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.

Thursday December 6, 2012

5 December, 2012 - 3:41pm - lennon

HAPPY THURSDAY, EVERYBODY!

Tool Eight of PA:
Keep a Time Log: Increase your awareness of time by logging what you are doing throughout the day. This is a great diagnostic tool for discovering where your time went, and an excellent way to become better at estimating how long tasks take.

Have a great proactive day!

Peace

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‹ Wednesday December 5, 2012 Friday December 7, 2012 ›

Piqued's check-in

Piqued - 7 Dec 2012 - 7:00pm

Got to work late, but am checking in earlier than usual (3:20 PM) -- unexpected combo there. There's no way I'll complete all of the tests listed below given how slowly my work has been going. And yet I can't stomach moving any of them to the "Goals for another day" list. Kicking the procrastination habit surely involves being honest with myself about what I am able to accomplish in one day.

Goals:
1) Test approach suggested by dev for reopened CQ PROGRESS MADE
2) Briefly test new feature (2 hours?)
3) Tackle the connection-lost CQ
4) Deadlocking CQ
5) "Ignoring last logout" CQ
6) Composting class FUN!
7) Fill out forms for doc appt Friday morning


Goals for another day:
1) Review install doc

EOD thoughts: I'm closing out this check-in before starting the one for Friday. Despite the fact that I "couldn't bear" planning to get several items above done any later than Thursday, I find myself in the all-too-common situation of having said things still not done. Argh!! Must PRACTICE accepting the reality of who I am right now rather than continuing to pretend to myself that I am capable of putting in a solid workday right now.

DonnaMay Check-in Thu 12/6/12

DonnaMay - 6 Dec 2012 - 3:19pm

1. Brain training exercise 1

2. Brain training exercise 2

3. Read a chapter of Procrastination Equation

4. 15 minutes on Recall/Reimbursement

5. Make PT appointment

6. 15 minutes to complete interview form

7. Call to get information on support group

8. 15 minutes on Court papers

9. 15 minutes on insurance papers

10. Pay one bill

DonnaMay Check-in Thu 12/6/12

DonnaMay - 7 Dec 2012 - 1:50am

1. Brain training exercise 1

2. Brain training exercise 2

3. Read a chapter of Procrastination Equation

4. 15 minutes on Recall/Reimbursement

5. Make PT appointment

6. 15 minutes to complete interview form

7. Call to get information on support group

8. 15 minutes on Court papers

9. 15 minutes on insurance papers

10. Pay one bill

11. Kept a Time Log

Programmer checkin 12/6

programmer - 6 Dec 2012 - 4:10pm

Hey all.  I joined 3 weeks ago and have been putting off a daily checkin until now!

Sorry I have to be indirect with goals, but much of this work must remain secret. 

 

Todays plan:

-- HOME -- 

[X] Do a daily checkin 

[X] Go on run with Apollo [pup]

[X] Call about water bill

[ ] Pay water bill

[ ] Sew second arm rest 

[ ] Drop off bike at shop 

-- WORK -- 

[ ] Close out 3 bugs

[ ] Send out 2 new bug fixes

[ ] Ping for a review on the big change to framework code.

[ ] Write up interview feedback 

 

elvira's evening

elvira - 6 Dec 2012 - 4:03pm

Right, tonight's small jobs are:

 

  • finish tidying enough for the builder to come and look
  • phone builder
  • phone Mum 

 

Well done Elvira

Hooch - 6 Dec 2012 - 4:41pm

A completed list! It was nice to meet you in the Chatbox.

Hooch

andy check in 12/6

andy_b - 6 Dec 2012 - 6:28pm

wake up/clean up 
prep food
pray
drive to work
punch in
pa check in
tea
breakfast
T meeting
Rd H for nxt week L meeting
write email about F cs
reply to B email 
Do work on BL c 
work on BC
Fiesta I
Read G

Woohoo!

gotmusikk - 6 Dec 2012 - 7:49pm

Look at that!  All checked off. :-) Awesome!

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"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

Thanks.

andy_b - 7 Dec 2012 - 10:17am

Thanks.Cool

Thursday - Tabula Rasa

tabularasa - 6 Dec 2012 - 9:53pm

Got a migraine yesterday after teaching, so didn't get much done after I got home. Because I took the time to take care of my self I'm back in business today--funny how that works! 

9:00-10:00 (BLOCK TIME WASTING SITES)
1. Listen to message from M (KISS THE FROG)  That wasn't bad at all! Lol...
2. Answer appropriately
3. Work on designs for open house
10:00-11:30
1. Work on designs. 
11:30-12:30 
1. Prep for meeting w/T
Reassess next critical path 
Meeting went well.Taking a break until 4:05, then blocking time wasting sites. 


