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 May 22, 2012
HAPPY MONDAY EVERYBODY!
Tool Seven of PA: Avoid Perfectionism
Procrastinators have a tendency to spend more time on a task than it warrants, so tasks that should be quick to do take an agonizingly long time. Notice this tendency and stop yourself. Some things require completion, not perfection.
Peace
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kromer 2:30 CI
So far today I have finished a count and gone to mtgs
I need to:
Ask about RA inj.
Analyze M's data (working on this now)
Ask re: partial tumor staining (will do this soon)
Either girls group, or hospital visit
Choose 2, list of Qs
Journey venting
I ended up going to my daughter's apartment last night and staying with her because she was so upset over a friend's suicide. They haven't been as close for the past year or so but they were very close in the past. It's actually worse than that - the kid shot his father then shot himself. After spending the past 24 hours or so propping up my daughter and making sure she got herself to work today, I am home and now the horror of the whole thing is sinkin in - I can't help but think about the kid's poor mom who now has no one. What a horrible thing. I barely knew them, except for a couple of minutes of skype chat with the son and the mom a few years ago, but it's just horrible.
I had an eye dr. appt this morning so I had the morning off - and now my eyes are dilated so I have an excuse to be nonproductive for another half hour or so, and then I need to buck up and get some stuff done. I'll be back with todo list for the afternoon soon - I think I'll take a quick shower on my 'lunch' break and let my eyes undilate a bit, then stop feeling sad and get to work. The whole thing is awful but it really has nothing to do with me - my responsibility is to keep my daughter focused on her work and the good things in her life while she recovers from the shock of it. And I still have a job to do so here goes. Thanks for being here to let me vent - my work environment is not a place where people do a lot of sharing of personal stuff so I've only talked to one or two people about it,
Jo
Embrace the suck!
(Jo)
No words fo this one, some things we will never understand until hereafter.hug V
((( hugs to journey )))
may love surround all
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(oops posted wrong place)
tila - Tues
Need to do a LOT before Friday. Will try 20-min bursts.
Study/Self-Improvement:
LG - 94 games leftLR - wk 6 (do 1.5 days)did .9 daysPost vacation letdown
Just back from a very positive trip to visit my youngsters, a really enjoyable week. First day back (yesterday) got hit with a bunch of work I was feeling unprepared for, and an angry email from the not-quite-yet-ex taking umbrage at some dumb divorce-related paperwork from my attorney I didn't read carefully. I was thrown off balance the rest of the day. My OCD tendencies make it hard for me to let go of these things and make my mind go back to where it should be. Also, quite frankly, being back at work, far from my daughters, isn't where I want to be. But, this is where the paycheck is for now. Anyway, need to get on track. Emailed the attorney to modify the language in the motion. Now, lots of work to concentrate on. Major goal going forward is to "clean up" transitions so I can stop one task, move smoothly into the next without losing a bunch of time adrift.
Goal 1: 1 hour block of work, split into 15 minute tasks. If it's not completed in 15 minutes, move on anyway.
Goal 2: Meeting, 1 hour
Goal 3: 1 hour block of work, split into 15 minute tasks.
Goal 4: Quick lunch, 30 minutes
Goal 5: 3 hour block of work. This is a big task with multiple smaller components, but really want to try to get it into a 3 hour block. That would be a big step forward for me. These kinds of tasks tend to drag into the evening for me and afterwards I am unable to get anything else done.
Goal 6: Leave by 7:30 PM and *leave it behind*.
Goal 7: Plan to come back tomorrow to report. Have gotten out of the practice.
Vic 5/22/12
Show up (done)chatbox
Walk- is the best medicine for my condition and surest wayfor me to make a turn around.
InnerTruth's 9:30 am check-in
Highest priority:
Finish newsletter, which includes:
Call City (again!)
Call employer (yikes!)
If time, then search for jobs.
Go to library - use internet, take 2 books to read
7:00 - 8:30 pm - meeting
9 pm - Home (call ME), wash blouse, do dishes
Hypatia's check-in
in-trayphone callse-mailsblood test formsX's filering m's motherH.
Onestep's CI
Check-In
25 minutes of yoga √ 6:25
Print papers for new client meeting √ 7:28
Your new life starts today. Don't waste it by trying to get back what was taken away!
clement ci
i really should not reply to posts when i'm depressed. It is hard to get and stay motivated when i feel like i'm most likely going to fail at the things i try to do today. I will most likely run out of time and not complete things and disappoint those around me.
I made an action commitment to read the bible and pray and make a schedule, so i will do that.
Last 2 days i have made lists of the things that i'm grateful for and it has helped. I will do that too.
fall down seven times, get up eight - japanese proverb
(Clement)
Sorry to hear about your depression. I'm struggling with mine too. The most helpful thing my boss has said to me is "do what you can". Don't worry about a big list that you will probably run out of time on. I'm making a little list, and if I have any time left over I'm adding a few more items.
But my poor brain feels as if it's wading through treacle.
H.
thank you all--you are a blessing to me!!!
first, i didnt read this til now.
