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Friday, 5th April, 2013


Friday, April 5, 2013

One of the
secrets
of life
is to
make
stepping
stones
out of
stumbling
blocks

For all of the awesome overcomers here starting...
stepping... sharing... hoping...everyday!

(Thread-starter graphic courtesy of P.A. member "byGodsGrace".)


Vic 4/5/13

Show up (done), exer, plan

grateful to have a place to ck in

Piqued CI

Got some actual, honest-to-goodness work done yesterday -- YAY!

Let's see if I can build on that today:
-- Finish last bit of yesterday's task
-- Do WT task
-- Do STfPM task
-- Do show/hide task

kromer 10:45 CI

I've had good luck w/ the "one task at a time" plan, so I'll stick to that.

First, I need to revise paper. This should take about 2 hrs (4 pomos)

KF checkin Fri 5th Apr 10:15am

Feel good, but still starting late.

Today I have already:

Had a good breakfast

  • Showered
  • fed the soul with a good tv prog while I cooked and ate

Today I will:

  • Do at least 6 poms for P done 2/6 (P sick so can leave it there)
  • Do 2 POMS OF STUDY. Today is the do you start DONE 2/2 !!!
  • Do W work for rest of poms done 2
  • Have a good lunch
  • Book ticket to B
  • Reply to HD FB msg
  • Request pick up once ticket booked
  • Confirm overnight stay

IN breaks:

  • Put washing on
  • Change bedclothes
  • Put DW on
  • wash up

ms friday

thanks for the thread starter.

 

  • show up
  • dressed in 20 mins
  • leave house at 10
  • take notes and be pro
  • visit parents novico
  • return home and sketch the rest of b assesments
  • vid short 

 

clement ci - day 146 attempting abstinence, 66 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)

:) 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, skip
:) prep interview
:) interview :D got the job, at least on a trial basis
reply to pete
jd hp nb call again
ka wrk - kb rtn followup
ka wrk - mem fri?
ka wrk - unins
kuf wrk - continue
ebands - mon
pud wrk
p wrk
client ku sat?
later: g wrk
later: ht task
put away clothes
:) reflection
:) pre-plan tmwr

9:26am :
It's been 0hrs 01min since i last got distracted.
It's been 0hrs 58min since i last went on an off-plan bender >15min (20min)
It's been 1days 06hrs 54min since i last went on an off-plan bender >2hrs (2hr 25min).
It's been 7days 30hrs 36min since i last went on an off-plan bender >3hrs (6hrs).
It's been 146 days since i last went on an off-plan bender >1day
It's been ~190 days since i last went on an off-plan bender >1week
It's been 11days 09hrs 06min since i last relied on self.

10:38am getting back on plan after 5 min distraction.

THINGS I DID WELL TODAY

i always wind up putting all this stuff under "Grateful" also, so maybe i'll merge this category.

THINGS I COULD HAVE DONE BETTER

pre-planned the resume writing.
not forgotten to email Pete

THINGS I AM GRATEFUL FOR (everything i "did well" comes from god, either thru gifts he's given me or the way he's transformed me)

that i did not run out of gas (I was *close*)
that the interview went well and i'm going to get work from it.
tutoring went well.
had gr8 family time with extended family.
That i have a gr8 family.

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

My Day Today

I want to thank my Higher Power for this program, this website, the telephone and online meetings, and my life.

I want to thank movingalong for starting this trend.

Things I will do today

1. Go to the 5:45 a.m. telephone ACA meeting

2. Go to the 8:30 a.m. telephone CLA meeting

3. Call for a couple of work orders

4. Shred some things

5. Wash dishes

6. Go to the 12 noon telephone ACA meeting

7. Go to the 1 p.m. telephone CLA activity line

8. Take shower

9. Get dressed

10 Warm up and eat lunch

11. Fix and eat dinner

12. Go to work at 5:30 p.m.

13. Go to the 10 p.m. telephone DA meeting

Thanks for letting me share

Early Friday

Thanks Movingalong and by Godsgrace for the wonderful starter. Stepping stones, baby steps, forward movements a little at a time!Cool


Early Friday Morning

  • T
  • d
  • add a r
  • find old diary date p appt and add
  • format and scheck
  • order dates
  • try find book
  • if found do work on e 
  • Forms
  • Put files together from printers so far
  • read and highlight 3 files for K
  • write list of questions for appointment K later today
  • ca 13 add
  • Later Friday morning /afternoon
  • bs ca 
  • 10 and 11 estimate t
  • Forms print from excel (figure out how)
  • call m and c
  • pick up rest of printing
  • photocopy a r and bs printers
  • print out excel sheet
  • pay printer
  • edit excel sheet
  • put together last of files for K from printer
  • go back and re print excel sheet after editing
  • go to appointment K (now mon am)
afternoon
  • email m re hotel and m
  • change h 11 to 24
  • ring bank re card
  • readings
  • tidy  
  • groceries
  • look at h for 19/20
  • ring a
  • ring L
  • ring d
  • ring K
  • write in journal
  • HIO

 

Mole's check in

What a lovely concept Overcomer is, lot's of movement in the word itself and visions of leaping and arrival. Definitely my new middle name.

i also like the stepping stones - I use a really great programme sometimes called writer's blocks - a witty name but sometimes a little close to the bone. Perhaps I can think of them as stepping stones instead.

nice to see you back Eleanor 

A busy day today, with an unexpected but lovely visit from E back from travels - but it discombobulated me and my schedule so now I am trying to steady myself and get back on track,

Til 12 write  - 2 more ppoms

wrap pres for ST

12.30 meet K

2-3.30 to prov with mem. Am I running out of steam with this. Dp I need to change my approach - or work on A in some form? On Sunday I need to put some time aside to plan and collect material for mem and A projects.

buy fruit

do birthday ttransfer

rake weeds 

practice pbm

lum

Eat

sort papers

Tower business

Relax

check in

bed by 11 

THINGS I DID WELL TODAY

2 mmems

spontaneous declutter 

500 wds 

right pres for S 

THINGS I COULD HAVE DONE BETTER

not dawdled in bbreaks

not veered off my list  

THINGS I AM GRATEFUL FOR 

Lunch with K, exquisite day, message from G ,  finding petit prince

remembering Zugspitze 

EleanorBE's Friday list

Thanks movingalong!

Today I felt I was in danger of getting right back into old ways. Was away over Easter - but it was Work Away, I was at a conference, so I wasn't at all rested, I was exhausted. And I felt I just coudln't face anything, especially getting in touch with someone for whom I was late with some work. But I did get in touch, knowing that I was intending to come here and make a list and wouldn't feel good if that was still on it. So am feeling much better now. 

Tomorrow goes

 - Read and annotate 12 more pages of J's work

-  Read A's manuscript to relevent point

- Make some advice notes for A and send them. 

- Make list of students who haven't submitted Fb assignment. 

- Get in touch with PD library/archive again - phone if necessary. 

- Go through Projects and make lists for next week.