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.
Wednesday 17th October 2012
No quote today everyone - I just caught myself using 'finding a quote' as an excuse for putting off my to-do list...
Good luck and have a great day.
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Vic 10.17.12 Wednesday
Show up (done), calender, exercise
Did lots of program service work. Feel guilty that was not productive with other stuff.???
Need to remember this is my "ticket" to rest of my recovery and my HP will help me do what else needs to be done. It worked in my other programs and will work here too.
"There is a principle which is a bar against all informa -
tion, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance --
that principle is contempt prior to investigation."
- HERBERT SPENCER
Kodos
A little late checking in, but a pretty productive morning nonetheless. Here's the rest of the day:
10:25-2:10 work (breaks for e-mail, lunch)
2:10-3:45 run, phone calls: Anj,
3:45-4:50 relax
4:50-5:15 shower/vit/smoothie
5:15-6:00 find other quotes
6:45-7:30 dinner
7:30-8:30 clean, prep for next day
8:30-9:00 lang
9-10 read
clement ci
so hard to be here. was working, but not on a plan. feels like wasted time to stop and plan.........
so hard.
...cuz i know that i'm an addict. and i know that i was work binging, head down. and i know that's part of the disease, even tho it was a productive part. but i will miss meetings and deadlines and not organize my work efficiently if i let myself do that.
and i can tell that even now, after having torn myself away, and letting myself get to a bigger perspective, and with time, the urge to work on that 1 project is fading. It doesnt have the grip on me that it did, tho i still feel it as a temptation / urge.
another piece of evidence : i did not charge my ipod and so i missed my reminder about the 11am pa phone mtg, and so i missed that mtg.
I missed the 11:30 phone ckin also. i can make 12:30.
I also just spent an hour online surfing. Bad news.
Now for teh best catch-up plan i can do.
:) quiet time
Today's inspiration from the bible :
plan
fall down seven times, get up eight - japanese proverb
(CLEM)
REMINDS ME OF SOMETHING SOMEONE SENT ME ONCE, HOPE OK TO POST HERE.
1 Corinthians 2:6 We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the
mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who
are coming to nothing. 7 No, we speak of God's secret wisdom, a wisdom
that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time
began. 8 None of the rulers of this age understood it, for if they had,
they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 9 However, as it is
written: "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what
God has prepared for those who love him"-- 10 but God has revealed it to
us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things
of God. 11 For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the
man's spirit within him? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of
God except the Spirit of God. 12 We have not received the spirit of the
world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God
has freely given us. 13 This is what we
speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by
the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words. 14 The man
without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit
of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them,
because they are spiritually discerned. 15 The spiritual man makes
judgments about all things, but he himself is not subject to any man's
judgment: 16 "For who has known the mind of the Lord that he may
instruct him?" 16 But we have the mind of Christ.
tx vic
yeah, i am reading thru 1 Corinthians so i actually read that a couple days ago!
i think they are saying the same thing. I do pray that God increases my spiritual knowledge.
fall down seven times, get up eight - japanese proverb
hazyjane check in wed
I need to be here more often. Thanks everyone for making this site and fellowship possible. :)
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It's an inside job...
ms wednesday
a day of clarifying this project before pitch. not my favorite job but I can get into it when necccicary.
job 1 10 minutes spent making this list.first tackle workshops. brainstorm in 10 min sections until have 10 ideas to edit down from. (3)write the synopis and memorise. (1)(2)(5)don't nap today.go to gym after lunch.Jack's check-in for the day
1. breakfast
2. weekly planning
3. check email
4. lunch at 12pm
5. work on FT for 1.5 hours - 3 Pomodoros
EW,W-Y, StH, LUM, BrY (optional)9. room tidy 10 mins, clean bathroom 20 miins
10. prep for DK, pic, 10 items, pack, leave by 1:15pm
11. leave for UA by 5:00pm and attend UA
Salamander's check in - Weds 17 Oct '12
Thank you, EleanorBE, for starting the thread for us.
I'd prefer people not to offer comments here so that I can continue to edit the day as I go through my list. But if anyone has constructive feedback or encouragement to offer, please feel free to get in touch by private message.
BreakfastLater
Washing - put in, take out, spread around to dryJob application formsThen
Sweep kitchen (5 minutes)Clean kettle & fridge doorsStart work on study"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)
Hamlet's checkin
Been away since the weekend. Am getting back to practice. I think/hope that a key part of the journey from procrastination is the coming back to the program after slacking off. Whoever posted the quote about fall seven times, get up eight times is so very on point.
1. FOY exercise
2. meditate
3. 3 healthy snack
4. declutter entry way
5. target mail
6. IRS request
7. Mastercard bill
8. Gardening blog
Mole's check in
Thank you Eleanor - this a very good lesson for me! When I came to check in earlier I was too daunted by the need to start the thread. You have resolved the issue with lightness and honesty and vanquished procrastination in one fell swoop!
morning's writing done. These last couple of days have been hard in spite of pomodoro. Main problem not being sure where I am heading. One rule I need to stick to is not to research during my writing time. I have the Internet off but I'm beginning to think I should remove all my books from the room except thesaurus, dictionary and atlas. Still right at the end I did get a better sense of what I was doing.
lunch
declutter back room 1 ppomodoro ,
1.30-2.30
appt with awning person
email D with all clear for Fri
wrap C's present and post it
3 walk to PG and pick up dinner
3.30-6.30 with LLW
plan next few days
edit writing
relax
bed at 11
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 Eleanor for starting this trend.
Things I will do today
1. Go to the 5:45 a.m. telephone ACA meeting2. Go to the 6:45 a.m. telephone OA meeting3. Cook and eat breakfast4. Go to the 10:30 a.m. telephone 12-Step meeting5. Go to the 12 noon telephone ACA meeting6. Go to part of the 1 p.m. telephone OA meeting7. Cook and eat lunch8. Go to the 3 p.m. telephone CLA meeting9. Take shower10. Get dressed11. Fix dinner
12. Go to work at 5:30 p.m.13. Eat dinner
14. Wash dishes
15. Read the EA reflection16. Do my 11th Step InventoryThanks for letting me share
Amal's check-in
Pro check-in
BR
prepare for meetingbills
log calories (diet)
walk (1 hour)
BR
next day's list + Pro check-out
EleanorBE's Wednesday list
- make sandwich for lunch- oops - started to make it then got distracted, didn't finish it, ended up running from meeting to meeting on biscuits!
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get sw ideas for N
- meet n
- meet s
- plan mt class
- go to smg meeting
- go to etss meeting
- go to dtp meeting
- send out final t.o. message and forms- send message re. new r.b. tt- plan tomorrow's class- read 10 pgs of j's work- no way I had time to do this