Second, Praise the Lord that when i'm depressed i can post here. You people are all so supportive and i know will ONLY have positive, supportive things to say. That is such a treasure, i can't even say.
third, "treacle" means molasses. i had to look that up ;)
fourth, i'm doing better now. Thanks!
fifth, hpyatia: how many times have i given that exact same advice to someone else. And today it makes sense to me. And it's interesting to have the perspective so fresh in my mind of how it felt on tue.
My problem was i was convinced that a small list was not enuf. And not worth doing. If i wasnt going to, say, finish the 4 hi prio tasks at work and at home--finish them, not just work on them--then i was a failure. Not even worth getting out of bed. I still today can not imagine anything anyone could have said to me to snap me out of it. I guess i have come to believe that we have to walk some dark roads in this life, and just endure them for a season. If God is faithful, and i believe with all my heart that he is, then he will eventually pull us out of them.
sixth, they way this turned around this time is my spouse said something nice to me she never said before, and it was incredibly uplifting to me personally and emotionally. It was related to my depression but not to my tasks, directly. These are the ways i know that God loves me and is always looking out for me, no matter what.
Once again, that's a lot to all of you !
fall down seven times, get up eight - japanese proverb
Hypatia and clement
Hi, folks. Sending you positive thoughts and best wishes.
@4change
good to see you on the forums again, brother.
Thanks Movingalong
Thanks! It's good to get myself grounded here when I start to flail.
(Depression)
Hi, struggling as well. good to know I am alone and the courage to admit it.
One thing that helps me is writing downwhat I "did do" because "feels" like I have not done anything. Also writing behaviors that I did" not" resort to. and the usual gratitude, etc., etc. Then, when all else fails, just lower my expectations (ugh, better thanshutting down) Thanks.
Hang in there Vic
Keep on keeping on. As you say, better than shutting down. Best wishes.
Update green client by 11:00
Update green client by 11:00 Failed.
Update green client by 12:00
my Tuesday Thread
Thank you to other PA members for letting me share.
Today and the last few days have been seemingly productive - but NOT in the most important thing - study for me next lot of exams.
I have two more whole days off from work to study- But it really doesn't matter if I had no days or 10 years - I can ALWAYS find something to fill it up that's seemingly 'producctive'.
I can start to feel the horrible knawing feeling deep inside of me and sleep getting disrupted - I've hid long enough.
So - with the help of my higher power and your support -
1. by the end of tonight to catch up with basic physiology chapters and start pharmacology basics.
Breakdown:
5mins each page MAXIMUM - dont' dwell - get concepts not random details for the sake of details...
Keep plodding on.
Do some viva practice topics.
try a few mcqs.
dinner 1 hour
go for a run 30mins
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Thinking of you and your days too. Thanks for 'listening'.
E
My Day Today
I made a mistake with my posting.
I want to thank my Higher Power for this program, this website, the telephone and online meetings, and my life.
Thigs I will do today
1. Wash dishes
2. Clear tables
3. Clean the inside of the stove
4. Clean and straighten out the refrigerator
5. Wipe the bathroom
6. Sweep floor
7. Mop and scrub floor
8. Eat my meals
9. Take shower
10. Go to my meetings
Thanks for letting me share
Finding a way showing up
Now it's Tuesday in Australia! Thanks for the starter, lennon.
Dragging my heels today, it's already 10.30 am. Didn't sleep well so slept in. Have had breakfast and shower and checked emails. Uncertain about priorities blah blah, but would like to achieve SOMETHING today. At the very least I want to be ready for tomorrow at client's office BEFORE I go out with friends this evening.
Thank you all for being here!
It's not Tuesday yet is it?
There seems to be a small discrepancy between the date in the subject and in the message. It isn't Tuesday in Australia already is it?
H.
re: imperfect beginnings
Yes this is Tuesday's thread.
I believe that L. started to make a Monday thread, then noticed that someone else had also started a Monday thread, and therefore changed the subject line of THIS thread to Tuesday.
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 meeting
3. Go to the 7:30 a.m. telephone PA meeting
4. Go to the 8:30 a.m. telephone PA meeting
5. Test blood sugar after fasting
6. Cook and eat breakfast
7. Take shower
8. Get dressed
9. Go to the 12 noon telephone ACA meeting
10. Go to the 1 p.m. telephone CLA activity line
11. Eat lunch
12. Go to the 3 p.m. telephone DA meeting
13. Test blood sugar before dinner
14. Warm up and eat dinner
15. Go to the 7 p.m. telephone OA meeting
16. Go to the 8 p.m. telephone CLA meeting
17. Go to the 9 p.m. online EA meeting
18. Go to the 9:30 p.m. telephone CLA activity line
19. Go to part of the 11 p.m. telephone ACA meeting
20. Wash dishes
21. Clear tables
22. Wipe and straighten out the refrigerator
23. Clean the inside of the stove
24. Sweep floor
25. Mop and scrub floor
26. Go to my mother's apartment and get food
Thanks for letting me share