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.

Monday, 20 November 2006

20 November, 2006 - 3:48am - Rexroth

Welcome to Monday friends


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graphics added by pro.

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pro's last check-in - 1:05am (TUESDAY!!)

pro (not verified) - 21 Nov 2006 - 1:07am

I really didn't want to wash the dishes, but I did.

Ta Da~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  • Wake-up routine.
  • Sort out mix-up with last week's edit.
  • Wash breakfast dishes.
  • Contacts.
  • Clear spam folder.
  • Sort through pile.
  • File papers (from pile).
  • Get groceries.
  • Get mail.
  • Handle some action items from pile.
  • Make meatloaf.
  • Credit card receipts separated by year.
  • 1994 credit card receipts separated by month.
  • Attach 1994 credit card receipts to statements.
  • Wash dishes.
  • Take last dose of pills.
  • Bedtime Routine.

Good night!

way to go!

scarlett - 21 Nov 2006 - 8:30am

That's a beautiful Ta Da list, pro.

why, thank you!

pro (not verified) - 21 Nov 2006 - 11:46am

Thanks, Scarlett. I need all the encouragement I can get when it comes to my back taxes!!

pro's CI - 11:25pm

pro (not verified) - 20 Nov 2006 - 11:26pm

That's it for work! I'm going to get ready for bed. I have a bunch of dirty dishes to wash. Ugh. I don't feel like it.

Ta Da~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  • Wake-up routine.
  • Sort out mix-up with last week's edit.
  • Wash breakfast dishes.
  • Contacts.
  • Clear spam folder.
  • Sort through pile.
  • File papers (from pile).
  • Get groceries.
  • Get mail.
  • Handle some action items from pile.
  • Make meatloaf.
  • Credit card receipts separated by year.
  • 1994 credit card receipts separated by month.
  • Attach 1994 credit card receipts to statements.

To Do~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  • Wash dishes.
  • Take last dose of pills.
  • Bedtime Routine.

*~*~*~*~*~*~Rollover~*~*~*~*~*~*

  • Sort 1995 credit card receipts by month and attach receipts to statements.
  • Sort cash receipts by month and year.
  • Pay bills and handle rest of action items from pile.
  • Write and send out newsletter.

pro's CI - 9:05pm

pro (not verified) - 20 Nov 2006 - 9:06pm

Ta Da~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  • Wake-up routine.
  • Sort out mix-up with last week's edit.
  • Wash breakfast dishes.
  • Contacts.
  • Clear spam folder.
  • Sort through pile.
  • File papers (from pile).
  • Get groceries.
  • Get mail.
  • Handle some action items from pile.
  • Make meatloaf.
  • Credit card receipts separated by year.
  • 1994 credit card receipts separated by month.

To Do~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  • Attach 1994 credit card receipts to statements.
  • Sort 1995 credit card receipts by month and attach receipts to statements.
  • Sort cash receipts by month and year.
  • Pay bills and handle rest of action items from pile.
  • Write and send out newsletter.

pro's CI - 8:30pm

pro (not verified) - 20 Nov 2006 - 8:29pm

Ta Da~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  • Wake-up routine.
  • Sort out mix-up with last week's edit.
  • Wash breakfast dishes.
  • Contacts.
  • Clear spam folder.
  • Sort through pile.
  • File papers (from pile).
  • Get groceries.
  • Get mail.
  • Handle some action items from pile.
  • Make meatloaf.
  • Credit card receipts separated by year.

To Do~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  • Sort credit card receipts by month and attach receipts to statements.
  • Sort cash receipts by month and year.
  • Pay bills and handle rest of action items from pile.
  • Write and send out newsletter.

Made it back

lark - 20 Nov 2006 - 7:45pm

I was gone over 5 hours for about a one hour procedure. It was really nice to not come back to unfinished work in my shop. It felt good to see it. Still have some tidying up to do in the house. I'll probably be back a little later, asking for suggestions for attacking large projects that have to be done over days and weeks, so put your thinking caps one please.

welcome back!

pro (not verified) - 20 Nov 2006 - 8:29pm

Glad to see you back again. I'm working on my back accounting, so it's good to have company.

pro's CI - 7:30pm

pro (not verified) - 20 Nov 2006 - 7:31pm

Ta Da~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  • Wake-up routine.
  • Sort out mix-up with last week's edit.
  • Wash breakfast dishes.
  • Contacts.
  • Clear spam folder.
  • Sort through pile.
  • File papers (from pile).
  • Get groceries.
  • Get mail.
  • Handle some action items from pile.
  • Make meatloaf.

