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.

Saturday, April 13th, 2013

 

HAPPY SATURDAY! 

Well I've had my share of rain but now some sunshine is peeking through ...

hope today it is the same for you! 

Vic 4/13/13

 Show up(done), exer,plan

Program 1st today.

AABB

"If we were to live, we had to be free of anger."

Though we did not like their symptoms and the way these disturbed us,
they, like ourselves, were sick too. We asked God to help us show them
the same tolerance, pity, and patience that we would cheerfully grant a
sick friend. When a person offended we said to ourselves, "This is a
sick man. How can I be helpful to him? God save me from being angry. Thy
will be done." We avoid retaliation or argument."

jays saturday 13th april

people say motivation won't last. neither does bathing, that's why we recommend it daily

zig ziglar

thank you rising up

2.15 finish smoothie

eat

chemist tabs

make a small essential shopping list/ buy a warm up easy dinner for tonight

GO TO SHOPS

then: slowly but carefully carry on sorting notes using pom: aim is by tonight this will be done/finished//

THIS WILL ALLOW ME MORE HEAD SPACE TO CARRY ON WITH A ROUTINE

read soliciter notes and check all is ready to drop monday

LEAVE OTHER TASKS FOR TODAY, PRIORITISE THIS, DO NOT DISTRACT WITH OTHER THINGS

make tomorrows list

go to bed at 11 take tabs

TOMORROW IS A NEW FRESH DAY

19.08 update  i havn't touched the notes yet, have spent a couple of hours procrastinating on fb and useless stuff on line, am going to smoke then make a start, working in 10 minute segments, i am deadling for 11pm

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 RisingUp for starting this trend.

Things I have done today

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

2. Went to the 7 a.m. telephone DA meeting

3. Went to the 8 a.m. telephone OA meeting

Things I will do today

1. Go to the 9 a.m. telephone ACA meeting

2. Go to the 9:30 a.m. telephone OA meeting

3. Go to the 10 a.m. telephone DA meeting

4. Cook and eat breakfast

5. Go to the 11 a.m. telephone DA workshop

6. Take shower

7. Get dressed

8. Go to the hospital to see someone

9. Go to the store

10. Go to my mom's apartment

11. Cook and eat dinner

12. Wash dishes

13. Go to the 6:45 p.m. telephone OA meeting

14. Go to the 7:30 p.m. face to face NA meeting

15. Go to the 10 p.m. online EA meeting

Thanks for letting me share

Saturday

Thanks for the lovely starter with such good sentiment Rising Up! - i love rainbows!

  • readings
  • HIO
  • talk d and c and e
  • accounts
  • filing
  • laundry
  • tidy
  • go through closets and take out what to donate
  • put donation bag ready at door
  • offer ticket j
  • s and h
  • ring aunty joan
  • unpack docs and set up
  • start going through r and excel
  • put in ledger book as checking
  • number rs
  • try on  new c and decide
  • skype g 
  • HIO
  • drop bags off s on way to meeting 
  • journal  
  • meeting 
  • dinner
  • put away laundry
  • continue rs
  • HIO

 

clement ci - day 154 attempting abstinence, 74 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. http://anonpress.org/bb/Page_68.htm

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

2:29am night before : pre-plan :
It's been 1day 03hrs 55min since i last got distracted.
It's been 1day 23hrs 25min since i last went on an off-plan bender >15min (1hr 14min)
It's been 1day 23hrs 25min since i last went on an off-plan bender >1hr (1hr 14min)
It's been 7days 22hrs 58min since i last went on an off-plan bender >2hrs (2hr 25min).
It's been 15days 21hrs 21min since i last went on an off-plan bender >3hrs (6hrs).
It's been 154 days since i last went on an off-plan bender >1day
It's been ~198 days since i last went on an off-plan bender >1week
It's been 0days 16hrs 25min since i last relied on self. (14 days before that)

:) ci
:) start Instant Boss
:) v task
sched
quiet time
r task
s task
t task
:) sort tasks
j task
prj task
:) mens bfast
:) rball
:) rummage cleanup
:) taxes
:) level mower
pud disk - ariv tue
pud norton
pud fan
jd hp nb install hw
:) ka wrk - kb rtn tracking
:) ka wrk - sym img
ka wrk - sym
:) ka wrk - winrar
ka wrk - email re: pdf write
kuf wrk - recontact
ebands - nx week
p wrk
client ku sat?
later: g wrk
later: ht task
put away clothes
:) reflection
:) pre-plan tmrw

12:10am (early morning tomorrow )
It's been 0days 00hrs 01min since i last got distracted.
It's been 0days 00hrs 01min since i last went on an off-plan bender >15min (3hrs, before that 2days)
It's been 0days 00hrs 01min since i last went on an off-plan bender >1hr (3hrs, before that 2days)
It's been 0days 00hrs 01min since i last went on an off-plan bender >2hrs (3hrs, before that 8days).

THINGS I COULD HAVE DONE BETTER

not gone on 3hr, off-plan binge. I was tempted and i gave in. Just one more...

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)

restarting...
the hope that i will be able to prevent this in the future.
That now, with recovery, i can get right back to work, instead of sulking, feeling like a failure, or spending hours, days searching for what's "wrong with me?"
That the frequency and duration of off-plan binges is going down.
That God uses failure to teach me.
That i did get a lot done today.
That i have tomorrow to try again.

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

Edge's CI

Thanks for starting the thread, RisingUp :) I've been very lax in doing things so my to-dos have pilled up :(

x Return letter to post office
x call curtain guy and sched
-Finish and send s bd present asap
-Buy cousin BD present
-Prep shopping list
-Grocery shopping
-Pass by furniture shop
-Do dishes
-Balance budget
-Clean bathroom
-Clean living room
-Clean bedroom
-Sweep patio
-Call curtain guy
-Bh: ap
-Bh: a
-Check and update master to-do
-Organize this week's to do
-Prep lesson
-Check training hw mats
-Call jap class
-Am report finish and send
-Pay car load
-Pay rent

~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Nothing diminishes anxiety faster than action - Walter Anderson

RisingUp Check-In 4/13

 

Behold, it's Friday night and I couldn't find a Saturday check-in thread already made so I made my own! 

Friday was a turning point for me, as I found out I'm getting a nice, fat TAX REFUND which is just enough to put money down on a new place, if I'm able to find a good deal and I trust I will!

Now I need some more money to pay outstanding bills, and a new job to pay for the new place I plan to get sometime within the next few weeks!

Task list for the weekend: 

  • Read Bible and Eph. book
  • Pray to God/JC for help and protection
  • SURRENDER ALL TO HIGHER POWER
  • Attend meetings UA, Coda, SIA
  • Gym on Saturday: workout/shower/practice
  • Get stuff from big storage & move to small storage, BY SUNDAY
  • Set up 4, start doing 1 / check T. again
  • Continue QC profile
  • Start resume & cover letter for job ad
  • Sign up new admin. agency online 
  • START APT. SEARCH ASAP
  • Write list of apt. wants/needs
  • Get food
  • Do laundry

 

MONDAY: 

  • Call PO, PCplan
  • Followup call to OT on Monday
  • Followup call to QC on Monday
  • Advance?
  • Credit check / notify ref.
  • Call clinic/hospital