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.
tila - Thur
DD is sick again, hence is a super-late check-in. Got about 4 hrs of sleep today, the main goal is to go to bed before 10:30.
Daily check in
This is my second check in only, but I am very proud of myself here is what I go accomplished for the day just by not procrastinating.
1. Made it to 3rd and final job interview
2. Signed up for state benefits since I was unemployed
3. Cleaned my apartment
4. Did grocery shopping
5. Made it to second job interview for another company interested in me
6. Made payment arrangements with bill collectors on past due debts.
7. Made call to IRS about back taxes
8. Notify creditors of identity theft issue
9. Cooked dinner
My day feels much more accomplished just by not procrastinating
Innertruth's check-in
Check emailCall employer re scheduleCall HWCall KWComplete BoT surveyReview 5 job sites for prospectsJim - Check-in
Scheduling
/ Call friend re: Happy Birthday (15 min) ended at 12:04
/ Course Homework (1 hour) starting at 12:15
/ Start laundry start 1:03p
Practice Meditation Workshop - 1:30p (15 min distracted by email and making a call-back instead at 1:45p)
9.20.12 CI Babarino
Finish bylaw changes
((done)
work more on declutter
(done)
15 minute declutter office
cost K
kromer 10:35 CI
Today I need to:
*Work on presentation
->Slides 1-3->Slides 4-5
->Slides 6-7
->Quick run-through
->30 min work on revising in light of run-through(working on this now)
*Work on MU project
->Email NP about food (will do this soon)
->Call 4 catering companies about quotes (this will have to wait until tomorrow, but I'll get numbers tonight)
->Get CR ratings for tablets
->Decide on 3 options for tablet and note prices
->Email steering committee
->Email out notes from last meeting
*Work on results
->Spend an hour brainstorming how to end
->Type up my rough results outline
->Email DP and ask about mtg
Email Tim
Microburst plan
Pack(will do this soon)
Get directions
Vic 9/20/12
Show up (done),calender, exer
Acceptance . When all else fails, lower my expectations. Grateful for pa.
Hypatia's check-in
Doing quite well at work, but procrastinating terribly on my exam revision in the evenings. I keep falling asleep about 9pm (and it's not due to lack of sleep as I'm getting 10+ hours a night)
work
verificationhome
H.
brd's Thursday check in
Kodos 7:00
Thanks for the photo, movingalong. It will stick with me through the day.
All right, tomorrow starts a crazy 10-day period of work for me, so today, I'm going to focus on clearing my e-mail (except for the ones that induce the most guilt, which I'm saving for Saturday's "guilt party.")
So, here's the day:
7:05-7:45 e-mail DONE!
7:45-8 breakfast DONE!
8-8:40 e-mail DONE!
8:40-9:10 get ready for work/laundry DONE! /dishwasher/make lunch
9:10-5:30 commute, work and errands (TJ) + 30 min for lunch; 30 min. for more to-do list
5:30-10:00 evening routine
thursday i thought it was wednesday!
ok it's thursday the 20th september 2012
i've been away a few days and have day confusion
12.46 now
3x 45 min egg timer
1.15 unpack tidy organise, living room first to make most of light, hoover (45 min egg timer0
2.00 EAT & wash up as one continuous action
2.45 cancell subscription, organise finances, appointments
3.30 sort out bedroom room and not finish til hoover (45 min egg timer)
bath and wash hair
return phone calls, text's, facebook, delete emails
make dinner and wash up
bed by 10pm
2.30 update
living room done and hoovered si i'm sat here in my tidy living room where the floor is clear, love how much i can get done with the egg timer
bedroom next
then hallway
behind shedule havn't eaten yet, why do i put off eating, not sure if it's a time panic/indecision thing?
20.17 update
have cooked and eaten) very good
wash up
finish bedroom, hoover and put fresh sheets on
wash hair and have bath
new bedtime(had a nap) midnight
23.19 update
all done...except cancelling subscription
just bath then bed now
might make tomorrows list first
Yoh - Thursday 20/09
Started the day with sleeping too long, procrastination on the internet.
Determined now to make the rest of the day, the best of the day!
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Re-enlisting @ universityDONE-
Get a document to prove thisWILL GET IN MAIL LATER-
Get university to fill in government docDONE-
Clothes shoppingDONE-
Return library booksDONE- Supermarket +
cookingDONE- Iron NOT DONE, TOMORROW AT TOP OF LIST
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Clean up random closet °2DONE- Vacuum SECOND ON LIST TOMORROW
Let's go and get this done!
Have a productive day everyone! DONE, SEE YOU TOMORROW!
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 movingalong for starting this trend.
Things I will do today
1. Go to the 5:45 a.m. telephone ACA meeting2. Fix and eat breakfast3. Go to the 7 a.m. telephone DA meeting4. Test blood sugar twice
5. Take shower6. Get dressed7. Go to group therapy at 9 a.m.8. Go to individual therapy at 10:15 a.m.
9. Go to the bus station and purchase monthly pass10. Go to the 12 noon telephone ACA meeting11. Prayer and meditation
12. Read the meditations13. Read the DA readings
14. Read the EA reflection for today and if I have experience, strength, and hope, share.15. Cook and eat lunch16. Declutter some of the magazines
17. Go to the 6:45 p.m. telephone OA meeting18. Go to the 8 p.m. telephone CLA meeting19. Go to the 9 p.m. telephone OA meeting20. Go to the 9 p.m. online EA meeting21. Eat dinner22. Wash dishes
23. Clear tables
Thanks for letting me share
Steppin ci
Get dressed :)
Breakfast :)
Be in studio, ready to practice :)
Practice choir score for 20 min.
