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.
Procrastination is the grave in which opportunity is buried.
elvira in the evening
Not much opportunity to get on with stuff today, but this evening I will
put away the clothes I washed yesterday (if they're dry yet)they were!wash up some of the stuff lying about the kitchen that I can't put in the dishwasherI even did the slow cooker which has been sitting around for monthswell done Elvira
Your evening list sounds so much like mine. My slow cooker has been gazing at me reproachfully wanting to know when I'm going to clean it. The washing is also a problem, but I did get to bed on target for the second night running. Do you have any problem getting to sleep if you go to bed that early? I find I lie awake for about an hour, and then don't want to get up in the morning
H.
kromer 2:20 CI
Had a high-stress morning, now that the stress is gone I'm having a hard time focusing
Trying to make a reasonable list:
*Come up with list of stuff we knew before/stuff we knew after for merged paper
*Order probes, update order page
*Request cells, make rough plan
*Register for 2 retreatsDone*Update plan page
*Email about lab mtg foodDone*Submit for histology
*Dose
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Email about mtgsDone*Register for retreats.
tila - Tues
Busy day yesterday, mostly household stuff though. Need to concentrate on studies today.
2days (working right now)Vacc/Pharma/IH - videoVacc/Pharma/IH -quizzesDinner, living room, kitchenfinish up vacuumingmail - lotsVien-31-July
While it creates bile and a feeling of disgust to have to rely on other people, that set of emotions is normally not as painful as the amount of time wasted in misery and inactivity. So I came back to the company of like-minded people in the hopes of finding an approach that works. The check-ins alone aren't working for me; they need to be combined with another branch of attack.
MORNING
ONGOING
- "A procrastinator's work is never done."
Lavida (formerly Progress) CI Tues. 7/31 11am
I am learning from UA that I must start recording my time, any way I can, even if I have trouble with the supplied timesheets. I am a time drunk so I need to do this. But I don't feel that I have time to record time!!!!
OMG, I just got an offer to do a short-term job! God actually answers prayers ... the problem is that any time I give to the new job means my payment will come later than the job I'm currently doing. Everything I submit now will get paid by early next week, whereas if i start another job right now that only lasts a few days, it might not be worth it. So I will let these people know that I'm available after next week.
Okay, here's my list for today:
ATTEND UA meetingRead Bible and pray
WRITE!!!!! I must submit 11-13 articles today. 1 Done
WORK OUT (anything will have to do, even if just 10 minutes)
After money comes in: GET FOOD
/GAS and PAY BILL
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 findingaway for starting this trend.
Things I will do today
1. Go to the 5:45 a.m. telephone ACA meeting2. Go to the 7 a.m. telephone DA meeting3. Go to the 7:30 a.m. telephone PA meeting4. Go to the 8:30 a.m. telephone PA meeting
5. Test blood sugar twice6. Cook and eat breakfast7. Wash dishes
8. Go to the 9:30 a.m. telephone PA check-in9. Go to the 9:45 a.m. telephone CLA activity line10. Take shower11. Finish my Fourth Step for OA12. Do numbers for July13. Finish my Third Step for DA
14. Call my DA sponsor
15. Receive a phone call from a CLA sponsee16. Eat lunch17. Have my pressure relief group at 3 p.m.18. Call my OA sponsor at 5 p.m.19. Go to the 6 p.m. telephone OA meeting20. Eat dinner21. Go to the 8 p.m. telephone CLA meeting22. Go to the 9 p.m. online EA meeting
23. Go to the 9:30 p.m. telephone CLA activity line
24. Declutter 500 e-mail
Thanks for letting me share
Hypatia's check-in
big challenge today is to write up two seriously outstanding reports as they are needed for Friday.
urgent reportsturned out only one was urgent so the other can wait!e-mailprepare for audit meetingBCDTaudit meetingH.
Pum. Pam. Cuas. Tomorrow
Pum. Pam. Cuas.
Tomorrow morining, I:
- Will go to TD.
- Will play and sing.
That's all.
Finding a way checking back
I have totally lost the habit of posting here, although I continue to read the posts and have used the chat box at times. I would hate to say I have given up on myself, although that's been true at times.
My main problem has been an absence of paid work for most of the past month, and none ahead of me. Previously I was doing some consultancy, mostly home office based. So now I need to do more promotion to try to bring in work or apply for jobs in my field (there are very few of these). Promotion is the thing I really don't like doing due to lack of confidence.
On top of this my husband has had work problems and insecurity and has needed support.
On the plus side, I have got my tax done early this year - meeting with my accountant this morning! - as it seemed a way of achieving something. I also attended a work-related training last week. And I have put in quotes for jobs, but nothing has come of it so far.
I am grateful that we have enough savings and my husband's earnings to fall back on, but knowing I am not bringing in any money myself really eats away at me, and it's a disaster in the longer term.
Feeling ashamed at the way I am putting off doing the promotional/networking type things day after day. I am still making daily to-do lists, but doing even fewer of the items than I used to. No sense of urgency although there should be.
Thanks for reading this if you have got this far! Maybe I need to start posting some lists here again.
hi findingaway
Thanks for the pretty check-in starter!
I can relate about the urgency thing. I lost my sense of urgency too the past month which is why I now only have $4 to my name! (with no fall-back funds - that is very sick to let myself get that far). I am getting $125 today at least, but I can't pay my rent or other bills. Reality is setting in though now and I'm starting to do more.
Glad to see you here! I like putting lists here, they help me get focused even if I don't complete them all.
good to see you, findingaway
Thanks movingalong and lavida!
welcome back finding away
I'm glad you've made it back on here. Well done with the tax - that's one of my great challenges. It is not easy trying to keep going when you're not getting any paid work - it's so demoralising.
Hang in there, and try those lists on here again
H.
thanks Hypatia!
Your words of encouragement are much appreciated. :)