1. Finish flyer draft--Can be submitted to printer tomorrow PM
2. Finish postcard draft
3. Finish email blast draft
4. Finish biz card draft --Must be submitted to printer tomorrow AM. 
5. Finish poster drafts--Must be submitted to printer tomorrow AM 

gotmusikk's Thursday

gotmusikk - 6 Dec 2012 - 9:35pm

process inbox
journal
meditate
shower/dress
feed sourdough

A commitment to do at least 5 minutes of each:
dishes
clean
massage
practice/back exercises

Appointments this afternoon:
2:00 therapy
3:30 run
4:45 SB
5:30 SDF

Make dinner/make bread

Well, 5 minutes of each of those things got done.  That's good!  I moved myself in the right direction today, and that's enough. (Hear that, voice of negativity?)

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

kromer 10:50 CI

kromer - 7 Dec 2012 - 10:31am

Today I mostly need to work on hybs:
*Finish hybs
*Image slides (9 slides * 4 images each)



I need to do a few chores:
*Call CH
*Talk to landlady about rent
*Cook

*Microburst xmas present list

And I need to email about committee and work a bit on the results section(will do this soon)

And I need to prep for MU meeting and email about poinsettias

clement ci - day 29 attempting abstinence

clement - 7 Dec 2012 - 10:19am

day 1 was 11/8. day 30 will actually be 12/7. tomorrow. But "one month" sounds like it would be 12/8 sat, doesnt it? funky math. I will look back on sat.

wonderful prayer by thesis http://procrastinators-anonymous.org/node/4283#comment-58676 from saint francis, we think :


Lord, grant that I may seek rather to comfort than to be comforted,
To understand than to be understood,
To love than to be loved.
For it is by forgetting self that one finds.
It is by forgiving that one is forgiven,
It is by dying that one awakens to eternal life.

10:20am : HARD time getting started today. Had an incredible prayer time with my Lord. I could feel the trust in myself fading, and the trust in him getting strong. And as that happened, i got stronger. He is a wonderful, strong, loving God.

:) ci
:) quiet time
:) R
:) sort tasks, hard choices today. God guide me.
:) do tasks.
:) one big task was postponed by others til tue :)

1:37pm : i am "on task" but i feel like i'm off task. I have a lot of fear that i'm making a mistake with my upcoming task. Ok i will do it and put on the list to research if there's another better way. Lord pls be with me.

10:10am friday ( next day ) : i binged most of the last half of thu. I was doing a planned task, finding drivers for this pc, but it took hours longer than expected. i obsessively worked on it. And at 4am it still did not work. That was SO unsatisfying. I woke up this morning and all i wanted to do is binge more, even on another task!! That's how i know it's addiction, not task completion. Doesnt matter what task, as long as i'm binging. I BARELY resisted that and came here. Even when i clicked on this web site, i still was very, very close to clicking away and escaping or binging. Not sure how i resisted. Not sure it was even me.

God, grant me the courage to ... change the things i can ...
and the strength to pick myself up, and work my program, one day at a time. Thy will, not mine, be done.
Amen.

I guess THAT'S how. :D

the touch of the master's hand: http://procrastinators-anonymous.org/node/1898#comment-27748
fall down seven times, get up eight - japanese proverb 		bookmarks

calypso's checkin

Sunny-Cal Frances - 6 Dec 2012 - 7:58am

Good day- grateful for this room.

 

My commitment for today is to stay present with when I get disempowering thoughts, Christmas is coming up, and I am feeling very stressed by the thought of being with extended family again, and am trying to not get bad memories of horrible family behaviour of past Christmases. My job is to stay empowered, grateful and contributing, and not entertain negative thoughts for today. Today I will do:

1) send proposal to P.

2) make outline for 12 Rs and H. and put it in dropbox

3) step work

To Be Continued.

Calypso 

Nevermind's Thursday

Nevermind - 6 Dec 2012 - 11:31am

Get your revision on,
though it sounds like i am repeating myself i need to pass this exam in 5 days or I'll be kicked out of uni.

 


1. 1 hour revision finished early for lunch 15 min break


2. 1 hour revision  30min break


3. 1 hour revision  starting 30 min break (16:32GMT)

4. 1 hour revision

with a 15 mins to 1/2 an hour break between 

Knitfisher's Checkin Thurs 6th Dec

knitfisher - 7 Dec 2012 - 4:58am

 

Feeling guilty about my late start, but as I said in
chat, I just need to let it go. I cannot carry all my guilt, it is too heavy.

Today I will

  • Finish washing
  • Put sheets on bed
  • Plan next 7 days 
  • Call solicitors
  • Send thank you email to
    N&S
  • HAVE LUNCH
  • Knit a little in breaks (you
    still deserve it no matter what) 
  • Target of 7 (lucky no. 7!)
    poms of work for new client Did 4/7
  • Get ready to leave for class
    at 5pm

Peace to all my kindred people who struggle like me with this every day. Today's theme is kindness, because I need it to be so.

Rexroth Check In 09.13

Rexroth - 6 Dec 2012 - 5:19pm

I feel much better but not completely well. I have space and time to do the things I want to do and I am having problems in starting.

