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.

Thursday, 17 May, 2012


Thursday, 17 May, 2012

P. A.  Recovery Tool #5:
Avoid Time-Bingeing

One reason procrastinators dread starting is that
once they start, they don't let themselves stop.

Plan to work on a task for a defined period of time,
then set a timer.

When the timer goes off, you're done.


Onestep's First Check-In

Yikes!  I feel a bit anxious posting my first check-in.  

I am choosing to do a 5 minute microburst working on Project F. (Baby steps! Smile) 

 

Completed at 3:55 pm.   

 

 

Your new life starts today. Don't waste it by trying to get back what was taken away!

Welcome onestep!

Hope that joining us here helps you! :)

tila - Thur

So far, a productive morning - dropped off DD, picked up groceries, loaded laundry. 

Plan for today: 

  • CS 101 - lecture + quiz
  • LG - PT 29/30
  • Research - database
  • Read - Kindle - while cycling??
  • Workout - cycle, crunches, kickboxing   

Household: 

  • Guest bedroom
  • Laundry
  • Dishes
  • Living room - finish up!  

I can totally relate to time bingeing - even the timer doesn't work for me. I just tune out the beeper and keep on going until tired. Totally wrong approach.

Agnus ci

I have not been showing up lately, not even sure if I've been procrastinating - more like the pace of my life has slowed down to what feels manageable for me. The last team work binge - it's how our company functions on major proposal deadlines - left me physically ill and I have not really recovered my stamina.  So i've welcomed the slower pace, and can barely even work up anxiety about the future paychecks that will be unbelievably small, given the limited billable work before me. I'm just exhausted, and I've caught a head cold to boot. whine, whine, wine!

OK, enough of that now. It's time to move!  Already completed today are:
SmileBreakfast
SmileSponsee and sponsor calls
SmilePet care
SmileJ awakening
SmileCoupla work calls and printing tasks

Still to do are:
SmileGo buy some cold medicine for me and J!
SmileEmail my edits to the cmg guy
SmileADD: Prepare for board mtng! (almost forgot, sheesh!)
SmileSchedule a chiro appt
SmileSchedule vet appt
SmileSchedule a play visit for TJ with some other doggies
Download the editing work due tomorrow
Complete at least half the edit jobs due tomorrow
Catch up cjc emails
Schedule at least 3 lab tests
Start my final report on Proj B

kromer 10:05 CI

I have a mtg w/ my adviser tomorrow, so I need to focus today.

Specifically, I need to work on EA project:
Finish fig. 4
Update text
Make and add flattened figures
Email DP
Email EA 

I need to analyze some data:
Stage 4 samples
Figure out how to tag cells by image (and maybe type) in the code 
Project data, figure out boundaries and take notes on appearances (will do this soon)
Stage tubules for S8/R8 project
Threshold data(will do this soon)

And I need to do a few chores:
Deacon emails
Email project summary
Wash buffer (will do this soon)
Email MK

And I'll go to farewell dinner w/ friends. 

InnerTruth's check-in

For the past two days I have met or had long phone calls with friends during the day.

I'm so upset about it that I can't get anything done for the rest of the day as I let them take time away from my most productive time of the day instead of talking to them after I've done my work.

I went to my part-time job extrememy depressed and made quite a few mistakes. Then I was upset at myself for the mistakes and made more mistakes. I calmed down by the end of my shift.

Task list for today:

Check email

Call Marcia

Pay MC

Tony LI

Newsletter article 10 - 1 (take several 10 minute breaks to wash dishes)

1 to 1:30 - lunch

1:30 - 2:30 - newsletter article

2:30 - 9:30 - travel & work

9:30 - 10:00 - go to sister's place

Wash blouse before going to bed

 

 

 

Journey 9:25

Happy Thursday - off to a good start, I've been to the gym, was on time to work and I'm prepping for a meeting that starts in 5 minutes.   I'll finish the meeting, publish the minutes, then make my todo list for the rest of the day.   I'll check back if stuck otherwise have an enjoyable and productive day everyone.

J

"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter.  Try again.  Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett

Hypatia's check-in

afternoon only - had doctor's appt this morning, and the clinic was running 60 minutes late!

  • in-tray
  • e-mails
  • phone calls
  • appraisal docs
  • lecture

H.

My Day Today

I want to thank my Higher Power for this program, this website, the telephone ansd online meetings, and my life.

I want to thank movingalong for starting this trend.

Things I will do today

1. Take shower

2. Go to the 7 a.m. telephone DA meeting

3. Go to the 7:30 a.m. telephone PA meeting

4. Get dressed

5. Fix breakfast

6. Go to group therapy at 9 a.m.

7. Eat breakfast

8. Go to individual therapy at 10:15 a.m.

9. Go food shopping

10. Go to the bus station

11. Renew books

12. Put groceries away 

13. Do numbers

14. Go to the 12 noon telephone ACA meeting

15. Go to the 1 p.m. telephone CLA activity line

16. Declutter 500 e-mail

17. Clear tables

18. Eat lunch

19. Wash dishes

20. Empty three totes

21. Eat dinner

22. Go to the 6:45 p.m. telephone OA meeting

23. Call a CLA member

24. Go to the 8 p.m. telephone CLA meeting

25. Go to the 9 p.m. online EA meeting

26. Inject insullin

27. Get some of the medicine ready for the next week

28. Do my step

29. Straighten up my refrigerator 

Thanks for letting me share

Respond to and update mobi

Respond to and update mobi client by 1:30

Online Meeting PSA

We have a beautiful shiny NEW sign up sheet made by Lennon here: http://procrastinators-anonymous.org/node/4149

The question is. . .WHO will be the first to sign up on it???? :O

In all seriousness we need an anchor for the May 20th meeting :) Please consider signing up!

Have a nice day everyone!