To Do~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  • Sort cash receipts.
  • Sort credit card receipts.
  • Pay bills and handle rest of action items from pile.
  • Write and send out newsletter.

pro's CI - 6:10pm

pro (not verified) - 20 Nov 2006 - 6:12pm

I'm going to sort receipts for my back accounting. I only have a little more to go before I start the data entry, and I'm all set up here from going through my pile.

Ta Da~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  • Wake-up routine.
  • Sort out mix-up with last week's edit.
  • Wash breakfast dishes.
  • Contacts.
  • Clear spam folder.
  • Sort through pile.
  • File papers (from pile).
  • Get groceries.
  • Get mail.
  • Handle some action items from pile.

To Do~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  • Sort cash receipts.
  • Sort credit card receipts.
  • Make meatloaf.
  • Pay bills and handle rest of action items from pile.
  • Write and send out newsletter.

pro's CI - 5:15pm

pro (not verified) - 20 Nov 2006 - 5:17pm

I might do the bills now, or might not. Feeling not. I'll see...

Ta Da~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  • Wake-up routine.
  • Sort out mix-up with last week's edit.
  • Wash breakfast dishes.
  • Contacts.
  • Clear spam folder.
  • Sort through pile.
  • File papers (from pile).
  • Get groceries.
  • Get mail.

To Do~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  • Pay bills and handle action items (from pile).
  • Write and send out newsletter.

scarlett CI 4:20 pm

scarlett - 20 Nov 2006 - 4:20pm

When I buckle down, I get things done quickly. It's just so damn hard to get that momentum going. I can feel my attitude changing a little, even though it may not show in what I get done. I'm resigned to coming back to these issues again and again, trying again and again. That is new for me.

Already done:
Eat breakfast
Take pills
Find xmas gift for grandma
review library sitch
email friend re: dinner
email P re: library
review reviews
FLEX!!!!!
need space - mark

Postponed:
respond to email
sort through stuff from conference
do I have a plan for ss? (started)
wt tix
slate
windows?

Tonight:
Feed cats/scoop pan
Eat dinner
Dishes

pro's CI - 3:45pm

pro (not verified) - 20 Nov 2006 - 3:47pm

I never went out yesterday and I haven't been out yet today, so the next thing I'm doing is my errands.

Looks like I'm not going to get the newsletter done today (what a surprise). But at least I'm getting through the pile.

Ta Da~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  • Wake-up routine.
  • Sort out mix-up with last week's edit.
  • Wash breakfast dishes.
  • Contacts.
  • Clear spam folder.
  • Sort through pile.
  • File papers (from pile).

To Do~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  • Get groceries.
  • Get mail.
  • Pay bills and handle action items (from pile).
  • Write and send out newsletter.

hey pro

scarlett - 20 Nov 2006 - 4:21pm

good on ya for making progress on that pile!

the perennial pile

pro (not verified) - 20 Nov 2006 - 5:18pm

Thanks. I've been trying to not let the pile build up so it takes a whole day to get through. I was pretty good for a while, but then I let it slide. At least I'm through the pile part now. I just have a short list of stuff to take care of.

scarlett CI 2:50 pm

scarlett - 20 Nov 2006 - 2:50pm

Not much progress, clearly. Each item on my list fills me with dread at the thought of having to make a decision or deal with potentially unpleasant fallout (mostly from having put things off, of course).

Already done:
Eat breakfast
Take pills
Find xmas gift for grandma
review library sitch
email friend re: dinner

To do:
email P re: library
review reviews
respond to email
FLEX!!!!!
need space - mark
sort through stuff from conference
do I have a plan for ss?
wt tix
slate
windows?

Tonight:
Feed cats/scoop pan
Eat dinner
Dishes

pro's CI - 1:20pm

pro (not verified) - 20 Nov 2006 - 1:19pm

In a way, I'm procrastinating on doing the newsletter by handling the pile, but that's okay because I'm been procrastinating on the pile for a couple weeks.

Ta Da~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  • Wake-up routine.
  • Sort out mix-up with last week's edit.
  • Wash breakfast dishes.
  • Contacts.
  • Clear spam folder.
  • Sorted through pile.

To Do~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  • File papers (from pile).
  • Pay bills and handle action items (from pile).
  • Write and send out newsletter.
  • Get mail.
  • Get groceries.

pro's CI - 11:30am

pro (not verified) - 20 Nov 2006 - 11:32am

Ta Da~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  • Wake-up routine.
  • Sort out mix-up with last week's edit.
  • Wash breakfast dishes.
  • Contacts.

