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.
fudoshin: day 39: 6:15pm
Please do not leave advice or feedback. Thank you. Prayers welcome.
Things I'm doing today:
* shopping
* walking 30 minutes
* checkin in to 43things about it
* reading for discussion (more important than anything else)
* breakfast
* printing of gamma sheets for the rest of the week
@Tracy-la
Great reading today! I love this: We can learn to conserve our energy for what is important, rather than wasting it on non-essential activities.
As you can see, I stole your last reading for my new sig :)
"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett
@ journey
It's so much fun how we learn from each other! Thanks, journey :)
tracy-la
katia 2.28
-Optics Class
-Math recitation
-Writing Class
-Physics Lab
-Work on Optics hw #4
-Update calendar
-10 minute clearout goal- esp clothes
-Other things, must run!
Agnus check in
Already had a full morning including about 2 billable hours, no procrastination behavior so far but I'm in danger of letting the urgent trump the important. I like Journey's observation that we can try different ways on different days, to sidestep the temptation to procrastinate. I love creativity! So applying creative approaches to my avoidance of routine, is a pretty happy thought. :-)
PA check-inReturn call to RR
Make an outreachSchedule chiropractor
Schedule GP2 hours Project R
2 hours Proj W
1 hour Proj B
1 hour Proj C
1 hour microbursting email
Print scripts and schedule studio
"My boundaries enclose a pleasant land." Psalm 16
tracy-la check in 2-28-12
Hi Everyone,
Work for 4 hours on work tasks and admin matters. Then run/shower and have office time in afternoon for another 4 hours.
1.
finish organizing all records for nonprofit for which i'm on board, create notebook, put away all records, etc.DONE - took 1 1/2 hours. (of course thought I'd only take 15 min. Ha!)2.
Project R
3.
Project RCH
4. Project GM
5. Project CS
6.
Project MT - email and bill7.
Project V8.
Project RREADING FOR DAY - INSPIRATION
Conserving Resources
In this fight against compulsive procrastination, we need all the strength we can muster. We can learn to conserve our energy for what is important, rather than wasting it on non-essential activities.
An extra hour of sleep may do more for our program than an hour spent reading a novel or watching television. We have to guard against compulsive overactivity as well as procrastination. Often, we tend to push too hard to complete something which can just as well wait until tomorrow. If we are tired, we are less able to resist temptation to procrastinate.
Choosing the foods, which will provide us with necessary proteins, vitamins, and minerals, is a vital part of maintaining energy. To take care of our bodies is to nurture the most valuable physical resource we have.
Only we ourselves, with the guidance of our Higher Power, can decide how best to use the strength and energy we have.
Teach me to conserve the resources You have given me.
Adapted From Food for Thought: Daily Meditations
tracy-la
Vaskaat 28th Feb (late check in)
1)
Shower; brush teeth2)
Job search
3) Volunteer search
4)
Return DVD
5)
Meet with JM
6) Bring in some wood
7)
Organise financial records8 )
Cancel prime membership after ordering book(a little experiment with retroactive policies)9) Pick up vitamins, comb
- "A procrastinator's work is never done."
Recycler CI Feb 28 8:30am EST
Hi!
5am Up, walk puppy, fed puppy, showered & washed hair, ate breakfast, dried hair, took meds, checked email & internet.
Today: 9:15 will go to therapist appt at 10am, then have dentist appt. Returning home, I will need to get ready for art class tonight :)
Have a great day, everyone! :)
Recycler
Thank you, gals & guys, for being here! :)
Vic 2/28/12
Show up (done), calender, basics
Today is a new day and a new start to change the things I can. Life IS change Grateful.
Journey 7:30 am
Happy Tuesday! I am working from home today and continuing to recover from my cold. I am not 100% yet but much better. Here's the list:
Exercise - do a fairly easy 30 minute video done, but easy seemed hard today lol5 minutes of Shiva Natastraighten small deskProject O - convert scriptProject O - research f requestProject O - Finish install and writeup (several hours) -not finished but made a lot of progressPlan for DPQuiet timePay car insurance did it first thing Thursday morningMake a simple dinnerunload dishwasher -started . . . and loaded it!1 load laundry - startedORDER THAT HOUSEWARMING GIFTIf time, watch leo's webcast and read blog (1 hour?)clean out fridge (15 minutes?)I ended up having a fairly productive day yesterday even though I was feeling puny, by focusing on just one big task most of the day. I'll try that again today. It may be just that I'm not feeling great so I'm less easily distracted, but worth another try. You know, I don't think it matters as much what method you choose as much as it matters that you think about your method and try things to make you more productive. When you think about the method, you're actively working on improving. Wasn't there some study about that? Where these efficiency experts studied people and found that it didn't matter what they did to improve productivity, the very act of participating in the study made people more productive. Anyway, I'm rambling. Time to exercise!
Update 6 pm - did ok today - I had a couple of hours in the afternoon where I was not as productive as I wanted to be, but recovered. Completed all my work MITs, although I didn't finish the Project O task and I could have if I had used that 2 hours well. But I made a lot of progress, so I'm happy with my productivity for today. Now time to make (an easy) dinner, finish putting away laundry and unloading dishwasher, and clean out that fridge.
