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.

Monday, 2nd July, 2012

1 July, 2012 - 11:24pm - movingalong
Monday, 2nd July, 2012

Resentment is the great distraction.

Letting go frees us to move forward.

Serenity is the key to doing our own tasks.

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Tiptree CI

tiptree - 2 Jul 2012 - 3:34pm

to do:

- clock 6.5 hrs
- clean office
- practice guitar
- read 50 pp.
- pay bill

tracy-la check in 7-2 - how much do I want it??

tracy-la - 3 Jul 2012 - 9:35pm

Good day,

Question for day:

HOW MUCH DO I WANT IT?

Answers:
I WANT IT ENOUGH TO TAKE ACTION RIGHT NOW
GIVEN THAT MY GOAL IS _________________ WHAT'S MY NEXT ACTION?
WHAT'S THE NEXT THING I CAN DO FOR 5 MINUTES?  
NOTHING IS GOING TO STOP ME!

 

1.  APPT WITH CPA

2.    PROJECT SM

3.  PROJECT B - 2 hours

4.  7/2 ts

5.   

tracy-la

Gwen D: 12:04 PM

Gwen D - 2 Jul 2012 - 2:08pm

I have to be ruthless in the next two hours.

throw detritus types of things that are in plain sight into boxes that can be dumped

throw clothes in the bedroom out of sight

wash all dishes and put away 

vacuum the rug and prepare it to take it to the cleaners at 2 PM

take out garbage and old rug pad 

Gnothi Seauton ~ Know Thyself

wrkinprogrss: 07/02/12

wrkinprogrss - 3 Jul 2012 - 12:14pm

Hi and good wishes to all!

My Today/Ta-da! "short" list:

Done or done enough shower, etc.
Done or done enough make a pass through job email
Made or am making progress eat and take Rx and supplements

Done or done enough prioritize
Made or am making progress review and address comments from K (sent ORvw Q, maybe email, too?)
Made or am making progress check in with D re R (email sent, but D is away this week; re-ck, myself?)

Made or am making progress create WN entries as needed for to date (note: already covered for T)
submit timecards
find P notes and incorporate / add WN

check that L changes got built and reviewed in A
make L changes in D
do 10 minutes related to checklist

Made or am making progress load and run dishwasher (mostly loaded)
Made or am making progress mail bill payments, ?pick up Rx
Done or done enough prep and 5:00 appointment

order E, H, and A
Done or done enough do QG and Dr. P. exercises
aim for bed by 9:00 and set alarm for 5:30

check in

hazyjane - 2 Jul 2012 - 1:04pm

Gosh, it's already nearly 7, I've been having a quite lazy day. I need to go into the chatbox and get some fellow procrastinator to burst with me. The things I'd like to get done in a few 15minute bursts are:

  1. vaccuum my bedroom
  2. sort the clothes in my bedroom: throw out, launder and put away piles
  3. sort out books: I must have a cull
  4. clear off the table in the living room (hot spot)
  5. go through airing cupboard sorting out clothes properly (folding and possibly chucking)

And I must make a couple of phone calls to friends. And get to bed EARLY!!!! I need a proper sleep...

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It's an inside job...

Progress CI Mon. 7/2

RisingUp - 3 Jul 2012 - 9:44am

After a night of crying to release past pain and fear from what was a very difficult decade, I'm feeling a little better looking forward to my date tonight. However, my financial situation is in a shambles. I am flat broke. All thanks to my avoidance addiction. The work I have to do is not very easy for me, but it's there. Still, I have made no effort whatsoever to apply for new jobs in months. I feel kind of lost because I'm sick of my industry and just want out, but I still need money. Same old story. I need help, God. Please help me be willing to look for new jobs and apply. Help me be willing to earn income to support myself. Help me think rationally and clearly about my avoidance and underearning so that I'm not living in complete denial about my finances. Give me courage, God. Thank you.


