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.
tomorrow: -shower/hair/etc
tomorrow:
-shower/hair/etc
-pull dismissal paperwork out of car
-check on b of a credit. Send letter?
-look at RState classes. Examine long term goals with this.
ok, I am ready, but am I willing??? Yes, I am!!
I blew off another activity with best intentions to stay home and clean...now I need to follow thru...but, of course I have been surfoing the net!...
So, ready or not, here goes...
6:45 front hallway
7:00 kitchen
8:00 dining room
9:00 bathroom
9:30 den
10:00 bedroom
10:30 bed
Finding a way check in
10 am Tuesday
Thanks lennon for your reliable daily starters.
Haven't checked in for a while, partly because I was so flat out doing things last week before I went away for a family weekend.
Mostly staying on top of things, worst problem has been procrastinating on going to bed in the part of the week when my husband is away and I'm here on my own.
Will go for my bike ride now, then do my lists for the week. There is lots to do, will need to set priorities.
Thank you all for being here.
Journey 10:30 ugh tired
Happy Monday! I'm still tired from working Saturday night and having the grandkids Sunday afternoon. I was very happy to see the kiddos though since I've been working so many weekends I haven't had them over in a while. I am going to make today a short day. I am 'on call' starting tomorrow so I can't slack except for the holiday on Thursday and I will still be on call then. It's a good thing, though, keeps me from falling off the edge in after-project letdown mode.
I have a new project starting up and it's stuff that I am unfamilar with, so there will be a learning curve and I'll be looking for ways to avoid facing the scary newness. Today is easy though, preparation for being on call - several requests to get submitted, reviewed, and approved.
Update 5:30 I didn't finish my MITs for today but I have a really good excuse! The building was on fire! Actually, it wasn't really on fire but we had to evacuate because there was smoke somewhere. After we got back in the building the boss said what the heck just go home. I'm going to work on the X request prep a little bit more and see if I can finish it this afternoon from home. It was quite a bit more involved than I expected, so if I can get it out of the way today I'll be happy.
MITs for today:
X requestexerciseplanI value my time and use it wisely - Journey
katia 11.22
Other crap to do, but I'm working on my lab report right now and using tool #1- break it down
Lab report of DOOM- Or should I say "dossier"? Maybe I need metaphor mouse a la Havi Brooks
-Title!-Abstract-Blurb section 1-Graph #1-Caption-Paragraph section 1-Blurb sections 2-Graph #2-Caption-Graph #3-Caption-Blurb section 3-Graph #4-Caption-Graph #5-Caption-Paragraph section 3-Blurb section 4-Graph #6
-Caption
-Discussion Section 4
-Victory Dance
Other things
-Organize Optics notes-Read ch 15
-ch 15 questions
-STUDY FOR OPTICS
-Find form, give to mom
-Set up guitar/amplifier area
kromer 10 CI
This is a busy week.
While I'm in lab (Mon/Tues), I need to work mostly on microscopy. Also need to do c.m, hopefully meet w/ T., resuspend probes, and get set up to do computational work. And I want to spend some time on non-work stuff (church/community work, also need to go shopping)
Then on my days off (Wed-Sun), I'll try and do about 2 hrs a day of computational work.
For today, I want to:
*Do c.m., ask YC if he can help when I'm out of town (will do this soon)
*Orders (started)
*Email DP, T
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Careful study for identifying cell types, start looking at sections, take 5 sample pictures and email DR for confirmation*Email about girl's group, brainstorm response to P email, figure out room reservation
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Email about s.*Make a schedule for the week (including computational work)
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Journal club*Prayer
*Exercise
(did some walking, at least)
Pyrotecher Check-In Monday 21 Nov 2011
Check-In 2:00 am PST ("Sunday evening")
Sunday had a big hunk of unclaimed time and it went mostly to "small" tasks. But small tasks can take more time than you expect.
Of these, the most frustrating: Put a bunch of time into finding info I had previously misfiled, for entry into online forms I'm required to submit by the end of the month, only to find out once I assembled it all that the submission website doesn't work properly and I couldn't login to submit the data. I spent enough at my end to satisfy myself that the problem wasn't my fault (or my computer's), at least nothing that would be easily diagnosed. Now I'm gonna be on a technical support line during the week.
Procrastination angles to this tale:
- Problem: Bad file organization (one of my serious procrastination side effects) made assembling the data way tougher than it needed to be.
- Good thing: At least I tried to get on the website before the due date. I found the problem with enough time to deal with tech support.
- Judgement call: Should I have stopped banging my head against a wall (the faulty login) earlier? Probably spent an hour more than I should have, motivated by the desire to get the task out of the way once I started (and not have to deal with tech support).
- Bad reaction: After giving up, was frustrated and pretty much unproductive the rest of the evenning.
Overall moral: The real time costs of a task are often in how we prepare for it and deal with the unexpected once under way.
Now time to rest and be ready for Monday, Once again the challenge is to put significant effort into the top priority rather than be dominated by immediate/urgent tasks.
Wingart Check in
This week is Thanksgiving! Though, I have two days of school, and due dates to conquer (Please help!). Anyway, here's my agenda:
Wake up @ 7:00Leave for school @ 7:55-8:00School Schedule [8:30-2:35] (Each 50 min. classes)Return Home @ 2:55
(Arrived @ 3:15)
Check-in PA (45 min.) w/o surfing the web (I hope...)
HW:
Go to Putlock Meeting (5:30-9:00)
Read PA Articles/The Now Habit
Go to Bed @ 10:00-:30
My week is cramped, yet I am just learning about finding my own compulsive addiction into escapism. Wish me Luck!
Battle Plan
I came up pretty strong this weekend, and did lots of things that I should have done a long time ago. I plan on taking that momentum into this monday and knocking out another monkey on my back while spending the rest of my time studying for my MIS and Stats tests.
(8-10) - Finish Super CEO(10-11) - Make sure resume is uploaded into gateway(11-1) - Lunch, F-Off(2:30 - 4) - Study for STATS
(930 - 12) - Set up MIS test final stuff.
Easy and very attainable. I'm pretty sure I will be able to finish the top two in way les than three hours, which gives me some time to be a bum before hitting the stat books hard for an hour and a half.
Jake
NOTE: I'm really not sorry that I didn't do the MIS stuff. I have been working hard all day long, and I deserved a nice evening. Also, I am gonna get a good 8 hours of sleep, and have another productive day tomorrow with some chill time. It didn't HAVE to be done today, and I really deserved this evening of screwing off.
Plan for today
Up at 6:45 am
Met friend for walk and coffee @ 7:30 am
Back to apartment @ 9:15 pm
Make 5 phone calls for jobs
Apply to 3 jobs
Check-in chatbox at 1 pm
Explore connections through LinkedIn
Make up list of people to call
Register BoT?decided not to goPay TD Bankforgot I already paidCheck in at 5 pm
From 5 to 10 pm
- Finish cleaning bedroom
- Clean bathroom
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Recycle 2x
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Start cleaning desk and bookshelf
- Dye hair
Check-in at 10 pm
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 meeting
5. Eat breakfast6. Wash my work clothes and undergarments
7. Put my work clothes and undergarments away
8. Go to the 12 noon telephone ACA meeting
9. Go to the 1 p.m. telephone CLA meeting
10. Take shower
12. Get dressed
13. Cook and eat dinner
14. Go to work at 5:30 p.m.
Thanks for letting me share