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.
Max Barraclough
Mind, Body, Spirit
- Meditate for 10 minutes
- PAI, PA (before and after), MMB
- Stretch, 0 pushups, 0 pistols, 0 pullups (OFF DAY)
- 1 pitcher of protein shake, vitamins, pill
- Brush AM, PM
Reliable/In touch/Communicative
Respond to all e-mails within 12 hours
Tasks:
Buy tickets
Research classes
Read WSJ
Streaks:
Meditate – 4 (previous best: 9)
PAI – 17, MMB – 9, PA - 13
Stretch - 13 (best: 13), Pull-ups - 0 (best: 4), pushups - 6 (best: 6), pistols 6 (best: 6)
Shake - 3 (best: 3), vitamins - 12 (best: 12), pills 8 (best: 8)
Brush AM/PM - 2 (best: 9)
Thanks tracy-la and clement
Appreciate your comments from Monday, clement, they are spot on. Planning too far into the future only adds to my stress. I am always over-optimistic with a poor sense of time. Better to make a short-term plan, work at it, then re-assess, than to think way ahead unrealistically and, worse, become attached to that benchmark. Not to say I shouldn't plan at all, just that I have to concentrate on where I am now.
I am here to check in and "anchor" myself because I am feeling overwhelmed at the moment. I have multiple pending tasks swirling around me at work, so that I am in a bit of a tizzy. Comforting to see tracy-la's post from earlier. Yes, indeed, the source of the mental maelstrom is me, not the tasks. Time to get onto the narrow path, which works for me when I allow it to.
Goal 1: 6 cases, up to 30 minutes each.
Goal 2: Re-assess
Back to report.
Innertruth check-in
To do list for today:
For 11:15 am to 4 pm
Call store about lost badgeCall JW officeand leave message (wait til first thing tomorrow)Pay BMOResearch internet (1 hour) for "trigger events"(not very productive, do later)Added: ordered movie passes for ME
4 to 6:30 pm
Wash 2 sweatersCall CherylRun6:30 pm to 10 pm
Do laundryclement ci
11:13am : limited time. make a schedule. pray for and be ready to receive focus.
12:58pm : gotta get my head into the game. I kno what i need to do. Just seems overwhelming, but it's not, right? One step at a time. Actually this here is step 0.
step 1 : make schedule
step 2 : do first thing on schedule
fall down seven times, get up eight - japanese proverb
god came thru!
wow! i just had an incredible outpouring of grace. I was trying to work, and feeling down, and i just could not face it. I knew i needed some time alone with god to refresh. But i just couldnt bring myself to do it. work seemed too important. But i was just completely stuck, so i did.
And what did i read?
Wow. that was EXACTLY what i was doing! I had withdrawn to my bedroom, quiet, peaceful, alone, to read the bible. If it was good enuf for Jesus, it's good enuf for me ;P To think that even jesus needed that time alone to reconnect with God, it totally validates my needing it too. That really encouraged me.
As fellow procrastinators, who are so often behind and stressed, i hope that you all can take some quiet time alone to reconnect with your source and reflect on the most meaningful things in your life this season!
fall down seven times, get up eight - japanese proverb
Journey's drive-by checkin
Meetings all day - no time to do any "real" work today. CYA!
Be confident. Stay focused. One thing at a time.
kromer 9:45 CI
This is a busy day:
*3 mtgs:
10-12 lab mtg, 2-3 mtg DDT, 6:15-7:45 girls' group*Need to work on scoring (finish current, photo another, work on wt) (working on this now)
*Need to prep for mtgs (
looking at T's data, pulling together, my comp. stuff,making handout for girls' grp & finding bible quote & posting announcements & praying for the group & texting K)*Need to check on expts
*Need to pay internet bill (will do this soon)
tracy-la check in 12-13
READING FOR THE DAY
What do i do when i'm overwhelmed?
When we imagine (perceive) that we are overwhelmed by outside events (or options, or tough choices, or situations, or ways of making mony, etc.) it is an illusion, because the brain doesn't even function that way.
Only a thought believed can produced a feeling of overwhelm.
In a simple life in which you only do what's in front of you, there can be no overwhelm, ever.
That life is yours to create. And it never just arrives, it must be created.
Time Warrior by Steve Chandler, Chapter 4
tracy-la
Falcon CI Tues. morning
Happy Tuesday! Thanks for the thread-starter, Lennon!
Today at work I need to:
Falcon
Falcon Tues. evening
I didn't do too bad. . . I made the phone calls and finished the Powerpoint, and did another task that I'd been putting off. Didn't really do much on scheduleing or brainstorming, but that can wait.
Tonight I need to:
Falcon
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. Eat brunch5. Go to the 9:45 a.m. telephone CLA meeting6. Read a chapter of the Big Book
7. Go to the 12 noon telephone ACA meeting8. Go to the 1 p.m. telephone CLA meeting9. Take shower
10. Get dressed
11. Call a CLA friend12. Call my NA sponsor13. Do numbers14. Go to the 3 p.m. telephone DA meeting15. Cook and eat dinner16. Wash dishes
17. Clear chair
18. Clear tables
19. Go to the 8 p.m. telephone CLA meeting20. Go to the 9 p.m. onlins EA meeting21. Go to the 9:30 p.m. telephone CLA meeting22. Go to the 11 p.m. telephone ACA meetingThanks for letting me share