*Write


*Vacuum 


*Eat/supplements/water

*Workouts

*Food shop: frozen, produce


*Shower/dress/makeup/

Vic 7/2/12

vic - 2 Jul 2012 - 10:04am

show up (done)

 Thanks for the starter MA, I too have become more aware of my thoughts/emotions/procrastination. Still pealing the layers....Even thoughts like dealing with the mundane are dangerous.

Praying for willingness to be willing to be willing....

A Kemp's ridley hatchling makes
its way to the Gulf of Mexico as it is released Friday, June 1, 2012, at
Malaquite Beach in Corpus Christi, Texas.

kromer 10:25 CI

kromer - 2 Jul 2012 - 9:36am

Today is a half-writing, half-planning day:

For planning
*Plan for Win18 experiments
*Email PJ about R8, email about probes, design probes for Pparg
*Finish QC
*Do 1 hr of financial stuff
*Organize my notes
*Update nb. about S8 and make a plan

For writing:
Take a stab at an integrated abstract for EA/TE's project
Take a stab at an abstract for my project

OK, lots to do! I guess I'll start with some of the planning stuff

Starting the new month fresh

4change - 2 Jul 2012 - 8:58am

Had a tough June, with hospitalization and other health issues with my elderly parents, my own health concerns, trying hard not to fall too far behind at work, etc.  Did my best just to hold on.  Ready to shake the Etch-A-Sketch and start a new drawing this month.

Goal 1: Work in 20 minute blocks, making a conscious effort not to get distracted by email or internet, trying to maximize my progress from 10 AM to 5 PM. Still having tough time with productivity and rising above the lowest 10% among my peers (I have inhabited the basement for a long time).  Stressing about it doesn't seem to help much; need to redouble efforts to do what I can do and be reasonable about what is "satisfactory" progress.

Goal 2: Take 1 hour break for lunch and mind clearing; can check email and such at that time

Goal 3: Devote a couple of hours to outstanding big projects

Goal 4: Try to leave work between 7 and 7:30 PM

Goal 5: Start with a new resolution to exercise this month

Goal 6: Spend some personal time at home

Goal 7: Try to do a little professional society work at home; would like to chip away at this, because I don't want to give it up, but alternate between frenetic activity trying to catch up followed by extended periods of neglect, which is stressful for me and irritating to society members; always feel overwhelmed with undone things (much like at "real" work) 

Goal 8: Bedtime by 11:00 PM.  Still extremely hard for me to "let go" at night, trying to eke out some "relaxation time" to make up for the monotonous days.  Last night could have gone to bed at 11 PM, but stayed up until 12:30 AM looking at movie trailers and listening to music online.  In short, I am procrastinating about going to bed, no big surprise there.

Back to report.

My Day Today

lennon - 2 Jul 2012 - 7:40am

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 trend.

Things I will do today

1. Go to the 8:30 a.m. telephone PA meeting

2. Cook and eat breakfast

3. Go to the 9:30 a.m. telephone PA check-in

4. Go to the 9:45 a.m. telephone CLA activity line

5. Take shower

6. Get dressed

7. Prayer and meditation morning and evening

8. Finish my Third Step

9. Go to the 12 noon telephone ACA meeting

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

11. Warm up and eat lunch

12. Wash dishes

13. Clear tables

14. Make business phone calls

15. Call CLA sponsor

16. Call DA sponsor

17. Fix dinner

18. Go to work at 5:30 p.m.

19. Read meditations

20. Inject insullin

21. Declutter 100 e-mail

Thanks for letting me share

Hypatia's check-in

Hypatia - 2 Jul 2012 - 10:42am

Good morning!  Thanks for the starter, movingalong.

This is my first day back with a "nearly" full caseload.  It's a two week trial to see if I can cope.  So here goes...

  • catch-up dictation
  • appointments
  • today's reports
  • job planning form
  • LAC papers
  • check P's blood tests
  • set up MDT meeting
  • in-tray
  • e-mails
  • phone calls

H.