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Friday November 16, 2012
HAPPY FRIDAY, EVERYBODY!
THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY!
Tool One of PA:
Break It Down: Break down projects into specific action steps; include preparation tasks in the breakdown.
Have a great proactive day!
Peace
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Spazz Ma Tazz
16 November Anno Domini MMXII - Friday
Today I am grateful to God for the Word of the Lord.
[ JOY - Jesus, Others, Yourself ]
Jesus: Read Psalm 1.
Others: Helped neighbor lady cook & around her home.
Yourself: Do, Doing, Done.
Do
- Laundry.
- Find paperwork for job hunting.
- Integrate checkbook register with envelope system.
Doing
o PomoBurst 5.
o PomoBurst 6.
Done
* PomoBurst 1.
* PomoBurst 2.
* PomoBurst 3.
* PomoBurst 4.
* Updated private, daily SimpleNote check-in.
[ Habit Loop - Cue, Usualness, Reward, Encouragement, Scaffolding ]
If not now, when?
marcelor checking in at 11
Done:
shower and get dressed
R 60 min
To do:
Lunch
T 6*20 min
Tin
Blurb
Hamlet's checkin
1. FOY exercise
2. OR domocile review
3. conf call
4. make mu shu turkey
5. make pate
6. grocery shopping
7. declutter living room
8. fold lundary
Innertruth's check-in
check job boards for leads 12:30 - 1 pm(worked on until 2:00 pm)
check lottery ticket - 2 minutes
(revised to start at 2:45 pm) finished at 5pmprepare script for class and send to group members - 1 pm to 3 pm
Take 1/2 hour break
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm - course work
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm -run
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm - dinner
wash dishes, tidy kitchen, defrost fridge7:30 pm to 10:00 pm -
10:00 pm -11 pm - relax
11 pm - midnight - read newspaper, recycle,
sort clothes for laundry
tila - Fri
Household chores! Plan for today:
prep guest b/r for a visitwash bedding (1, 2)r, w, rclean carpet!dinner (cc), set the table nicelyscan 52J, S, MTp/o, Ta, Sfhazyjane ci fri
Thanks for the starter Lennon :) (I wish I were better at using the tools!!!)
Have already taken the dogs for a nice walk along the canal and been to a meeting, now I'm going to treat myself to a movie (sudden attack of guilt: do I really have TIME to go back into town NOW and watch a film? Am I being ridiculous??). Later I'm going to a film screening/exhibition locally put on by a friend. So I could go and see this other film on Wednesday instead...
Okay, that's decided that then. Thank you P-Aers for helping me 'do the next right thing' :).
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It's an inside job...
kromer 10:50 CI
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Email YG, text T, email people back about gifts,send out more invites*Email re: comm. member
*Finish 3/4 of write-up (working on this now)
*Finish stainings*Email about potluck (deacons, mini-parish)
*Go to target
*Call parents
*Make 10 slides (did 5)
kromer 11:20 CI
OK, I forgot to log off the chatbox when I left work (crud), so I will just "talk through" my tasks here.
In particular, before I go to bed, I really need to make some more progress on my lab mtg write-up. I really need to stay up and get this thing 3/4 done...if I do that, then I should have time to finish it tomorrow morning, and be able to spend most of the day prepping for baby shower and hanging out w/ bf.
So, I will burst through this, and check back every time I get through a section.
andy_b check in 11/16
Had some real anger flare up this morning regarding IT issues.
eatget coffeewater plantsCheck with J about JMGa. read routing notes
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MMA
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b. make routing note changes
AGHVTMMALLCbkCorrBoECGDc. send bcc emails into art
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CGDmark projects done in L
AGH CGDBOEsend email to H about IT issuesalad for lunchget hand lotionWalk around building/call Bsacred pause/prayercreate list for archiving/web updatinganswer C's questionfix IT problemreply to W
check for internal B (I forgot all about this and it's due essentially today!)look over section of this forum about larger term goalsthink about how i can work tasks at home, car, etc into that.
make thread for long term goals -- car
Post welcomes on other's introsmake journal entry (if time at end of day)
Work on I PS thingJack's check-in for the day
- GA dec
- x3 OR calls
- answer q15
- admin
- leave by 6:45pm for ST
- in bed by 11pm, bag packed for Sat
Babarino CI 11.16.12
Have one item to finish, then 4 to work on, plus two meetings. Thank you all for being here and helping make my day productive.
clement ci - day 9 attempting abstinence
9:49 am :
I'm clement and i have an addictive personality, gratefully in recovery. It's been 2 min since i last went off plan.
Last eve and night were not abstinent. It's the longest period off plan in the previous 8 days. But i can just start now with abstinence.
It's now been 4 min since i last went off plan.
I looked at my todo list. it's overwhelming...
:) quiet time
plan - make hard choices, trust god. He loves you.
R
do tasks
10:16 am :
ok got interruption phone call that i did need to take? Is that on plan or not? God grant me wisdom to know the difference. for now i'm going to count as on plan. but the phone call interrupted me off-plan, so
it's been 7min since i last went off plan.
back to quiet time.
