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.
Monday, 14th January 2013
What we hope ever to do with ease, we must first learn to do with diligence.
Dr Johnson
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Innertruth's late start
Finding it very difficult to get back into the swing of things after the holidays. I've hardly done a thing and feel so terrible.
Rather than attempt to do too much today, I will concentrate on doing some small things:
Booked room at MH
Write CC message and send to DonnaWrite elert and send to DonnaConnect with people I met on Wednesday eveningWash and put away clothesPut clean dishes away and wash all dirty dishesGet ready for work and school tomorrowPut away groceriesClear path between kitchen and living room by putting things awayTrade clothes with sisterFind class notes for M.O.Order NB T-shirtsCall RoseanneCI 1:31pm
It's been a long time since I've been back to this site. Not that I have improved my productivity skills, only that I had more hope than ever that I could overcome 30+ years of struggle with this debilitating set of behaviors. I landed what I would call my 'dream job'. All excuses for not being interested in my work were now gone. Procrastination still rears it's ugly head and I feel more hopeless than ever. I've read every book on time managment and procrastination, analyzed myself and have been analyzed until I'm blue in the face, written copious journal entries, and still feel like no forward progress has been made. I have never strictly done the 12 steps, though, and guess it's my last hope...
Here's a task that I can focus on for the next 25 minutes:
1. take notes on article.
That's all I can cope with thinking of right now.
Pele - First time check-in 1:00pm
Hi Everyone,
First time checking in. I'm hoping the check-in will help me be accountable since I've been procrastinating. Feeling like something is wrong with me bc I can do the things I need to get done.
Task List:
Get back to client
Test and confirm settings for user X are correct
Update spreadsheet
Workout
Do laundry
Clean apt
Eat healthy dinner
Keep items ready for juicing tomorrow
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Will check in later tonight to post my progress. Thank you!
clement ci - day 66 attempting abstinence
11:40am : But i barely even attempted abstinence yesterday. But i did make a small attempt during some of the day. I want to write on dopamine, addition, and planned tasks...
12:12pm : it took 29min to write on addiction and dopamine in my bookmarks
:) 11am pa phone mtg
:) ci
:) start clone
:) v task
:) quiet time
:) r task
:) s task
:) o task
:) pj task
:) sort tasks
:) k task
:) MIT big huge
:) ebay
:) more MIT big huge
1:12pm : It's been 1 min since i last went off plan. Got distracted by news item. Dang! :( But it's ok. New beginning right now. quiet time.
3:35pm : it's been 1 min since i last went off plan. I am very disappointed in myself and very fearful about the time i have lost and whether i can get everything done. This happened at the end of my quiet time which i never finished. I am so sad!
3:41pm : It's been 7 min since i last went off plan. The 66 day habit makes it easier to re-start. Not "automatic" but i can feel a leaning within myself to just do it that way without effort.
3:51pm : It's been 17 min since i last went off plan. Minor family crisis. Want to get back on plan but it's emotionally dragging me. Going to rearrange order to something that fits the emotions better.
4:56pm : How did that take 1hr 5min? Let's say it's been 15min since i last i last went off plan.
5:47pm : it's been 51 min since i last went off plan.
6:48pm : it's been 1h 52min since i last went off plan. I give all the Glory to God.
fall down seven times, get up eight - japanese proverb
gotmusikk's Monday
Thank you Mole for the threadstarter... it's JUST what I need today! I've been attempting recovery for approximately a month now, and I was starting to slip into the illusion that it should already be easy to stay on task... and have been feeling resentful that I couldn't do it with ease. Practice makes permanent, so I've just gotta keep on practicing! :-D
Progress, not perfection.
Consistency over emergencies.
Do the thing that feels healthy, not "shouldy" or escapist.
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Check-in @ P.A.Process my inbox completelyjournalmeditate 15 mins.
shower/dress
Complete 1 cycle of 15 minutes each of:
-- dishes-- clean
-- back exercise/practice
-- massage
Appointments:
1pm - Weekly Review2pm - RUN4pm - Dunk7pm - Cook dinner (korean rice bowls!)
If there’s time after I complete what’s listed above, I will select 2 activities and cycle them in 15 minute bursts.