To Do~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  • Handle pile.
  • Write and send out newsletter.
  • Get mail.
  • Get groceries.

pro's CI - 11am

pro (not verified) - 20 Nov 2006 - 11:02am

The woman who hired me to edit a white paper last week sent The Big Boss the original white paper as the edit!! I called her, and had difficulty communicating to her what an edit mark was, etc. She asked me to re-send the edit. I wanted to cc: The Big Boss (so he wouldn't again get the wrong version), but she said to send it just to her. I'm afraid I won't get hired again because my edit somehow won't make it to The Big Boss. He thinks I didn't do anything. Augh!! :O

Ta Da~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  • Wake-up routine.
  • Sort out mix-up with last week's edit.

To Do~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  • Contacts.
  • Handle pile.
  • Write and send out newsletter.
  • Get mail.
  • Get groceries.

pro's CI - 10:20am

pro (not verified) - 20 Nov 2006 - 10:25am

I did things in the right order again today - showered, dressed, made my bed, etc. - BEFORE sitting down to breakfast. My day goes MUCH better when I do this. So I'm sitting here drinking coffee fully dressed, instead of in my jammies and dreading my morning routine. I didn't take my pills yet because I get a little nauseous when I take them without food, but they're all laid out.

The big thing I want to do today is write and send out a newsletter for my business. There are other things I have to do, but this usually takes all day so it's the only thing I'll put on my list for today. I don't work well when I feel overwhelmed!

Working today around others

lark - 20 Nov 2006 - 9:14am

9:00 already, and I'm trying to come up with a schedule, as I'm taking an elderly relative into town at two for medical tests. Oddly enough, I sometimes do just as well when I have a deadline to meet.
1. Do the morning personal routine.
2. Work on cleaning the grunge spot on the floor which appeared after I moved my fridge. It may take a little work each day for a while.
3. Sweep and damp mop the rest of the house a bit (progress, not perfection).
4. Start on one end of the main project in the workshop, and keep going until I have to get ready to leave.
5. In the meantime try to find my id info for my pre-paid cell phone and buy new minutes--or lose them tomorrow.
6. Take a five minute clutter patrol through the house.
7. Make an errand list for town while I'm waiting for my relative. This should be better than banging my head against the waiting room wall for a couple of hours.
See you later.

see ya, Lark!

pro (not verified) - 20 Nov 2006 - 10:16am

Have a good day. Look forwarding to hearing from you when you get back!

scarlett CI 9:10 am

scarlett - 20 Nov 2006 - 9:11am

Morning, all. Hope everyone had a good weekend.

Already done:

To do:
Eat breakfast
Take pills
review library sitch
review reviews
respond to LCP email
FLEX!!!!!
need space - mark
sort through stuff from conference
do I have a plan for ss?
wt tix
slate
windows?

Tonight:
Feed cats/scoop pan
Eat dinner
Dance
Dishes

Cat upkeep

lark - 20 Nov 2006 - 9:21am

I'm glad I saw your cat-related post. My cat's pan needs emptied. They're such indepedent creatures it's a wonder they don't do that themselves. I've found there's a coorelation between the frequency of feeding them and the numbers of times the pan needs emptied. The more cats, the pan emptying increases geometrically.

Correlations

scarlett - 20 Nov 2006 - 3:46pm

I've found a direct correlation between scooping the pan every day and needing to wash the sofa cover. When I don't do the first, I will have to do the second.

not a surprise

pro (not verified) - 20 Nov 2006 - 10:19am

>I've found there's a coorelation between the frequency of feeding them and the numbers of times the pan needs emptied.

But of course! LOL :D

This wont help but

Rexroth - 20 Nov 2006 - 3:40pm

When I used to leave it they did indeed cooperate and empty the litter tray themsleves. All over the floor!

Rexroth 08.54 GMT

Rexroth - 20 Nov 2006 - 3:54am

Todo today

Up prayer and reflection
give thanks that I am just about better
post this
bath and wash hair
look up info on craft machine I have and want to get rid of, and email charity that could use it
tidy up bits left over from yesterday
walk to voluntary work - transport strike and rain - and I've got a good pair of legs that work so its only a small bother.
banking check account at ATM
some shopping
do voluntary work
home
check banking records

and now I'm not sure

journal
prayer and reflection
bed and sleep

Thats it

Regards Rexroth

Rexroth 20.45 GMT

Rexroth - 20 Nov 2006 - 3:45pm

I've almost reached the "not sure" time and I've still a little to do with my figures (DA has a lot to answer for). I think bed is calling. I've a friend I need to email as we quarrelled a while back and we both want harmony and peace together. I've another who I haven't seen for years who is in town and wants to see me ( well she has a problem and wants to see me) it's not quite the same.

Regards Rexroth