10:38
it's been 6 min since i last went off plan.
moving to planning now...
12:25 pm :
got really frustrated then stuck in paralysis. I played a game for 40 min because it was all i felt like i could do. Is that like taking a drink? I dont know. Doesnt feel right but i do feel like with some distance between me and my previous emotional state i can move forward.
i will call that on-plan... at this point in my journey. So it's been 37 min i was last off plan. ...doing a burst w/ mama_cat... so go back to my frustrating to do. Lord PLEASE help me navigate this.
fall down seven times, get up eight - japanese proverb
vic 11/16/12
show up (done). cal, exer
so stuck in family issues and insanity, It is a miracle I have not shut down.Procrastination is so related to so many things. good to have a place to ck in and show up no matter what. grateful.
jays friday
make doctors appoinment
read power briefly
phome power advocate?
eat
leaisurly bath and wash hair
select 100 items to list
inspect and take pictures
wash up kitchen
put frsh sheets on bed
tidy bedroom
put wash on towels ect
phone mum
i didn't do what was on my list but i got a lot done, i procrastinated on getting items ready to list on ebay as i really don't like that chore, instead though i have got a clean house! i've supercleaned it all apart from the living room.
i'm tired now and have pain, i don't want to waste the rest of the day though so
look through pictures on laptop to see what to sell
have a little sift in big wardrobe
Edge's CI
I've crashed and burned yet again. Look horrible, feel horrible, and not very happy with myself (understatement). Trying to pick myself up again. That means avoiding my usual pitfalls (i.e. reading and gaming) + keep moving.
x Prep to-do
x Schedule friends meeting
x Put in laundry
x Clean salon
x Clean bathroom
x Clean kitchen
x Turn on boiler
x Clean room
x BH: AP
x BH: A1 (1/2 done)
x BH: C (1/2 done)
x Shower
x FH: N.M.E
Left undone:
- Put up laundry to dry
- Fold and putaway dried laundry
- Uninstall and reinstall WoW
- Read Chap 2 and other Al emails before he gets here
- Finish and send new verse of song to S
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Nothing diminishes anxiety faster than action - Walter Anderson
Friday
HIO
Friday
thanks lennon.
Email Mprint out hard copiesprint schedulesaccounts printgo to meetingHIObankdecide gymprint meeting timetablescook healthy dinnerHIOrehab excercisesRexroth Check In 08.10
Tired and fed up today and I don't know why. I feel like lying in bed surfing the net. However:
Done:
Up prayer and reflection
Checked emails and posts
Todo:
Out for exercise walk
Shower and clean clothes
Wash up and tidy up the mess
Then pause for a think!
Regards Rexroth
Rexroth Check Out 21.18
Done above and had a long rest and think.
Also:
I've been back home for four weeks today and I am listing what I have done so far.
Written my journal
Prayed and reflected
Read some useful recovery material on the web
Now for bed and sleep
Night Rexroth
Kodos
Checking in late today. I was doing really well today until about 7 p.m. when I crashed in front of the TV for two hours. Unfortunately, there are still a few things I need to get done before heading to bed. So I'm going to rally in five 20 minute bursts:
1. shower/get ready for bed
2. crucial e-mails
3. clean
4. prep for tomorrow
5. read
Whoops! I'm still on Thursday. I'll edit this tomorrow morning. Good morning to everyone who's just waking up!
Mole's check -in
Thank you Lennon - breaking down tasks is excellent advice - trying to do it. (salamander - maybe just one tile a day for your kitchen floor- scrubbing!)
have written this am have eaten, and reviewed memoir, and traced route for history walk.
now
cut honeysuckle so truck can get in.
ringing business - visitor 's earring and Xmas NY coordination.
Make appt with physio and dentist
check online access to thesis for C
Walk?
water plants
eat healthy meal
practice blue line
relax
bed by 11
My Day Today
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 meeting2. Cook and eat breakfast3. Go to the 8:30 a.m. telephone CLA meeting4. Go to the 12 noon telephone ACA meeting5. Go to the 1 p.m. telephone CLA activity line6. Cook and eat dinner7. Go to the 3 p.m. telephone OA meeting
8. Take shower9. Get dressed10. Fix snack11. Go to work at 5:30 p.m.12. Go to the 10 p.m. telephone DA meetingThanks for letting me share
Salamander's check in - Fri 16 Nov 2012
Thank you, lennon, for starting the thread.
I would appreciate it if anyone who feels moved to comment on my post here would write to me privately rather than post in reply to this post - so I can still edit this post here. Thank you!
BreakfastFollow Morning RoutinePut dinner on in the slow cookerGet a load of washing in, out and put around to dryThen
And
Another day:
As Hooch would say, "best wishes fellow strugglers. On and up". Thank you to Mole for the suggestion about doing one tile at a time for my kitchen floor. You never know, just getting the suggestion may make it happen! I'll keep you all posted in the saga!
"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)
16 Nov CI by Hooch
Aims for Fri:
Do work on Accursed Project, 8 sessions/ bursts? (of 25 mins followed by 5 min break).
Note to self:
try to start before 21 in the evening!
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Best wishes fellow strugglers. On and up.