Thursday 29th November

Online Meeting Anchors Needed for December 2

To lead our chatbox 12step meeting we need people to anchor --start the
meeting,  beginners are welcome. And here is link to the calendar
sign-up:

http://procrastinators-anonymous.org/node/4333

Please scroll down at the bottom of the page, locate the date and simply sign up by commenting to movingalong's post.

Our Step of the Week is Step Six and Tool of the Week is Tool #2 -- Visualization.

The day is over, and it is evening. I have done many of the things I needed to do today, but this evening  I am wanting to prepare the talk I am going to give Monday, so I can oractise it tomorrow in front of my friend, want to have it ready for her tomorrow. So fo this evening:

1)make yummy dinner

2) step work

3) most importantly, spend the time I need to spend on planning the talk for tomorrow. (minimum of 2 pomodoros)

4) be mindful to bring in hp in my activities

Calypso

Show up (done) , cal, exer.

Major life changes triggering my avoidance. Seems like all can be traced back to my "fears" . Lo and behold, this page fell out of my papers that I was sorting. It helped yesterday. BB page 68:
"we think fear ought to be classed with stealing. It seems to cause more trouble. We reviewed our fears
thoroughly. We put them on paper, even though we had no resentment in
connection with them. We asked ourselves why we had them. Wasn't it
because self-reliance failed us? Self-reliance was good as far as it
went, but it didn't go far enough. Some of us once had great
self-confidence, but it didn't fully solve the fear problem, or any other. When it made us cocky, it was worse.
Perhaps there is a better way-we think so. For we are now on a
different basis of trusting and relying upon God. We trust infinite God
rather than our finite selves. We are in the world to play the role He
assigns. Just to the extent that we do as we think He would have us, and
humbly rely on Him, does He enable us to match calamity with serenity.
We never apologize to anyone for depending upon our Creator. We can
laugh at those who think spirituality the way of weakness.
Paradoxically, it is the way of strength. The verdict of the ages is
that faith means courage. All men of faith have courage. They trust
their God. We never apologize for God. Instead we let Him demonstrate,
through us, what He can do. We ask Him to remove our fear and direct our attention to what He would have us be. At once, we commence to outgrow fear. "

Hello everyone!

I am so appreciative of this website, and I've only been exploring in earnest for the past few days.  Thank you to pro and all other members for making this informative and supportive.

I've been so afraid to make my check-in list because I doubt that I'll be able to account for it.  BUT, I've gotta start somewhere, right?

_________

journal
meditate

In 15 minute bursts (cuz that's the only way I think they'll get done):
dishes
clean
tidying/filing
massage
practice/back exercises
process inbox - email, physical
sort out makeup lessons for 11/30
write intro on PA boards
reply to 6 emails
(more if I do this and have time)

Other:
make bread
buy some sweaters at Marshalls?

________

Feel free to comment on my posting, because I'm looking for encouragement!

"Do I prefer to grow up and relate to life directly, or do I choose to live and die in fear?" -- Pema Chodron, Comfortable with Uncertainty

wake up / clean up
prep food
pray
drive to work
punch in
check in w pa
tea
breakfast
route
read St
fill in T, A, p date, I#, etc on e-fles
Gs
BCs
Cs
let J know about appointment
appointment
meeting
lunch
car reg

Call school counselor set appointment

complete 3 speech

book daughters plane tickets

pay fine

find out if a lawyer can help

all done by 4pm 

• tidy
• lunch
• ready
• go to c appt
• gym and pool
• accounts
• email m
• email m c about conf
• put in database so far
• get  u course material

Working from home today . . . and so far I have done nada.   going right now to exercise, then come back here and make todo list.  

Update 11 am - slow start today but I've gotten a few things done.   Now I need to call HR and get that out of the way ugh.   Other things to do today:

• Review share parameters and ddn for major project
• schedule another test shot for major project
• documentation project - due tomorrow, work on it at least an hour today
• Monday's meeting agenda
• begin speech outline - 15 minutes
• Pick up doggy meds
• dinner
• dishes

   These are the important things.   If I get these done I can consider working on some lower priority items.

Update 4:30 doing well today, but of course I have successful postponed the most onerous task to the last minute.   I'll work on the documentation for 30 minutes, put dinner in the over, then work on it 30 more minutes, and call it a day. 

Update 5pm:  OK, in 30 minutes of focused work I completed the editing of 21 of 119 articles.   So that's good, I'll try to get 20 more done tonight and then I should be able to finish up in a couple of hours tomorrow.   Now that I finally got started, it's really not that bad.   Right now I'm going to put my chicken and rice casserole in the oven.

Have a productive and enjoyable day y'all.

Jo

Let your purpose rule your day - Steve Chandler

Hi everyone,

I'm new here and this is my first check-in. I'm very grateful that I found this site and hope that with it I can get back control of my life. I've been living with the procrastinator monster my whole life.

Here's my list for today, in order of priority:

1. Finish and send minutes. 45 min.

2. Send invoices. 45 min.

3. Update calendar. 30 min.

4. Do first draft of translation. 60 min.

5. Grocery shopping. 60 min.

6. Holiday shopping. 90 min.

Here I go...

2:20 pm: Well, I've run out of time but I'm going to celebrate what I did accomplish and not dwell on what I didn't. Tomorrow's another day, and this is a great accomplishment. Good luck to everyone! 

Woke early at 4.30 after a nightmare where I was running away without many clothes on. Decided not to try to go back to sleep so:

Done:
Prayer and reflection - decided to abandon several trivial arguments
Deleted all letters emails etc. prayed for the people and for myself
Spent some time feeling relaxed and free again
Reflected on the things in my life that I really want to do
Checked other emails and posts

Todo:
Landlord file - there are two areas of work - those I can deal with and finish on my own and those I need to wait for other tenants imput - my problem was that I was putting of the things I could do because I could not do everything
x I can write two letters, post them with a completed letter from yesterday, list possible other things that can be done to resolve problems and file these - done and I've posted the letters and it is not 08.00 yet!
I need to wait until I have imput for a third letter and when this come write it, get it signed by everyone and posted and filed
x Clean kitchen, wash up etc. so I'm ready for food delivery in early afternoon.
x Put food away in a better organised way - done, not perfect but done
x Have a look at my lists of the things I really want to do - and can't find the timetable which I am not keeping to anyway.

Also:
Started sorting and cleaning books and bookcase
Collected duplicate and excess books for charity shop
Sorted all book info onto one shelf
Dealt with difficult phone message and email over a business matter and got help to resolve it
Received and had a brief look at new book on camera controls
Loaded washing machine

Todo:
Write journal how did I forget?
Prayer and reflection
Bed and sleep

Night Rexroth 21.32

It's 8 PM. I'm tired of myself and my excuses. I've been too intimidated by my looming deadlines to even make a list of things that I need to do each day. Sigh.

Apparently, I'm not willing to do more than make a "list of one." So, here goes:

Goal:

1) Test automatic upgrade

EOD update:

Was able to set up the test, but didn't run it. Bleah.

"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)