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.
Procrastination is the grave in which opportunity is buried.
jj's 9:30 p.m. CI
DONE:
phone R to see how he's feeling
eat breakfast/take vitamins
read chapter one of Flylady book
phone plumber
get dressed
plumber came to look at hot water heater leak
wash and fold sheets and towels
make bed with clean sheets/put out clean towels
check pay stub
empty garbages
wash kitchen garbage can
shake out kitchen mat
sort CDs
dust bust bathrooms/empty dust buster
eat lunch
start reading "Too Perfect"
check email
read all the postings I missed here since I last CI'd
check website for hot water heater info
bring laundry up and put away
make supper/do dishes (does opening a can of soup and making sandwiches count as making supper? at least it's not fast food hamburgers)
go for walk with R (1 hour!)
talk to R re: hot water heater, wine course re-scheduling
bath/wash face
top up cat food and water
TO DO:
read before bed
brush teeth
I fought the nappy feeling this afternoon and won! Plus, I went for a walk this evening even though my neck hurt and I felt a headache coming on, and I think I feel better now. Probably better for my neck if I move around more instead of sitting and reading or watching TV.
Today I'm thankful for: the beautiful evening we enjoyed on our walk - warm weather (for this part of the world!), bright moon, fresh country air.
Good night.
pro's last check-in - 10:40pm
I'm not sleepy yet because of the nap I took this afternoon, but I'm still going to get into bed. I'll read a while. My alarm is set for 6am tomorrow.
10:20PM CI for Lark Glad we're all back!
Ta Da:
1. morning routine
2. a little meditation
3. general cleanup everywhere (not too specific)
4. one small work project done
5. good progress on the big project
Monica's CI - 10:00 pm EST
Final Results:
[x] Shower
[x] Wipe down shower wall
[x] Oral care
[x] Devotional Time
[x] Pedi-care
[x] Facial
[x] Dress to shoes
[x] Make bed
[x] Wipe down MBR vanity
[x] Get son ready for school
[x] Take son to school
[x] Fold laundry
[x] Leave for work at 9:45 am
[x] Pick son up from school
[Ø] Check son's book bag for school papers
[Ø] Help son with HW
[Ø] Help son finish school project
[Ø] Type up next day's to do list
[x] Set out mouthwash
[x] Set alarm
[x] Report CI
[Ø] In bed between 9:30 pm - 10:00pm (I'm trying to fix my computer, don't think I'll get to bed for a while)
Bonus Item:
[Ø] Give son bath before bed to streamline morning routine
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"I don't feel like it" is a poor sacrifice for your dreams.
pro's CI - 8:30pm
I want my back accounting to be worked on, but I don't want to have to do it myself. If that makes sense to anyone...
I'm tired and cranky. I'm definitely not doing anything else tonight. I'll try to get to bed early.
jj's telling on myself 4:15 p.m. CI
So, literally minutes after posting my new years resolutions on one of the other forums here, one of which was to take care of myself by eating healthy, I immediately got out the leftover holiday chocolates for an afternoon snack :O What am I thinking? Or am I thinking at all?
On the up side, I sat down with my book instead of watching Young and Restless on TV (one of my resolutions to read more/watch less TV).
jj's 3:00 p.m. CI
Hi, everyone and Happy New Year. Was thrown off a bit when I couldn't log on this morning - isn't that a convenient excuse for not getting my new year off to the dazzling start I was planning on!
One of my resolutions was to get up earlier, but didn't get up until 9 today as I had difficulty falling asleep last night, then R was up at 4:30 with a sore throat, then the extreme wind kept me awake.
DONE:
phone R to see how he's feeling
eat breakfast/take vitamins
read chapter one of Flylady book
phone plumber
get dressed
plumber came to look at hot water heater leak
wash and fold sheets and towels
make bed with clean sheets
check pay stub
empty garbages
wash kitchen garbage can
shake out kitchen mat
sort CDs
dust bust bathrooms/empty dust buster
eat lunch
start reading "Too Perfect"
check email
read all the postings I missed here since I last CI'd
TO DO:
wash face/brush teeth!!
make supper/do dishes
go for walk with R
talk to R re: hot water heater, wine course re-scheduling
read before bed
Feeling very nappy right now. Don't know whether to fight it, or give in. Been very tired lately, lots of headaches, stomach not feeling right. Maybe all the junk I've eaten over the holidays.
