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.
Tuesday 19th February 2013
(As previously posted by Jack- thanks Jack)
The Serenity Prayer (CoDA version)
'God'
Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change
The courage to change the things I can
And the wisdom to know the difference
Grant me patience with the changes that take time
Appreciation of all that I have
Tolerance of those with different struggles
And the strength to get up and try again
One day at a time
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@gotmusikk impulsivity vs creativity
gotmusikk, i have the same problem with impulsivity and creativity. For most of my life, they have gone hand in hand.
To share my experience, strength, and hope (take what you like, leave the rest) what i'm trying is abstinence from unplanned time, meaning abstinence from impulsivity. So where to fit in creativity?
I've tried this exactly once, so ymmv, but it is pre-scheduling blocks of creative time. That way, they occur when i have time for them, and they are the next right action, not when they're taking away from something else i should be doing at that moment. I feared it would be too stifling and constrained a container to schedule it so, but, at least that one time, it was not. Rather it felt like, finally, i get to be unstructured.
I wish you well with your recovery!
fall down seven times, get up eight - japanese proverb
clement ci - day 102 attempting abstinence, 21 from self
Abstinence from unplanned time.
Abstinence from relying on self.
:) ci
:) v task
quiet time
te task
r tasks taskt task:) 11am pa phone mtg
:) dr appt
prj task
sort tasks
do tasks
7:48pm : it's been 2 min since i last went off plan. got carried away reading stuff.
It's been 1hr 2min since i last relied on self.
fall down seven times, get up eight - japanese proverb
tiptree ci
- diagnose/fix ppt issue
- get rpm on customer server
- fix sql bug
- rehearsal
- clean office
- sh/sh
- return library items
- exercise/stretch
- practice guitar
- read 30 pp.
- cull 5 more items
- walk dog pre-rehearsal
- email re volunteering
Monday
I had never seen this version of the serenity prayer before this was posted a while back by Jack and I really like it. Especially the line about 'the strenght to get up and try again, one day at a time'. Sometimes for me I have to be reminded that my recovery is about one day at a time,that I am where i am and that is ok. One baby step at a time - thats good enough. Thanks Jack.
s 4readingsrestvisit from mgotmusikk's Tuesday
Hello!
I can feel my structural needs changing. I want to cover some things every day, but I'm wondering if it's better to check in with HP to help me decide what I want to do in any given moment, as an act of self-kindness. Walking the line between structure and spontanaeity is so hard when you've been compulsively avoiding work tasks, isn't it?
At any rate, Tuesdays are always weird days for me - most of the day spent away from home, so my usual routines don't get done. SO, here's what I'd like to accomplish today:
Progress, not perfection.
Consistency over emergencies.
Do the thing that feels healthy, not "shouldy" or escapist.
Feed sourdoughGet dressedPack for ISM
@lunch:
process inbox - email, physical
write in journal
3:40 - head over to ISM
Tonight:
Wash dishes
Things I did well:
Things I can improve:
3 things I'm grateful for:
__________________________
"Do I prefer to grow up and relate to life directly, or do I choose to live and die in fear?"
-- Pema Chodron
re: prayer line "Tolerance of those w/ different struggles", etc
I am offering thanks to this version of the Serenity Prayer,
(the version in today's thread-starter above).
Yes I'm saying "thank-you" to the prayer itself --
-- and all the ideas that it calls forth within me.
Especially the second half:
I have been impatient about my rate of progress,
(or impatient about my seeming lack of progress).
But this prayer shows me that recovery happens in higherpower's time.
I tend to focus on my failures,
and forget to appreciate all the miracles I've experienced.
This prayer shows me that I can alter that perpective.
I have been awkward around those with different "issues" than mine,
but this prayer shows me that I can cultivate loving acceptance.
May higherpower's guidance give each of us
the strength we need to take the next right actions.
kromer 11 CI
Had an interview this morning--it didn't go great, but I learned a lot about how to prepare for future technical interviews. And it means that I've started the internship interview process, which I'm really proud of myself for.
