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.
AllOfTheAbove, mon. march 12, 7:57 pm.
Hello everybody.
I will:
- Get into Pd to work explicitly on that problem.
- Do 2 matoes of online course.
- Write to F in the very morning.
Thanks to Configuration Maker for setting the way it is my life now.
Fear is only a thought and as a thought you can ignore it.
marcelor checking in at 14.00
Late check in today, but that was planned as I had to drive sister early and then made a few stops on the way back, including the gym. Now I need to stop thinking about gardening for a while and get some work done.
Done:
Drive sisPick up passportBAN
GymEmail CTo do:
2*20 write ab
2*20 research ab
Email M
Until you value yourself, you will not value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it. - M. Scott Peck
Thanks for the quote, marcelor!
Painful but true.
Vaskaat 12 March
Today involved having to rush out of the house to pick someone, skipping breakfast in the process. But even more annoying is posting the first check-in so late in the day.
MORNING:
ONGOING:
- "A procrastinator's work is never done."
wrkinprogrss: 03/12/12
Hi and good wishes, everyone!
SOME sort of to-do list for today:
8:00 team meeting
prep and run dishwasher
:-) prep for archive of D
:-) check-in and bookending at P.A. (maybe also update clear-out goal?)
follow up re A items
lead-the-V requests as needed
:-) check last status report for planned to-do items for this week
monthly login to reserve s
shower, etc.
submit timecard
:-) unpack and try out backup hardware
use balancer
get Express or similar
do any laundry needed for Tue
:-) cook something with vegies in it (vegetable soup preferred) (frozen vegies)
wash bathroom sink
handwash dbr
try oxy bleach on scarf
write something to P
15 minutes Qi Gong
:-) balance checkbook
Key:
in progress
done or done enough
Agnus ci
Happy Monday, everyone! I have been procrastinating this morning already. Just ome from a trip and have much to do:
Timecard
Record scriptsElectronics store to price mixers and mics
Set them up
Review recordings for audio quality
Post to client website
LunchReply to new emails
New Proj H writing
Clear one email category
MISSED 4pm PM meeting
DinnerMISSED 7pm leave for meeting
MISSED 7:30 AFG
MISSED 9pm home - shower, wash, brush
GOING NOW 10:30 bed
"My boundaries enclose a pleasant land." Psalm 16
Agnus checking out
A bit discouraged by this day. Took more than half the day to get my willingness up to go out and do the first MIT, then the first store didn't have what I need, and I had to drive 30 miles to another store - they only had the floor model left, no discount, and a sullen clerk.
By then it was dinnertime. Walked dog, set up the new gear, tested it out, and now I'm falling asleep. Will set the alarm for 6 hours sleep and try to make headway first thing.
"My boundaries enclose a pleasant land." Psalm 16
Vic 3/12/12
Show up (done), program first.
Today is a new day and a new start to change the things I can.
Could not sleep last nite, but grateful it was a nite clocks got turned ahead, was up anyway.
Something I heard , "it doesn't get any better out there." I need to think on that one, keeps popping up, not sure what it means.
kromer 10:20 CI
A little bit of a late start today
And, this is a busy week, so I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed
For today:
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W18 plan*R8 request
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Check on expts, start W18 expt*
Start fixing samples*Stage a bunch of controls (made good progress on this)
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Get my award letter to BL*Resuspend and RO
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Get dinner w/ a friendOff and running
Feeling miserable and stressed today. Have to provide detailed updates on my remaining three big overdue projects tomorrow. Feeling stressed because I have done virtually nothing on these. Well, not much I can do about that today. Have made a committment to myself to eliminate nonwork internet use at work except for one check in the AM and one check in the PM. Not surprisingly, my stress level is much higher than usual, since internet news and email surfing has been my procrastinating/calming technique for years, and normally by now I would have been online several times.
This also forces me to confront just how much I dislike my work. The very idea of having to focus intently upon it all day long, then keep coming back and doing it again every day is painful. It is easier to get through the days and weeks when I distract myself. Not a happy realization to confront, but there it is. I imagine that sleepiness will be my next subliminal attempt to sabotage myself and avoid the work. Since I have also made a commitment to go to bed by 11 PM starting this week that should also go away, assuming I can stick to the regular bedtime for a change.
I feel I am painting myself into a corner containing just me and the work I realize I no longer like or want to do. I will try to leave myself little option but to get it done, but I don't realistically expect to enjoy it. My third time related commitment is to arrive at work by 8 AM and leave by 8 PM. That I should even have to set limits like that highlights how out of control my time-at-workaholism is.
I am seriously considering canceling my West Coast trip this week. I am just feeling too stressed, and would rather work to get caught up here and try to rest than go gallivanting across the country to a professional society meeting. I am not in a socializing/networking/continuing education frame of mind right now and the bottom line is that the trip is optional and intended for my own benefit. Just the thought of it adds to my stress. Well, I can think about it as the week progresses.
Plan for today:
10:15 AM-1:15 PM: 3 hour block on current cases
1:15-1:45 PM: Lunch
1:45-4:45 PM: 3 hour block on big projects - I will focus on one today, rather than split the time on all three
4:45-5:15 PM: Break/catch-up time
5:15-7 PM: Evening meeting
7-8 PM: Work on something, either current cases or big projects? (or go home)
8 PM: Go home (if not sooner)
8-11 PM: Personal time
11 PM: Go to bed (if not sooner)
P.S. Current outlook made more gloomy by looking at Facebook last night. Smiling friends on vacation with their families, relaxing and enjoying their lives and each other. I am not able to do any of that right now. Note to self: avoid Facebook.
Just loved this
"internet news and email surfing has been my procrastinating/calming technique for years"
Calming technique.. So true... Good luck! :)
Phoebe
Thank you Phoebe
Best wishes to you.
Journey will be away
Hey y'all, I am in training this week and on vacation next week, in case you happen to miss my smiling face around here. I'll be back!
Jo
"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett
journey, will miss you
will miss your great example of recovery and contributions. have fun and i hope it's all great for you.
fall down seven times, get up eight - japanese proverb
Rexroth Check In 07.54
Done:
Up prayer and reflection
Checked emails, posts and phone
Todo:
x Continue to check emails, posts and post
x Out for exercise walk
x Buy and send birthday card to friend
x Study French
Continue tidying and sorting flat - there is a lot to do
Rest I suspect I shall be tried
Regards Rexroth
Rexroth Check Out 22.06
Done above and a lot of work on reading preparation for writing
Todo:
Finish writing journal
Prayer and reflection
Bed and sleep
Night Rexroth
Monday 12th
Thanks Lennon for starting :)
I also want to keep visualising making progress with: studies; decluttering/housework; and my recovery.
Thanks everyone.
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. Test my blood sugar after fasting2. Eat breakfast3. Go to the 5:45 a.m. telephone ACA meeting for a few minutes.4. Take shower
5. Get dressed
6. Go to part of the 7 a.m. telephone DA meeting7. Go to my appointment at 9 a.m.8. Go to fill my perscriptions
10. Go to the 12 noon telephone ACA meeting11. Go to the 1 p.m. telephone CLA activity line12. Eat lunch13. Test my blood sugar two hours after lunch
14. Go to work at 5:30 p.m.
15. Eat dinner
16. Test blood sugar at bedtime
17. Inject insullin
Thanks for letting me share