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.
i REALLY need to. ..
Sit down and do some overdue optics homework. I keep psyching myself out!!!
-Talk to parents re: Sunday
-Study for math
Darn it I posted on the wrong day!!!
There were a few things I wanted to do today but didn't.
I wanted to clean my room and to transfer my yahoo mail to my gmail.
These aren't as easy tasks as I would think but I could have gotten a lot more done if I had not wasted a lot of time on the internet today. I only have a few hours every weekday to myself. I should use them more wisely. But I don't know how.
I'm a lot less stressed since it's summer and school's out.
I got a call from my mom today. She tried to be as nice as possible.
I'll be going to bed soon. I could introduce a few blocks or try to time my computer usage but I doubt it will increase my productivity.
I think I just need to be more motivated. If I'm not motivated and just block myself from my favorite sites or the internet then I'll just sleep (nothing wrong with sleeping, I'll just not get anything done). I've tried using fear, but telling myself that failing a final would be bad sometimes makes me delay studying even longer. I'll read the wiki on motivation shower and go to bed. Too much to read. Downloaded a PDF of a study done by Ohio to read on the subway and will read later (probably not). I don't think I lost my motivation, I used to read science textbooks for fun and still might. The world is amazing. But computers just seem to be more motivational.
tila - Thur
Morning
15 min online5 min clean-upBreakfast/ShowerDD drop off
10 min clean-upLaundry/Trash/Mail10 min clean-upResearch: clean up files – 2001/2005/2007Afternoon
DD pick up/drop offMeeting with prof10 min clean-upFill out FAFSAEvening
Dinner4 hours(LG,LR finish up) 2 hoursResearch: http://procrastinators-anonymous.org/node/4107
Exam: http://procrastinators-anonymous.org/node/4108
wrkinprogrss: 05/03/12
Hi and good wishes to all.
I'm continuing to experiment with noticing what helps and what doesn't.
***important!***
submit timecard
make some mindmap notes re an HP technique for dissolving procrastination
check last status report for intended-this-week items
15 minutes intended-this-week items progress
15 minutes thinking re next acts for flagged items in job email
warm load laundry
draft status report
make wiki update
15 minutes bug work progress
use balancer
15 min. bug work progress
***honorable!***
next act re G email
next act re R email
***cheering?***
cook rhubarb
pick next monster to color
look at photo CD?
***helpful?***
call in D Rx renewal
update phone calendar
shop for bread, crackers, yogurt, energy bars, soymilk?
call bounce and ask Qs?
order a gel coolpack?
use eardrops?
***wise?***
research Firefox update (postpone!)
15 min. next act or s/s/t progress
10-min burst kitchen sink?
recovery-related reading/thinking?
***extra credit!***
15-min burst: rsch next act tax prep
used mindmap to categorize and sequence to-do list, now experimenting with hiding all but most immediate items. seemed to help in the early part of the day, but I still indulged in sadly typical-lately afternoon escapism
this list looks horrendously long!
Agnus ci
Back after missing many check-ins lately. I was assigned a lead role on a proposal team, which helped me by increasing billable hours but pretty much shredded my life into little slices of sleep, food and prayer, slipped between big chunks of intense, round-the-clock work with team members across 5 time zones. Wild crazy stuff, with the adrenaline swings that my addiction just LOVES but which is so bad for my health.
I promised my sponsor I would get at least 6 hours sleep a night, and failed 3 out of the 16 nights I was on the proposal team. Two nights I got <3 and one was an all-nighter. But this time, procrastination was not the culprit! I can and do celebrate that thanks to my HP and PA, I have had good progress on that front: I've suffered only one procrastination-caused all-nighter in the last 6 months - since I got an OA sponsor who understands my procrastinaton addiction too. What a blessing.
So my plan today is to catch up on some other parts of my life!
DONE OA service commitment
DONE Have a nice mineral bath soak (ahh!)
DONE meds and vits
Project C
WH project
microburst Inbox backlog (goal: reduce to 200 emails)
Send TJ certs
MOOT Pick up D for meeting
DONE Go by B's for plant, phone list
DONE Pick up Rx
DONE Meeting
Even though it's a whole day later I wanted to acknowledge my HP and myself for what I did get done yesterday. Thank you, God!
Journey 9:30
Yesterday was a pretty good day. Back in the office and have those infernal software vendors here again today and tomorrow. I got a good start, went to the gym and was on time to work, and if those people were not here today it would be a good day. It'll be ok anyway.
Jo
"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett
kromer 9:20 CI
Today is a busy day and I'm feeling hopelessly behind.
The most important thing I need to deal with the fact that I'm double-booked for tomorrow evening. I need to send an email.(done!)
I also need to:
Count (almost done with that)
Start SMF
Organize d1 colony, set aside animalsand slidesClean bench (started)
Email about m8
Go to mtg about paper + take notesCheckand collectDo the dishesand hand laundry and clean my room, organize laundry.Review D publication
(started)
Email about B
Email IA (will do this soon)
Figure out weekend plansReg for retinoids mtg
Hypatia showing up
Brian like lead this morning. Not helped by having to spend an hour observing a 5 year old in school, in a classroom with an ear splitting level of noise. Anyhow - here goes for the rest of the day.
in-traye-mailsverificationG&H reportsannual leave requestfilingH.
movingalong letting in the Light
Done, Doing,
and will continue To Do:
Let the Light in!
My checkin
The power within. Hope unlocks. And ... WOW!!!
WOW!
I found the following quote, and was amazed.
Just had to share it!
-- from "Alcoholics Anonymous Daily Reflections"
reading for March 2.
So much in that quote. Wow!
re: discouragement vs unrealistic expectations
wow.
that is my day yesterday and today.
i have been "behind" at work all week, since mon. And it makes me feel like i can't do anything else but work, and i work in a constant state of discouragement. And it is not my most productive state of mind.
i KNOW that i can just make a new schedule, starting with now, and then voila, i won't be behind anymore. And i would be happy and more productive.
But i didnt. And i didnt know why. And today i think i discovered it. It is cuz i did not want to admit / accept that it took longer than i wanted it to.
But, God has been with me, and today, i accepted it, and starte anew / afresh with today and the work in it's current state. It is, in fact, in that state, so wishing it was more done won't help me and will only hurt me.
And today has been much better. Happier and more free.
Thanks movingalong!
fall down seven times, get up eight - japanese proverb
Finding a way CI
11.55 am
Thank you lennon for keeping those daily starters coming!
I am not doing so well today. Just read icemountainguy's post where he is talking about a sense of purpose - that is what is lacking for me at the moment. Also there seems more to do today than I can manage, so then I think I should skip exercise. Well, I will go anyway, then deal with everything else afterwards - at least I usually feel more positive after my bike ride.
Yesterday in client's office did ok, but Tuesday lapsed into playing games :blush:
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 meeting
2. Go to the 7 a.m. telephone DA meeting3. Go to the 7:30 a.m. telephone PA meeting4. Take shower5. Get dressed6. Prepare brekafast7. Go to group therapy at 9 a.m.8. Go to individual therapy at 10:15 a.m.9. Renew my books10. Go to the library and get my book11. Go to the library and print out my NA Step12. Go to the library and pring out my DA spreadsheets13. Eat lunch14. Wash and dry clothes
15. Eat dinner16. Go to the 8 p.m. telephone CLA meeting17. Go to the 9 p.m. online EA meeting18. Put clothes away
19. Inject insullin20. Clear table
21. Sweep floor
Thanks for letting me share