After dinner and chores, I'll pay car insurance and order that stupid gift. Then, if I want I will either review goals or watch webcast. After that I can goof around on the computer, watch tv, read, whatev.
See you tomorrow!
Jo
"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett
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. Test my blood sugar after fasting4. Eat breakfast5. Take shower6. Get dressed7. Go to the 9:45 a.m. telephone CLA activity session
8. Go to the 12 noon telephone ACA meeting.9. Eat lunch10. Go to the 1 p.m. telephone CLA activity session11. Go to the 3 p.m. telephone DA meeting12. Wash and dry clothes13. Eat dinner14. Go to the 7 p.m. telephone OA meeting15. Go to the 8 p.m. telephone CLA meeting16. Go through a search for a certain e-mail17. Go to the 9 p.m. online EA meeting18. Go to the 9:30 p.m. telephone CLA activity session19. Get tomorrow's forum started
20. Test my blood sugar two hours after lunch21. Test my blood sugar at bed time
22. Inject insullin
23. Continue to sort the storage box
Thanks for letting me share
Rexroth Check In 06.33
I woke early before six and couldn't get back to sleep so now I have decided to stop trying. I feel tired which is not surprising but a bit better.
Todo:
Prayer and reflection
Check emails, post and posts
Some admin
Phone church
Food shopping
Seek advice on what to do about people in my life whom I am allowing to complicate my life
Write journal
Prayer and refection
Bed and sleep
Regards Rexroth
Rexroth Check Out 22.40
I did not phone the church not do the food shopping but did everything else and also planned a journey for Friday but most importantly I said no to friend who wanted to come over and I said truthfully that I had a lot to get on with. I'm gradually feeling better and gradually getting things back in order.
Night Rexroth
@ Rexroth
I've found this helpful ...
http://tinyurl.com/743qk7v
Thanks movingalong
Thanks movingalong. I had seen this before and had given up looking for it so I'm very grateful to see it again. I've stored it on my laptop and made a hardcopy.
Thanks Rexroth
@movingalong
I jumpedin on that one too - great stuff! I'm printing it as we speak, to keep on hand for ready reference when I can pause long enough to recognize my feelings about things...
...Thanks, movingalong.
Complete Online Class Assignments
Today's Schedule... Woke up at 6:00. I think I will stick to this schedule for now until summer.
Shower get dressed (When you look good you will feel good, althouth I work from home, at times I get dressed up and I put on my jazz or meditation music. It really helps to keep the mind from wondering. Get that nice perfume out put a bit of makeup on and get to working)
6:00 - Wake up /Bathroom
6:30 Fed Baby Calf
6:31 Breakfast Oatmeal Dishes- Load of laundry
7:30 Feed Chickens, Cats, Dog Sadie, Rabbit, Ducks ,
8:00 Watched the news....
9:00 Start Online Classes Assignments -Storm is expected
10:00 Beans today...it's going to be COLD
11:00 Math- Phychology classes
11:30
12:00- 1:00 Lunch
1:01 - 3:45 Math and Psychology classes
3:46 - 4:25 Coffee Break with NIV, SWA, MA, VA
4:25 -4:30 Dishes
4:31 -5:00 Math and Psychology classes
5:01 - 6:00 Prepare evening meal Leftovers
6:45 - 7:00 Dishes
7:00 - 7:30 Call Kids
7:31 - 9:45 Online Classes - Watch TV
9:46 - 10:00 Shower
10:00 – 11:00 Jay Leno
Lead me not into distractions or panic, but deliver me from failure. For I am a procrastinator..... Naddy
@ Naddy
Dear Naddy,
We're glad you're here at PA!
Just thought you'd want to know that when you reply to somebody else's post, then they cannot update their post to say what they've completed
If you're just posting your own list, it usually works better to NOT reply to someone's post with your own list. Why? Because then the other person cannot edit their post to update it to say what they've completed.
It's usually better to click on "Add Comment" at the top of the daily page, and then that will open a window that helps you reply to the daily thread-header (instead of specifically to a person.) Doing it that way is better for posting your own lists.
For example, that's the way you did it on the Feb 17th thread
http://procrastinators-anonymous.org/node/3986#comment-52216
However, sometimes we all reply directly to someone ... to say something encouraging directly to the person that we're replying to -- and, in that case, it's just fine. The person then adjusts by posting
another list with updates.
It took each of us a while to figure all this out! So don't worry. We understand!
We're really glad you're here!
Thanks for that info movingalong
Hi movingalong,
Thanks for that information. I had a feeling I was doing this wrong. Thanks for clarification.
Lead me not into distractions or panic, but deliver me from failure. For I am a procrastinator..... Naddy
Encouragement to Naddy
It's really okay.
You're not doing anything "wrong". I was just giving a tip on what has worked well on the forums.
You're doing terrifically by posting!
Sending encouragement and good cheer your way!
Keep on posting and don't worry about doing it perfectly!
movingalong you are a true peacemaker!
fall down seven times, get up eight - japanese proverb