Do some dishes
Tidy room for 10 min
BREAK IT DOWN
Special task:
Not procrastinate with fun side project
'The best way to get something done is to begin.'
nearly there!edit from
nearly there!
edit from 7call g at 9.30finish edit.start export at 12.go to gcontact a and make plan for tomrrow.speak to R re tonight.re do last bit for 1.5 hrs.email sound file.treat self with the kindness I, and everyone else, deserves in this last tough day.
Maximo's check-in Thu 20 Sept 7 am
Thanks to movingalong for starting this thread with a great image and thought for the day.
My list for today
1. Geo job
Done
Done
2. FH project - 10 mins
3. Scanning - 10 mins
4. Exercise bike - 20 mins
5. Fuel bills review
6. Prep for RH meeting
7. RH meeting
8. Aviva stuff
9. Parcel up defective pan
10. Parcel present for H.
Hope everyone here has a good day.
Mo
Jack's check-in for the day
Wow, great graphic above! And a fab thought for the day.
My check-in for today. (I prefer not to receive replies so can can
keep editing and updating this list, but any kind thoughts, prayers or wishes
are more than welcome.)
1. work on SCP for > 8 hour in bursts - use Chatbox bursts to keep motivated & on trackI worked for 6 hours, yay!
- being aware of Tool for Recovery #1 and the necessary planning and prep time
PA Tools for Recovery
- read Adn
- identify 15 beats
- punctuation
- new scenes
2. reply MH & RUT3. confirm RLT4. shopping for index cards tbc X don't need
5. lunch6. continue SCP work7. Email friends, social events 1/2
8. summary email to flatmates + emergency contacts
9. email ACE MLC & GRO
10. email Critics & Tues friends
11. check glasses lost property HK
12. run SCP opening past JH
13. SHK meeting summary email & SCP
14. dinner
15. go for a run? tbc
16. room tidy 10 mins
17. chill out time - 2 hours (including 6:30pm prog)
18. Be aware of end of day bedtime procrastination before when I
should go turn in for the night, to push through my demand resistance at going
to sleep, and be in bed by midnight for a deserved night's rest. Affirm to
myself that I am worthy of good self care and repose.
Compulsively
stay up late / procrastinate bed
To try to defeat the belief that the chronic tiredness from lack of
sleep that I feel that is exacerbating my compulsive task avoidance and
lethargy is what I need to avoid unpleasant emotions and feelings of loneliness
that I am afraid might come up and plague me. And have a week's good
sleep to aid my recovery from chronic undersleeping.
And to try to gently work through any unpleasant withdrawal symptoms
from any increased productivity today Thurs as I move to recovery from my
debilitating addiction to procrastination & compulsive task avoidance.
thursday
up earlyreadingsbreakfastget readygo to hospital for rehabgo to gymring b hosp and change apptPool and rehabgo to appointmentpossibly meet Cgo to co-oporganise meds for the weekaccountsstart organising brrest upbed earlyEleanorBE's Thursday List
Hi there all - and thanks Movingalong, great picture.
So, having thought I'd be able to plunge back into teaching and write in the evenings for the next few weeks...just haven't managed to do that Tues or Wed. So tomorrow I don't have to be in work til later and will do 2 hours writing before I go. Yes.
- 2 hours writing before or after breakfast.
- Send self training plan
- Write to say training room's ok
- photocopy essay for CD - aargh! Forgot to do this before end of day...
- post essay for CD...couldn't do this as didn't do point above! Will put them on Friday's list
- Photocopy training materials
- Finish training plan
- Respond to C's email re meeting (emails p.3)
- Write C's 'i.R.'
- Write to M re. C's money and T. theory
- M.A. Induc.
- Look at P's new app. draft and make time in diary for completing app. - no time for this
- Staff do.
Hm, not a great day today. Didn't feel I procrastinated but I did let other things get in the way, such as letting my manager consult with me about two problems for far too long. I was glad I could help but I should have told him I needed to get on! Then I also had to deal with some new students who should have been at some meetings yesterday but got lost...
Well, it all goes on tomorrow's list.
E.BE
Thank you to movingalong
Thank you to movingalong for starting this thread! I would appreciate no comments made here so that I can edit the day's tasks as I go along - but feel free to send me positive thoughts, good vibrations and the like if you have any - always gratefully received.
Starting at 1000:
Two interviewsGet petrolShop for cat chicken and lentilsThen
Chase plumber re showerFacebook/EmailsLater/Evening:
"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." (Anais Nin)
Amal's check-in
Thanks for the thread starter movingalong, and the great image, love it! We should all head to Good Enough st. today :)
Alarm set 8:30 am
Pro check-indeal with replacementedit draft
deal with registration letter(first step taken...hope it goes through!)driving lesson
log calories (diet)
take walk
next day's list + Pro check-out
Mole check in
I am wallowing in the luxury of not being thread leader for today! Thank you Movingalong for finding us this great image.
My plan
Txt LLTW re W and B
7.30 cafe, review, planning and blue line & Maybe D
9-12.30 writing with pomodoro and freedom. Shape it up ready for handover tomorrow noon.
Oh dear oh dear, not doing too well so far. Feeling very sluggish having not managed to get to bed until the wee hours. No review or plan and found it difficult to define the tasks for pomodoro. I AM about to have a healthy lunch
12.30 healthy lunch
1 Fence man
2 forward emails G & Avg,
2.30 cafe CC and above emails.
3.30 LLTW?
If not, stay longer at TLC or clean up writing space so thatt it is welcoming tomorrow
Check re S and concussion
Delete 15 emails
Wash up
I really want to put some declutter tasks/ time in but am too scared.