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.
Tuesday 15 May 2012
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
P.A. Recovery Tool #4:
Focus on the Long-Term:
Procrastinators have a tendency to focus on short-term pleasure,
and shut out awareness of long-term consequences.
Remind yourself how panicked and awful you'll feel if the task isn't done,
then imagine how good it will feel when the task is finished.
To add a personal contemplation idea to the above tool:
I don't over-focus on the bad feelings, because that might lead to
"awful-izing" or "catastroph-izing".
I simply do a QUICK remembering of how procrastination leads to chaos,
but then I re-direct my thinking as follows:
I contemplate the following:
Higher Power, Greater Wisdom, what is the Big Picture?
What long-term goals do you envision for me?
How does this action fit into that?
What can my next right action be -- right now?
What will lead me on the path to *real* joy?
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Movingalong Tuesday Muse-Day Choose-Day
Evening plans:
work on the project with a joyful attitude
get some fresh air
Love my cat
Brush, medicate, change litterbox.
tila - Tuesday
Thanks for posting the RT #4! Exactly what I needed to get started!
CS 101 - 3 more videos + 3 quizzes - due TODAY 45 min
GET A NAP - 25 MINWk 5 - last 2 pages!! Wk6 - continuebedding/toyspapersXS - start new project - 10 PM -instead, exercised - 15 minVic 5/15/12
Show up (done)
Thanks for the starter movingalong, just what I needed.
My big picture- my power is in the NOW. I can't change the past or know the future, but I do know my hp never lets me down, so I need to turn everything/everyone over over.
Forgive myself for being so co dependent and not taking care of self. Forgive others "for they know not what they do" and let hp be the judge.
Do the next 3 things, get momentumgoing. go to chat box. Meditate on graditude, spiritual energy needs to be fed.
My evenings to-do
Oh Higher Power - I have persistently ignored you all day and surprise surprise - wasted my precious time.
For tonight:
1. first module online
2. read 5 autonomic questions
3. in bed by 1am
4. alarm for 6am to commit day to higher power.
thanks for sharing and wanting the best for everyone's day!
E
kromer 8:50 CI
Today I need to:
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Make hyb bufferand wash buffer,order supplies(*Clean bench (have started this)
*Finish fig 4 (hit a roadblock on this)
*cf, weigh
*Update records and email
*PAS staining,
start L8 staining(working on this now)*plan for, shop for, and go to girls group (ok, I have a topic and an announcement for this, but it looks like it's not happening. As an alternative, I will
go to mattapan united mtgand then come back to lab afterwards.)*hand laundry
*email ms, deacons, bs
*mtgHypatia's check-in
Day full of meetings today - heaven knows if i'll be able to concetnrate enough to get anything else done
adoption panelin-trayAH formse-mailCIT meetingPG meeting(decided not to go)H.
Journey 8 am
New unexpected project arrived yesterday. Today is very busy with long meetings and I'm kind of dreading it and I'm just sitting around instead of getting to work! Bookending exercise, breakfast, and todo list. I'll check back with todo list by 10.
Update 1 pm - well I never came back with todo list but I'm here and working fairly well. It's a little late to write down the tdl in here so I'll just keep it on paper today. Have a productive day!
Jo
"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett
Create new client account by
Create new client account by 12AM. Completed.
Find conversion discrepensies by 1AM.Completed.
2 Client Reports by 2AM.Completed
Guess I have momentum today...
Convert account from old to new site by 2:30AM. Completed.
Update mobi client by 3:30 Mosly Completed.
Break.
My Day Today
I want to thank my Higher Power for this program, this website, the telephone and online meetings, and my life.
I want to thank movingalong for starting this inspirational thread.
Things I will do today
1. Go to the 5:45 a.m. telephone ACA meeting2. Take shower3. Go to the 7 a.m. telephone DA meeting4. Go to the 7:30 a.m. telephone PA meeting5. Test blood sugar after fasting6. Go to the 8:30 a.m. telephone PA meeting7. Cook and eat breakfast8. Go to the 9:30 a.m. telephone PA check-in9. Go to the 9:45 a.m. telephone CLA actvity line10. Go to the vocational group at 11 a.m.11. Go to the 1 p.m. telephone CLA activity line12. Declutter 500 e-mail
13. Eat lunch14. Go to the 3 p.m. telephone DA meeting15. Declutter three totes
16. Wash dishes
17. Cook and eat dinner
18. Go to the 7 p.m. telephone OA meeting
19. Go to the 8 p.m. telephone CLA meeting
20. Go to the 9 p.m. online EA meeting
21. Go to the 9:30 p.m, telephone CLA activity line
22. Go to part of the 11 p.m. telephone ACA meeting
23. Inject insullin
24. Do numbers25. Get calendar for May to part of August readyThanks for letting me share
Finding a way CI
10.05 am
Thanks for the Recovery Tools, movingalong!
Back from Melbourne again last night, spent Mother's Day with my mother and sons :). Also running round and jobs to support my elderly mother; took yesterday off to do more of that and then travel home. Just trying to get back into things; there is one job I have promised to deliver today but it shouldn't be so hard.
Will start with weekly list and remember that I need to progress and if possible finish project K this week.