Done:
Up prayer and reflection
Checked emails and posts

Todo:
x Wash up
x Wash new sheets and hang up to dry

and then how am I to start? I have many similar lists of things I want to do with my life. I am done with planning and need to move to action!

Update: 14.15

So I started on my book - I took out my files and organised all the material, made a list of what to do (it is not perfect and neither am I) and started reading through my journals and looking at my photographs. I have stopped now as otherwise I would be on a work binge and am

Studying French by watching a French film and I can't understand most of it and it does not matter.

I've had supper and a rest, read the paper, chatted briedly to a friend on the phone, done a little reading on the Web and read some more of my travel notes. I shall rest a little more and maybe read some more as I am close to finishing a section. 19.23

Finished the section and though I did not intend to did some more work on it. I am clearly in danger of doing too much but I am so glad to feel well again even though I am weak and I want to finish writing my book.

Wrote journal and am resting in bed

So prayer and reflection and sleep.

Night Everyone and thanks for being here 22.19

Rexroth

Please feel free to reply

@rexroth, congrats on starting!

movingalong - 6 Dec 2012 - 7:17pm

Laughing

ms thursday

ms - 6 Dec 2012 - 5:59pm

morning all, thanks lennon.

specifics

 

  • go to work and listen. 
  • gym
  • tidy up post deadline
  • do teachin admin in evening.
  • do something pleasurable!
  • reply to ep
  • ref
constants
  • no napping
  • eat with kindness and self care
  • watch spending. 

 

Mole's check-in

Mole - 6 Dec 2012 - 12:57am

Stop being a misery guts.

treats: go to cafe with NYBR after lunch. walk to nh this evening and have pub meal with R

non- typing, non ringing, non weeding non lifting non turning activities:

water garden 

Wrap present

tidy living room

do exercises.

put clothes away

walk in the bush

sing, dance....

soak arms in Epsom salts

go to bed at 11 

 

Hamlet's checkin

Hamlet - 6 Dec 2012 - 12:21am

1. Meditation

2. get makeup from d.d.

3. check on prescription

4. cook for Earl

5. OR Research

6. contact Mona

7. declutter Study

8. Wellesley tax

 

My Day Today

lennon - 6 Dec 2012 - 6:00pm

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 meeting

2. Go to the 7 a.m. telephone DA meeting

3. Take shower

4. Get dressed

5. Fix and eat breakfast

6. Go to group therapy at 9 a.m.

7. Go to individual therapy at 10:30 p.m.

8. Go to the 12 noon telephone ACA meeting

9. Go to the 1 p.m. telephone DA meeting

10. Cook and eat lunch

11. Do errand for my mother and go grocery shopping

12. Prayer and meditation

13. Read the meditations

14. Cook and eat dinner

15. Go to the 9 p.m. online EA meeting

Thanks for letting me share

Suppenkasper - Thursday

suppenkasper - 6 Dec 2012 - 3:19pm

Hi again,

My short list for tomorrow:

markings
prepare friday
revise folders

Have a nice day...

conclusion for today: I am exhausted. But I should have revised this list - even if I plan to watch TV or something. Hopefully I feel rested tomorrow.... Good night.

Salamander's check in - Thurs 6 Dec 2012

Salamander - 6 Dec 2012 - 4:35pm

 

Thank you, pro, for maintaining these boards for the fellowship. Thank you also to you, lennon, for starting the thread - another good reminder!

Major thanks to the Mole for kindly suggesting a "Not allowed to touch kitchen floor day". I remain grateful for her advice and anyone else's who has something to suggest that I can use to help myself move forward when I am currently stuck.

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!

  • Follow Morning Routine
  • Meeting with J in town
  • Sweep kitchen floor (5 mins)
  • Scrub the 2nd quarter of kitchen floor (10 mins)
  • Take rubbish out

Later

  • Wash cat trays (10 mins)
  • Phone MH (1 hour)
  • Living Room: Clear altar and coffee table (15 mins)
  • Clear bedroom hotspot (15 mins)
  • Clear bedroom nightstand (10 mins)
  • Clean up Lily's bedroom floor (30 mins)
  • NHS job application (deadline: Thu 6 Dec)
  • Tidy up inside car/bring in rubbish (15 mins)
  • Admin at table inc bus pass & update diary (1 hour)
  • Follow Bedtime Routine

Best wishes to my fellow procrastinators with your day ahead.

 

"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)

jay's planned thursday 6 dec

jay - 6 Dec 2012 - 5:40pm

thank you lennon

pick up prescription and order new ones  make list
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sort out returns and bring to post office
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post office withdraw
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bank
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food shopping-  use cc card   check whichSmile

wash up kitchen
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try to fix landline or txt m
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buy new batteries for landline?
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finances- sort best can

put dates in diary

phone r

phone housing ass   waste

sort gym bill

incrase overdraft
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make doctors app

claer hallway ledgeSmile

put rubbish out while still light
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gas bill

l'wwods- billed for goods not recieved sort

pliates

bath
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