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.
Vic 1/14/12
Show up (done) calender, basics.
Had help, almost wished she would cancel, but she did not and together pushed through things I would not have done. Need to endorse my efforts and now get some sleep.
good to keep pushing forward.
Gwen D: 4:28 PM
I'd say this is ridiculous, but it's better to say, it is what it is.
I have spent a normal Saturday, doing things like grocery shopping, cleaning the house, and doing a little Facebooking.
Unfortunately, I have a client who wanted something from me by the end of the day.
This was not done. Maybe I can salvage something before the next day dawns. And I suppose that is why I am here. Is it possible to:
Generate a 16 page PDF containing all the restaurant reviews, edited and laid in.
and the Best Of section, at least edited and laid in.
I don't have to be persnickety about layout and typography. I just need to let her see all the text in more or less the way it will be so she can print and proof while she travels.
Right.
What are my obstacles? I'm getting sleepy. I have a computer that flips off off off as soon as the power cord falls out. It is a laptop and I don't have the connector to the monitor so I can work at the desk properly.
Solutions?
Dig around and find the monitor connector somewhere.
Put the laptop in a super stable place and work at the desk.
Listen to music and eat more food and drink more tea.
Stop beating yourself up. You've done a lot today and you might be able to get this text in there by 9PM. Goal -- 8PM. Check in with updates.
4:59 -- Found the connector for the old laptop and the monitor. The reason I'm using the old laptop is that it has all the Macros I need. Right? Right. It will make the text editing go faster.
7:06 -- NOT GOOD. I am only now touching the files. Yikes.
9:03 -- Most text is edited and placed in layout. Taking a dinner break. Will be back to do feature and tweak the last six.
1:34 am -- pdf is sent to client for text proofing only. 13 out of 16 pages are good to go. 3 have to be rethought.
going to sleep. At least my house is clean. It's not too terribly late, and I've eaten on a regular basis, and I haven't been beating myself up or stressing out.
Glad I got the piece mostly there.
Gnothi Seauton ~ Know Thyself
wrkinprogrss: 01/14/12
Hi, All, and good wishes for your day!
************Question for myself: What am I choosing to concentrate on, today?************
(Yesterday, I chose to concentrate on reality. I successfully postponed reading, listening to, and writing fiction until today.
Do I want to do something similar for some part of today?)
Reminder to myself: Breathe in wonder. Choose to hope. Choose to act!
Done:
get ready to return Mindsight book to library
get something to eat
In Progress:
do research and make notes for CS story
check-in and bookend at P.A.
To Do:
shower, etc
run dishwasher
make shopping lists and decide when to shop for food
shop for new glasses frames?
return Mindsight library book and pay any fines due
shop as needed for food
start preparing ground to plant tulips?
cook spinach rice bars and/or vegetable soup or something with vegetables
do at least 5 minutes of some kind of house-neatening
assess and schedule laundry
notice how I feel, physically, and make notes for chiropractor
therapy homework: note when I say no to myself
email check-in buddy?
prepare for leading P.A. online chat meeting, tomorrow, and set alarm
start zine? or possibly work on CS story?
read or watch or listen to something related to possible better futures
use balancer
do 15 minutes of Qi Gong
be in bed with lights and sound off by midnight
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 have done today
1. Ate breakfast
2. Swept floor
Things I will do to.day
1. Eat lunch
2. Do numbers
3. Wipe stove
4. Clean bathroom
5 Go to the store
Thanks for letting me share
Max Barraclough
2. WSJ/blogs
3. Respond to all in 12 hours
Tasks
bank: fraud, laptop
buy retrun flight from home
buy reunion flight
call Bs
deposit check
enter W's bank acct info
subscriptions
read AE
read FbR
read Rum
Lucky CI
Start dishwasher :)