Rexroth 21.11 GMT
HiFolks,
Had problems with site earlier today so late check in. Also not feeling well yet again and I'm very fed up with it.
Todo today
up prayer, reflection and new meditation
deal with post, phone messages, emails
wash up and tidy up
bath
tidy up in living room
go for walk
clean cooker
clear table for craft project
email to friend(s)
journal
prayer and reflection
bed and sleep
Regards Rexroth
Rexroth 23.34 GMT
Am in bed and can't, or don't want to go to sleep.
Night Rexroth
Mollie's First (Ever) Check-In
I'm brand-new to this list, but unfortunately extraordinarily familiar with procrastination. I've made myself miserable for years by procrastinating. For the past six months, I've been trying various new things to get a handle on it. I'm hoping that joining this group will provide me with another means of addressing this issue and that I may be of help to others as well.
So I just made my to do list for today (I use a program called MyLife Organized). Just looking at it, thinking about posting it here, and imagining other people's reactions, I can see that there's too much on it, so I'm already feeling self-conscious. I guess I'll go ahead & post it anyway.
Ugh! I feel like I'm making excuses, but I just starting posting the list and realized I have a logistical problem (which resulted in my deleting what I'd typed here). My procrastination issues are most troubling with respect to work. The work I do, and therefore the tasks I would post here, are in conjunction with work for clients, which is confidential. I tried doing the list using initials, but it got too confusing & some clients have the same initials anyways. Also, even posting the things to do sometimes reveals too much info. Anyone else here ever run into a similar problem? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Mollie
Following up
It strikes me that I can certainly post that I have a writing project due today (firm deadline) that I've been putting off. There's time to do it if I get going, but I've been up since 5:15am and have yet to get started. I'll plan to check-in later with my progress.
Mollie
Still working on it
I'm not going to meet my writing deadline today, but I will finish by tonight and that may still be OK. I've been working fairly consistently all day.
Mollie
pro's first check-in - 7:30am
I haven't planned my day yet beyond my morning routine...
Monica's CI - 7:30 am EST
Current Results:
[x] Shower
[x] Wipe down shower wall
[x] Oral care
[x] Devotional Time
[x] Pedi-care
[x] Facial
[x] Dress to shoes
[] Make bed
[x] Wipe down MBR vanity
[] Get son ready for school
[] Take son to school
[] Fold laundry
[] Leave for work at 9:45 am
[] Pick son up from school
[] Check son's book bag for school papers
[] Help son with HW
[] Help son finish school project
[] Type up next day's to do list
[] Set out mouthwash
[] Set alarm
[] Report CI
[] In bed between 9:30 pm - 10:00pm
Bonus Item:
[] Give son bath before bed to streamline morning routine
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"I don't feel like it" is a poor sacrifice for your dreams.
Monica's CI - 5:30 am EST
Had trouble connecting to the Internet again this morning. Rhetorical question: Wonder why this keeps happening?
To Do:
[] Shower
[] Wipe down shower wall
[] Oral care
[] Devotional Time
[] Pedi-care
[] Facial
[] Dress to shoes
[] Make bed
[] Wipe down MBR vanity
[] Get son ready for school
[] Take son to school
[] Fold laundry
[] Leave for work at 9:45 am
[] Pick son up from school
[] Help son with HW
[] Help son finish school project
[] Type up next day's to do list
[] Set out mouthwash
[] Set alarm
[] Report CI
[] In bed between 9:30 pm - 10:00pm
Bonus Item:
[] Give son bath before bed to streamline morning routine
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"I don't feel like it" is a poor sacrifice for your dreams.
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Hi Monica,
When you're here first and start the day thread, could you put a "good morning" message in there so I don't have to do it later? I know you know how because of that fancy signature you have. ;)
Thanks.
Will Do
By the way, did you get up at 6 am this morning?
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"I don't feel like it" is a poor sacrifice for your dreams.
yup, I did
I got up, and then I lay around all day because all my Web sites and my email accounts were down. I could have worked on my back taxes, I suppose.