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.

Saturday July 28, 2012

28 July, 2012 - 5:20am - lennon

HAPPY SATURDAY, EVERYBODY

Promise Ten of PA:

We will meet the new day and new responsibilities with a joy, enthusiasm, vigor and excitement we never thought possible.

Have a great proactive day!

Peace

Smile Laughing Smile Laughing

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kromer 4:50 CI

kromer - 29 Jul 2012 - 2:51pm

OK, I have a lot of work, and I really don't want to do it. But, I know that motivation follows action, so I'm gonna suck it up and get started.

I need to:
*Do my lab mtg write-up. This means:
->Update section on RA measurements. Adding a few lines on new data and where to go from here.
->Update stuff on EA's project
->Add/update stuff on Stra8, Rec8 measurements
->Update/condense section on RAR, RXR measurements
->Add section on Win18,446
->Update section on Rec8
->Write next steps
->Write executive summary
->Proof and send
Work on lab meeting slides. This means: (didn't get to any of this)
*Make new intro slide
*Put together slides for S8
*Copy over slide on RA levels
*Buy stuff for church potluck and for W's cake (made a shopping list for this)
*Dose 

Gwen D: 2:27 PM Job

Gwen D - 28 Jul 2012 - 4:30pm

My freelance job. I like doing it very much. I definitely will need the money. I suppose I could spend time asking why I'm so stuck, but I bet I just have to do the work.

 

Man, I hate the word "just". It is such an insult.

I will turn off the weird radio show, read a couple pages of the Piers book, then come right back in 10 minutes to record the task list needed to get this work done. TODAY.

Gnothi Seauton ~ Know Thyself

Gwen D: 6:37 PM Progress

Gwen D - 28 Jul 2012 - 8:38pm

Well, I did go back to the program I knew how to use and boy is this better.

I can see my path.

Gnothi Seauton ~ Know Thyself

Gwen D: Job Goal and Tasks

Gwen D - 28 Jul 2012 - 5:04pm

I am keeping this list here for the moment because making it public to you motivates me. I intend to delete this shortly.

The goal is to have a 16 page doc, containing 21 features that vary in size from 131 words to 955 words.

They need to be presented in four different sections, so they need varying types of labels.

There should be a TOC.

I am working in Pages for the first time, and the reason I think I chose to do that is so that sometime in the future, the client will be able to write directly in the template. So I need to make the template self explanatory and easy to use.

I need to customize each existing template page. Or duplicate it, edit it, save it as a page, then delete the existing page type before I save the document as a template. Right.

It might be good to make the page templates first, then create the document and link the text boxes, then lay in all the corrected text in the order it should be in.

It might be helpful to draw the pages and estimate length of features and section markers.

I also have to do a little bit of research and a tiny bit of editing. I need to create floating boxes, or standard styles for displaying the five specifications for each feature consistently across the doc, at the end of each feature.

Gnothi Seauton ~ Know Thyself

Tasks, redefined

Gwen D - 28 Jul 2012 - 5:42pm

Thinking I should start from scratch...Deleting my too long comments. (Sorry!) Seems I can't delete anything. (Really sorry!)

Vien-28-July

Vientir - 29 Jul 2012 - 10:47am

Thanks to Lennon for starting today's thread.  

MORNING

  • 40 leglifts
  • Shower
  • F Oil
  • Mouthwash/brush  
ESSENTIAL
  1. Deposit check
  2. Meet JM
  3. Parse data
  4. Email speaker recommendations

ONGOING  

  1. "Gig" search" (20+ minutes)
  2. Volunteer search (10+ minutes)
  3. Practise chanter (10+ minutes) 
  4. Py (20+ minutes)
  5. Pet care: afternoon/evening
  6. (Download printer driver)
  7. Pipes (5+ minutes)
  8. 5 x 10, at least twice 
  9. Update phone OS
  10. Dishes
  11. Lock up house 
  12. Mouthwash/brush  
  13. Bed before 0100  

- "A procrastinator's work is never done."

Today

lennon - 28 Jul 2012 - 9:08am

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 part of the 7 a.m. telephone DA meeting

3. Go to part of the 8 a.m. telephone CLA meeting

4. Scan computer

5. E-mail people

6. Test blood sugar twice

7. Cook and eat breakfast

8. Take shower

9. Get dressed

10. Prayer and meditation

11. Read meditations

12. Read DA literature

13. Finish Third Step for DA

14. Call my DA sponsor

15. Finish my Fourth Step for OA

16. Start to do my Sixth Step for NA

17. Eat lunch

18. Go to the grocery store

19. Put away groceries

20. Wash dishes

21. Clear tables

22. Declutter 500 e-mail

23. Warm up and eat dinner

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

25. Go to the 9 p.m. telephone OA meeting

26. Go to the 10 p.m. online EA meeting

27. Inject insullin

28. E-mail my EA sponsor

29. Call a DA person to remind him of the PRG

30. Call my NA sponsor

Thanks for letting me share

My Day Today

lennon - 28 Jul 2012 - 5:38am

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 part of the 7 a.m. telephone DA meeting

3. Go to part of the 8 a.m. telephone CLA meeting

4. Scan computer

5. E-mail people

6. Test blood sugar twice

7. Cook and eat breakfast

8. Take shower

9. Get dressed

10. Prayer and meditation

11. Read meditations

12. Read DA literature

13. Finish Third Step for DA

14. Call my DA sponsor

15. Finish my Fourth Step for OA

16. Start to do my Sixth Step for NA

17. Eat lunch

18. Go to the grocery store

19. Put away groceries

20. Wash dishes

21. Clear tables

22. Declutter 500 e-mail

23. Warm up and eat dinner

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

25. Go to the 9 p.m. telephone OA meeting

26. Go to the 10 p.m. online EA meeting

27. Inject insullin

28. E-mail my EA sponsor

29. Call a DA person to remind him of the PRG

30. Call my NA sponsor

Thanks for letting me share

Small objectives

elvira - 28 Jul 2012 - 6:49am

I don't think I'm up to devising a whole timetable yet - I'm just a beginner at anti-procrastination.

But I am going to

 

  • wash the kitchen floor
  • tear up some of the bindweed
  • buy my sister-in-law's birthday present 

 

Correction

lennon - 28 Jul 2012 - 9:06am

Please do not press reply.  Press add new comment when you write your list.

Thank you