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, 2nd April 2013

Welcome to a new day, a new month, a new season and a new quarter - may momentum grasp you by the wrist and take you flying.

kromer 2:15 CI

OK, gave a presentation that didn't go so great, but it's over now.
Today I need to:
Finish article
Work on paper revisions (1 hr)
Exercise

Stop by health center
Do laundry


Quantify # in 3' UTR
Look at read starts, do correlations (will do this soon)
Run on 2 other runs (will do this soon)

Vic 4/2/13

Show up(done), exer, plan

Thanks for starter Mole. For me, I decided to stop waiting around for Momentum and instead hook up witth PA, grateful I did.

 Each Day a New Beginning

"Though we be sick and tired and faint and worn--Lo, all things can be borne!
  —Elizabeth Chase Akers

What
bothered us most a year ago? A month ago? Even a week ago? It's
probably that whatever it was, we were obsessed with it, certain that
our futures were ruined, that there was no reasonable solution. It's
also probable that we feared we simply couldn't survive the complexity
of the situation. But we did. And we always will be able to survive any
and all difficulties."

Today, I have some tools that help me do better than just survive, I can live.I need to remind myself of this.  I hope I can use them today. 

 

clement ci - day 143 attempting abstinence, 63 from self

Abstinence from unplanned time.

  • The one thing, the only thing, i can do impulsively is write something on my todo list.
  • The one thing, the only thing, i can do off plan is recovery, something to maintain my sobriety, when tempted. I have come to believe that it is more important to maintain sobriety than to get things done.

Abstinence from relying on self.

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; the 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. p68 AA Big Book.

(too long. put this in my bookmarks instead, but do only in a designated break. until then, tolerate imperfection)

1:40am night before : pre-plan :
It's been 0hrs 8min since i last got distracted.
It's been 0hrs 8min since i last went on an off-plan bender >15min (1hr)
It's been 4day 22hrs 50min since i last went on an off-plan bender >2hrs (6hrs).
It's been 142 days since i last went on an off-plan bender >1day
It's been ~186 days since i last went on an off-plan bender >1week
It's been 7day 01hrs 20min since i last relied on self.
These may not be the right durations. i'll think about them again on a designated break.

:) ci
:) start Instant Boss
:) v task
:) sched
:) quiet time
:) r task
:) s task
:) t task
:) 11am pa phone mtg
:) sort tasks
:) j task
:-( prj task
:) vzw work pay
:) call hp jd lt
:) ka wrk - kb rtn followup
:) ka wrk - mem mon
ka wrk - unins
pud - email
ebands - mon?
p wrk
:) kuf wrk
client ku sat?
later: g wrk
later: ht task
:) put away clothes
:) reflection
:) pre-plan tmwr

9:55am :
It's been 8hrs 23min since i last got distracted.
It's been 8hrs 23min since i last went on an off-plan bender >15min (1hr)
It's been 7day 09hrs 35min since i last relied on self. And i was really tempted this morning to start thinking that i could never get it all done, and to start working impulsively to counteract that fear. But i am instead on plan. It is a gift from God.

12:27pm :
It's been 0hrs 1min since i last got distracted.
It's been 0hrs 1min since i last went on an off-plan bender >15min (40min)

12:56pm :
It's been 0hrs 1min since i last got distracted.
It's been 0hrs 1min since i last went on an off-plan bender >15min (20min)

12:42am : H.A.L.T. problems. Hungry Angry Lonely Tired. Emotional resources low, meaning resistance is low, more susceptible to temptation.
It's been 0hrs 7min since i last got distracted.
It's been 0hrs 7min since i last went on an off-plan bender >15min (1hr 54min)

THINGS I DID WELL TODAY

Good block of working on-plan.
Two important calls made.
Stopped a task that took 1.5hrs when i thot it would take .5 hrs.
Got H.A.L.T.ed and "called my sponsor" --you folks. Limited my off-plan "bender" to 1hr 54min. Could have been worse. Much worse. hours. days. weeks. months. yes, even, months.

THINGS I COULD HAVE DONE BETTER

Stopped task that i thot would take .5 hrs after .5hrs, instead of 1.5 hrs.
Even when H.A.L.T.ed, not gone off plan for 1hr 54min.
Gotten thru the morning routine sooner. 1hr instead of 3hrs.

THINGS I AM GRATEFUL FOR

"Voice of Truth" song by Casting Crowns. Love that song.
My 2 important calls worked out very well.
Woke up completely stressed out, overwhelmed, fearful of utter failure. Somehow God got me out of that trusting him again. Situation is still the same. I'm behind. But i am trusting him. Good or bad.

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

Tuesday

Thanks for great starter Mole- heres to momentum and flying.

  • readings 
  • tidy 
  • call C and A
  • ring m re r (try again in 1 hour)
  • 12 into computer 
  • 12 order
  • s and h
  • 12 add other rs
  • 12 sort letters 
  • empty file one
  • journal 
  • HIO
  • do c form 
  • email 
  • e re letter
  • empty blue file
  • confirm dates m
  • HIO
  • write letter or call  BM
  • call dd secretary re r
  • email david
  • HIO
  • 13 bs
  • 13 in comp
  • 13 r
  • 13 r in comp
  • 13order
  • 13 letters sort
  • 11 look at rs taxi
  • 2010 and 2011 sort lettters
  • write out to do list K

 

Mole's check in

Well it's lunch-time and I head off soon.

i am determined to abandon the inertia that has consumed me these last three months. I am on the move, I tell myself, energised, focussed, my eye on the prize - identifying what that is, too!

this morning I was able to get back to my routine, cafe, talking to C about her project, 9 -12 writing properly - 1000 words.

i have eaten a healthy lunch.

now to prov with mem  1.30. -3.30

send thesis to C

lum 

4.30 walk with B

take out rubbish inc scary fridge things 

prctice pbm

eat

go to PO for cat food and nuts

wash up

relax

bed by 11

WHAT I DID WELL TODAY

worked well today, didn't get distracted, felt good.

WHAT I COULD HAVE DONE BETTER

washed up

cleared out fridge 

WHAT I AM GRATEFUL FOR 

the beautiful dyed egg G made for me 

Standing in the drizzle and talking to S about symphony of the oceans 

the muse 

storytelling with B

getting to know C better 

 

@mole re: "symphony of oceans"

you said you are grateful for:
"Standing in the drizzle and talking to S about symphony of the oceans"

Your post is reminding me to see the greater gifts of this life.