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.
wrkinprogrss: 05/01/12
Hi to all--I wish you a happy and productive May Day!
I'm continuing to experiment with noticing what helps and what doesn't.
***meta:***
prioritize
bookending & check-in at P.A.
note works/doesn't items
experiment w/ willpower, HB techniques, poss. incl.:
mindmap 1 HB technique I haven't yet tried
***things I didn't explicitly count, at first:***
brush teeth and splint
pick clothes for the day
get something to eat
flip calendars
tape thumb
***before 13:00:***
shower, wash hair, dress, & shevel
scan job email
15 min burst: tk notes/draft M email
submit timecard
assess/ decide next acts Mon flagged
***before 18:00:***
13:30 appointment, incl
get R's answer: non-Tue poss.es
use balancer
re-scan job email
do 1 job next act or 15min file s/s/t
***before 23:00:***
call B re R's answer (B called me but it worked out)
pay rent & storage (paid rent but still need to pay storage)
QG
unld dishwasher
***extra credit:***
10-min burst kitchen sink?
15-min burst: rsch next act tax prep
recovery-related reading/thinking?
read re google alternatives/flickr?
cook rhubarb?
Time outside in pleasant spring evening with camera was helpful for my general mood.
I find HB's 5 Things technique appealing, but what's the time window? If I
think in terms of before noon/18:00/23:00, I find myself leaving out
things that DO take time, like getting food, taping thumb, etc.
My usual disinclination to exert effort after Tue. afternoon health appointments was even stronger than usual. Perhaps due to implications of the news I got? Perhaps due to the nature of the work?
Photography time doesn't seem to engender any kind of productivity in other areas. But should it? Hm.
SJ
Holy cow! I got up before 10:00 this morning! And my butt is in my desk chair! And I am working!!! Yay me!
TDL:
* Finish C's doc.
* Email doc to C.
* Write letter to C.
* Send letter and doc to G.
* Answer 20 emails
* Edit blog
* Read 125 pages of K's book.
* Pushups
* Eye therapy
* Be available for husband in the evening (kind of sort of... not as much as I could have been)
* Paperwork on counter/bills (but mostly it's because I did this!)
SJ
"What if there was a place that was safe enough where the worst of me
could be known and I would discover that I would be loved more, not
less, in the telling of it? ...Fresh trusting of love trumps old shame.
Always. Here
Tue - tila
Morning
15 min onlineBreakfast/Shower5 min clean-upCall CS RA10 min clean-upLaundry/Trash/MailDD drop offTargetLibraryExam: 2 difficult LGs, finish up LR – book on Arguments, SP10 min clean-upAfternoon (family stuff interfered throughout the rest of the day
)
DD pick up/drop off/pick up0 min clean-upExam: 1 hour – LR (10 min)Evening
DinnerREAD: 1 hour(40 min)Research: http://procrastinators-anonymous.org/node/4107
Exam: http://procrastinators-anonymous.org/node/4108
Journey 9 am & updates
Good morning! Working from home today and grateful for the opportunity to do so. I went for my first run outside this year and it was very pleasant to get fresh air and visit the neighborhood dogs and horses. I am making my todo list now and I will post it here before my 10 am meeting. Later gators.
Update 9:30 here's the tdl MITS are in red.
ExercisePlanningPrepare for Project D meetingProject D meeting #1added task from d meeting #1 - startedProject D meeting #2 (jeez)Order graduation and mother's day giftsProject O - dataProject M - two RFCsSunShowercat litterdinnerdisheslaundry - startedtrackingfind phdcancel gameJo
"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett
Hypatia's check-in
Good morning everyone! Still feeling fragile here. I've agreed my catch-up schedule with my boss, and this morning is the first morning where time has been formally allocated, so I can't keep putting things off by doing other things.
check catch-up list and mark off completed reportsattend meetings - BCDT, Darrencheck e-mailsdo phone callcheck development lectureH.
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. Prayer and meditation for 15 minutes
2. Go to the 5:45 a.m. telephone ACA meeting3. Go to the 7 a.m. telephone DA meeting4. Go to the 7:30 a.m. telephone PA meeting5. Go to the 8:30 a.m. telephone PA meeting
6. Go to the 9:30 a.m. telephone PA check-in7. Go to the 9:45 a.m. telephone CLA activity line8. Test blood sugar after fasting9. Cook and eat breakfast10. Take shower
11. Pay 7th Tradition12. Donate to the Dr. Phil Foundation13. Go to the 12 noon telephone ACA meeting14. Go to the 1 p.m. telephone CLA activity line15. Eat lunch
16. Go to the 3 p.m. telephone DA meeting17. Read p. 319 of the AA Big Book
18. Read Chapter Four of the AA Big Book19. Do numbers20. Wash dishes
21. Clear tables
22. Eat dinner23. Go to the 7 p.m. telephone OA meeting24. Go to the 8 p.m. telephone CLA meeting25. Go to the 9 p.m. online EA meeting
26. Go to the 9:30 p.m. telephone CLA activity line
27. Go to part of the 11 p.m. telephone ACA meeting
28. Inject insullin
29. Declutter 500 e-mail
Thanks for letting me share