening (or this morning), didn't get stuck in the internet or a book or any other stuff - but everything just takes so looooong!
Vic 11/8/11
Show up, suit up, look up (done).
Mind tricks. Always searching for ways to skip over the wall of ??? ie pt A to pt B..., yesterday I noticed that many of the things "I want done" are things "I don't want to do", so I would say t myself, I have to "done it" instead of "I have to do it", it did help to take the edge off.
Another "mind trick" that helped was something I really did not want to do and too stressful to even think in terms of "done". I thought of pro's "silver bullet" trick. The trick caught my eye when I thought I needed a silver bullet to the head. But that was not the trick. I put on a comedy , Hall Pass, and it took the edge off as I printed out stuff I needed, with the printer next to me at the couch.
Sometimes I relating something I know to the "unseen". I think of me at one end and an electrical substation in the middle and the completed task at the other end.
ME _______________________
____________COMPLETEDTASK
The substationhas step "up" and step"down" transformers. Sometimes I need more power and other times I need less power and more humility. I need to make sure I stay "grounded" and not go on "overload", etc. etc. This mental trick helpsmee get past my "feelings of anxiety".
I have others, it would be fun if we could write our mind games in one spot .
Hypatia's check-in
Good morning all!
Work schedule
12.00
find files for meeting12.15
grab some lunch12.30
meetings15.00
work on AH papers(took 2 hours!)15.30 in-tray
16.00 webmail
1630
work on AH papers1700 prepare for risk management group
1730
home
At home
1930
washing
1945 make curry
2000 dinner
2030 prepare lace
2100 coursework
2200 relax
Rexroth Check In
Thanks for starting lennon.
Done:
Up prayer and reflection
Checked emails and posts
Todo:
Lots of admin - I don't feel like doing it which is a pity
Some writing
Check post when/if it comes
Put on washing machine
That will do
Regards Rexroth
Rexroth Check Out
Done:
Above but oh so slow...
Todo:
Prayer and reflection
Bed and sleep
Night Folks
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 the 5:45 a.m. telephone ACA meeting
2. 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. Cook and eat brunch6. Take shower7. Get dressed8. Vote9. Go to the 12 noon telephone ACA meeting10. Go to the 1 p.m. telephone CLA meeting11. Go to the 3 p.m. telephone DA meeting12. Wash dishes
13. Shred papers
14. Go to my mother's to get food15. Go grocery shopping16. Put groceries away17. Warm up and eat dinner
18. Go to the 8 p.m. telephone CLA meeting19. Go to the 9 p.m. online EA meeting
20. Go to the 9:30 p.m. telephone CLA meeting
21. Test blood sugar twice
22. Take out trash
23. Take out recycling
Thanks for letting me share