Today I need to do a couple of scary things:
*Meet up with ex-bf*Talk with TE about results section*Talk to CT about bf staying overAnd some more straightforward tasks:
*Start SMF rep (actually, no, this doesn't make sense to do this week, because I need to focus on my paper)
*Email DP about mtg (will do this soon)
*Email about thesis committee mtg (will do this soon)
*Finish updating resume for millenial, microburst email
*Email B, join awis, email JK
*Finish discussion and email S (working on this now)
*Go to bible study
Now I'm going to start preparing for the talk w/ TE
Vic 2/19/13
show up (done), plan, exerJourney 8 am
Happy Tuesday! I had a nice long birthday weekend, had some fun, and got a lot of rest. Now time to get back to work. This will be another busy week and also working this weekend. I am trying something new today, instead of duplicating my todo list multiple places I will use Evernote for my tdl and use this forum for bookending the items on the list.
Now, I'll exercise for 45 minutes then check back.
Update 10 am Exercise done, now I will meditate for 5 minutes and have some breakfast. Then, check status of maint and start preparing the upgrades for this weekend.
Update noon - checked status of all maint in progress. Now break then work one hour on preparing for the weekend upgrade, then move on.
Update 1:30 done. Now work on Project C for 1 hour. Do high level plan for test, fill in as much as possible of the outline before 3:00 pm then move on to necxt task.
Update 3:45 worked on project C for more like 2 hours and don't feel like I made enough progress, but it's time to move on to Project V. I'll work on Project V for one hour.
Let your purpose rule your day - Steve Chandler
My Day Today
I want to thank my Higher Power for this program, thiis website, the telephone and online meetings, and my life.
I want to thank jalla for starting this trend.
Things I need to do today
1. Go to the 5:45 a.m. telephone ACA meeting2. Go to the 6:45 a.m. telephone OA meeting
3. Go to the 7 a.m. telephone DA meeting
4. Test blood sugar twice
5. Eat breakfast
6. Go to the 8:30 a.m. telephone PA meeting
7. Take shower
8. Get dressed
9. Go to the 9 a.m. telephone ACA meeting
10. Go to the 9:45 a.m. telephone CLA meeting11. Go to the religious study meeting at 11 a.m.
12. Go to the 1 p.m. telephone CLA activity line13. Go to the 3 p.m. telephone DA meeting
14. Do numbers15. Wash dishes
16. Clear tables
17. Cook and eat dinner18. Go to the 6 p.m. telephone OA meeting19. Read some ACA material
20. Go to the 8:30 p.m. telephone ACA meeting
21. Go to the 9 p.m. online EA meeting
Thanks for letting me share
jays tuesday 19 feburary 2013
people say motivation won't last. neither does bathing, that's why we recommend it daily
zig ziglar
email s power
computer 10.30
phone m
phone mum
phone c
check phone reply to texts
reply to fb msgs
drop to E
put wash on
check finances
chemist- look for coupons
2 x 1 hr spare room
go to doc's copy letter
make smear apt
make dr M appt
2 x 45 mins bookcase
Mole's check-in
I've just come in from doing something I am not very good at. I enjoy the company and the doing of it, but I get very disheartened by my incompetence and the success of others, so the thread starter is a perfect reminder - no point in getting het up about things that cannot be changed, although not always easy to persuade oneself.
Tuesday:
7.30 cafe G & C
9-12 outline with poms, or scene - either way with H /C/m-A link as main focus.
in pom breaks work out task list for H and S and get tools
lunch
1 talk H and S through
wash up
1,30 to prov with mem
3.30 home
work with H and S
6 walk with E
eat
relax
go to bed early
Things I did well today:
Good long walk
interacting with ppeople
glimmer of light re A
Things I can improve on:
not being such a grump
decluttering
getting to bed on time.
3 things I’m grateful for:
1) The lovely wooffers
2) the myrtle track
3)The Prov