Things I did well today:
-- When I had some ideas of things I want to learn about/explore, I wrote them down and put them in my inbox to process for later, instead of grabbing onto the feeling that "I *need* to do this NOW!" and allowing it to become a vehicle for procrastination.
Things I can improve on:
I can do the systemic things first, even if it means I think I won't get any "real" work done today.
3 things I’m grateful for:
1) Pema Chodron.
2) YUMMY DELICIOUS FOOD OMG
3) Blankets and coziness.
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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 CI
I have had some rough days...last week was really unproductive.
Today I need to:
LIMIT SURFING! I want to limit non-work websites to 30 min (I've stuck to about 45 min, which isn't great but isn't terrible)
Start PCRs
Finish refs (working on this now)
Update action lists
Mail package
15 min galaxy microburst
Check on expts (working on this now)
Go to jcSee bf!
Move data off computer
Read paper
Make dr's appt.
Vic 1/14/13
Show up (done), plan, excercise
key to changing a habit is not to resist is but to replace it.
what you resist persist, need to refocus, renew mind listen to right thing, not wrong thing.
RisingUp Check-In Mon. 1/14
Morning. I've been very sick for the past 24 hours, seems to be a case of food poisoning. I also got into a minor car accident last week (I was hit, and a week later definitely feeling the impact). It's been a rough week.
I realized that what has not been able to be resolved through therapy or recovery efforts is most definitely strongholds (thought patterns) in my life. I'm reading about spiritual warfare, and no doubt negative entities took residence in my life and I will no longer allow them! I feel more empowered already just knowing what the problem is. I command each and every spirit of fear, deprivation/poverty, limitation/defeat/failure, infirmity/illness, depression to leave my mind and body now in the name of Jesus Christ! Be gone, and don't come back.
I will continue to speak God's Good Word into my life, from the minute I get up to the minute I go to sleep. I will not allow myself to further degenerate. Enough is enough!
For God has not given me a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
2 Timothy 1:7
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Phillipians 4:13
I CAN. Just because I've been suffering for the past year does not mean it has to continue! It won't.
Go to ATM
Work 4 [2 done by 2:30pm! it's a miracle ...
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Do hosp. project
Start job app
Do 1.5 hours daily of outstanding project: 2 days each one, due Friday
New project: just do what you can each day, at least $50 very early/late in day[so far $100 done]
Pay rent at 4pm
Decide what to do about claim? Viewed claim info & sent correspondence
Start lists: agencies/BBB/CofC
UA/DA mtg
Walk 1/2 hour1/2 hr stretching [done: p.tilt]
1/2 hour toning
Bible/PrayerKeep track of: water, meals, supplements, breathing
Lit/Insp. ReadingBlue-eyes check in
My list for today:
1. organize desk
2. make to do lists for today, this week, this month, etc.
3. clean out inbox and do those tasks right away!
4. do tasks on today's list!!
5. Compliment myself and enjoy relaxed feeling!
Make today count!
jays monday 14 january 2013- to do this week
thank you mole, love it, relevent to me at the moment that is what i'm working on
make smoothie
listen to happiness
read AOTP thread and reply. read work sheets and pull out pre decisions
food shopping
order organics
to do this week
phone l'woods try to work out bill + rollnecks
desk draws- filter- file- shread - make list
make smear appt
make doc appt
appeal- get report- how long- delete tape
make a financial projection
gas bill
phone HA gas
mac
tai chi
temple
online business
texts- sort out phone
find out how housing benefit will affect me
r case- read and FILE make bullet notes- print out emails- phone solicitor af SG meeting
list a few things per day on ebay
hazyjane ci monday
unload dishwasherwalk dogsget to unibe present and focusedmake healthyish dinner___________________________________________________________________________
It's an inside job...
Mole's check-in
Morning
brainstorm chapter. Watering, armcare, in breaks.
eat well
Afternoon:
get cake for R
walk town
storyboarding
organise transfer
ring K re keys and cake
ring Unchr
card for S
wash up
practice pbm
exercises
eat
walk to town
ringing
social
bed by 11
ms monday
finish ba in burstsfinish ext in burstsread over/get to read oversee if paper stockget hair apteat mindfullywatch spending