Sunday, 16th September 2012

I am feeling distracted today, but I would like to get some work done anyhow.
*Finish poster
*Try to print (will do this soon)
*Take samples out of ethanol (will do this soon)
*Request books
*Tidy up bench (will do this soon)
*Clean up kitchen, room,
*Plan for the week
*Steps for coming up with controls

*Talk to friend on the phone
*Type up MU notes

my next tasks are to: start the laundry, start the dishes, and continue sorting magazines.

Today will be one of those "just slog through it" days for me. I did not sleep well, and I'm sore, exhausted, and in a snippy mood - not the best way to start the day.

Thanks to Pro for this website, Mole for starting this thread, and my HP for leading me here.

CK has me on edge. I haven't even had my coffee, and her constant yakking and pushing her ideas on me of what I "should" create through my work makes me just want to crawl back into bed. Demand resistance. I want to tell her to go make it herself, and that I don't need her so-called "ideas" to be creative. Need to figure out where this stressor stems from in tracing. 

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I don't want to do anything today. I am sore. I want to take a day off without feeling guilty. I feel like the more I do, the more I have to do.  This project I'm working on is getting larger, rather than shrinking. It has now turned into 2 projects that have to be done in order to get organized.

I am feeling frustrated. The there is Dearest, who can be Chatty Kathy, Dear Abby, and the One Who Gives Unasked for Advice. I need my ear buds. 

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I have almost finished getting my work area organized. It is still not
to my liking. However, I realize this is the perfectionist side of me,
and perhaps the fear of success that is making me stall. 

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I had a more productive day than what I imagined it would be today.

√ Empty both 3-drawer containers to put on work table for supplies

√ Pitch yarn

√ Pitch box of lamé paint

√Pitch faux-leather gift bags

√pitch box of plastic, gaudy buttons

√clean off sewing table

√Move Aida cloth and clothing patterns to fabric box

 √Box up stamping items

√Move die machine into bookcase

√Separate and box up tools for metal jewelry & polymer clay

√Make mindmap for reorganizing closet

The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to
reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the
door to personal excellence.

All welcome!

Chatbox PA 12step meeting

Global Meeting Time -- Year Round:
UTC/GMT Standard Time Year Round
Sundays 19:30 (7:30 PM)

• London -- British Summer Time:
  Sunday 8:30 PM
• New York -- EasternUSA DaylightSaving:
  Sunday 3:30 PM
• Sydney -- EasternAustralia Standard Time:
  Monday 5:30 AM

To see when today's meeting is in YOUR timezone,
just click here to find it easily:
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For chatbox meeting info, including format, see this link:
http://procrastinators-anonymous.org/node/4094

All Welcome!

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(I realize that this isn't a "check-in" ... but it's happening
Sunday in North&South America, Europe, Africa;
or very early Monday in Asia-Pacific --
so we're just making a brief announcement.)

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KEEP MY AGREEMENTS BELOW NO MATTER HOW HARD OR HOW DIFFICULT.  DON'T WIMP OUT ON MY OWN PROGRESS AND SENSE OF SELF-EFFICACY WITH THE HELP OF GOD.

-Do Phone Mtg. at 8:15

- Clean and organize left side of the livingroom

- Complete and turn in Colton Application

-Determie if I want to invest in Carlsbad app..  If i do complete all paperwork on it to hand in.

-Water plants.

-Taake vitamins.

-Check Masm no more than 3 times today.

-Pick up and put away 61 things in my office/bedroom

-Read 1/2 hour either from the CIM ot about the Upper Limits Problem and how to break out of it

-Place add for check-in buddy 

 

Okay, just blew 1-1/2 hours watching TV and reading the paper. Ugh. Anyway, this weekend, I've been purging our apt. of clutter. I'm behind schedule but haven't given up. Here's today (with small change of activity halfway through. 

8:45-10:30 bookshelves (breakfast)

10:30-12:00 utility closet (run some laundry)

Break to do 4 items on to-do list, check-in on PA

1-3 kitchen

3-3:30 storage space

3:30-4:00 recycling

4-10 prep for tomorrow, make grocery list, get W to help me clean car, relax

Onward! 

• make a call to the person i need to email this file to
• look over file
• export file and email.
• ask k for time to work
• vacume halls
• find a present for s birthday.
• email v timings
• edit together
• export final file onto 2 devices
• ask r technical timings

nurish self. be kind to self. this might be a long day but it is doable. 

Hi everyone,

Back from a lovely week's holiday, where I didn't have to think about procrastinating as my partner likes doing all the things I don't like doing (finding out where things are in guide books, map reading) - and I like all the things he doesn't like (trying to speak Italian, cooking with unfamiliar equipment!). 

But now I'm back. And I'm also back off a longer period away from my teaching and administrative roles, which I had to do some research. As I've said here before I think, teaching's not too much of a problem when it comes to procrastinating. You have to turn up, I'm interested in the material, you get Instant Weekly Reward if the classes go well. But the thought of now reading a week's work email and thinking about dealing with all the administrative and organizational jobs and questions that will arise from them. Ugggghhhh! The new semester will be a real test of this new list system. 

On the domestic front - I would impress myself if I could unpack today. I've been known to have an unpacked case sitting outside our bathroom for over a month before now... 

Here's today's list. 

Open work email. 

Delete anything that's obviously rubbish to make list look lest daunting.

Read emails, answer immediately to anything that's quick

Make a to do list from other emails

Put things in diary that need putting in - nearly done! And I've read and responded to about half a million emails!

Get up A's emails

Write to A

See what time I have to get to c. tomorrow

Book train for C. 

Write detailed admin, w. and writing programme for week, in diary. 

Read SM agenda

Write notes to send to SM meeting if/where appropriate

Unpack

Put a wash on 

Go to library to print off p.

Practice p.

Once I'd done the above, realized I needed to do a power point...

Go to market

pack for tomorrow night

 

Oh dear, really feel I need that Higher Power now!

E.BE. 

 

Hamlet's checkin

1. Fountain of Youth Exercise

2. meditate

3. walk

4. go to church

5. serve Ling dinner

6.  continue with gardening blog