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 10:20p.m. CI
Well, today was pretty much a wash. I gave up this afternoon - head feeling very weird, not like a cold or flu or fever, but headachey and my face feels hot and my ears hurt. So I plopped down in front of the TV with some junk food and spent the remainder of the day there. Feel very bummed out about not getting more done, and just generally depressed.
DONE:
check emails
empty dishwasher
phone window company/check websites re: scratches
eat breakfast (guess it's lunch now!)/take vitamins
read
make bed
brush teeth
phone BBB
phone bank
make doctor's appointment (one of my new years resolutions)
NOT DONE:
wash hair/face
get dressed
get gas for car
carwash
pet food store
groceries
look for other kind of daytimer?
make supper/do dishes
check cat food/water
wash/brush
read before bed
Hopefully, I can at least muster the strength to wash my face and brush my teeth before bed! But who knows...
Hope you feel better soon JJ
Sorry you aren't feeling well, but please don't beat yourself up for not accomplishing everything on your list. It's understandable when you're not feeling well. Even non-procrastinators give themselves recovery time when they're not well. I think you're being too hard on yourself. I think you did a great job because you didn't procrastinate on one very important thing, calling your doctor (something I don't do well at all).
Blessings,
Monica
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"I don't feel like it" is a poor sacrifice for your dreams.
Mollie's last check-in
Done
Call LW back
Pay bills
Mail calendar to HC
Finish writing project
Hand deliver writing project
Send copy to DC
Call FP
Call re: ins.
Draft writing project due today
Deliver writing project
Go to meeting
Buy groceries
To Do
Call program re: visiting WOB & records review
Start writing project due tomorrow
Do CG billing
Do BM billing
Well, I didn't get everything on the list done. But it was a long list.
pro's last check-in - 9:10pm
I'm ready for bed. I'll read for a while, then lights-out by 10pm.
pro's CI - 7:30pm
I finally settled down and did what I needed to do. I'm going to just relax for an hour now, before I leave for the meeting. I didn't get the entire pile done, but I did the most urgent stuff. I worked well today - I can take a guilt-free rest.
too tired for meeting
It's time to leave for the meeting, but I feel really tired. I wish the Wednesday meeting wasn't so late. I won't get home until 10pm, and then it will be another hour before I'm in bed. That's too late when I get up at 6am. I think instead of going to the meeting I'm going to get ready for bed. I'd like to be in bed by 10pm.
pro's CI - 7pm
I'm zinging back and forth between all the things I don't want to do, and managing to do none of them (but I'm getting a lot of exercise pacing around my apartment. ;) ) I'm posting to get myself off the hamster wheel. I will now take my pills and wash the dishes.
I've been working at my Chinese for more than an hour, but not in a serious way - I was reading a book on Chinese swear words. (Well, you need to know them, too!!) I need to practice writing and pronounciation, but I do better with Chinese in the morning than in the evening, so I'll call it a day.
MelloJellos CI 4:54
:-( boy did I bomb. I wouldn't have got much done at all if my boss hadn't come in with a new job for me to do. I only worked on it because it had a deadline - due today. I spent way too much time reading about what to do about my procrastination. blah. maybe tomorrow will be better.
X Print proof for first job
X call printer about 2nd job
X work on new job #3 (added)
__ order computer supplies
__ back up files
X 4:45 bookend
X Leave right at 5:00pm (ready to go)
Thanks for the welcome, though. :smile:
keep trying
I've found that the most important thing is to keep trying. I have good days and bad days - many more good days since I started this site. As long as I keep trying, eventually I get it done.
pro's CI - 4:10pm
I'm on track for today - doing what I said I was going to do. That feels nice.
cooking
I used to enjoy cooking, but I don't any more. I like the result, but it seems like such a chore to do.
This is coming up for me now because I'm hungry. I waffled over the deli counter for a while (spend money, cook, spend money, cook)... Finally I decided on a compromise. I bought some cole slaw, and I'll cook the rest.
procrastinating on cooking
Instead of cooking, I'm studying Chinese. I want to study Chinese next, but I need to eat. I'm getting hungrier and hungrier, and soon I'll eat junk or spend money I don't have because I can't wait to cook.
So I am now going to cook!!
jj's 1:15p.m. CI
Trying to CI at shorter intervals today to see if it will help me get through the day after the bad start I had.
DONE:
check emails
empty dishwasher
phone window company/check websites re: scratches
eat breakfast (guess it's lunch now!)/take vitamins
read
make bed
brush teeth
TO DO:
wash hair/face
get dressed
get gas for car
carwash
pet food store
groceries
look for other kind of daytimer?
make supper/do dishes
check cat food/water
wash/brush
read before bed
jj's Noon CI
I'm very scattered today - pacing the floor and jumping from here, to my email, to another website and back. Haven't even eaten breakfast yet and it's noon! Trying to listen to some calming music.
DONE:
check emails
empty dishwasher
phone window company/check websites re: scratches
TO DO:
eat breakfast (guess it's lunch now!)/take vitamins
read
wash hair/face/brush teeth
get dressed
make bed
get gas for car
carwash
pet food store
groceries
look for other kind of daytimer?
make supper/do dishes
check cat food/water
wash/brush
read before bed
New - first check in
Hi all. I have battled procrastination so long I hope this works. I have made progress in some ways, especially at home. But after a week off work I'm having trouble getting back to it. So this is for my work day.
__ Print proof for first job
__ call printer about 2nd job
__ order computer supplies
__ back up files
__ 4:45 bookend
__ Leave right at 5:00pm
Thanks for letting me join. I hope all of you that are feeling under the weather feel better soon!
hello MelloJello!
Hi, and welcome! This Web site has been very helpful to a lot of people, so I'm sure it can help you, too.
You might want to put your username and the time in your check-in messages so you can easily see what's what in the "Recent Comments" list.
There are a lot of resources on this Web site. Did you get a chance to look through the articles yet? (Click the Articles button at the top of the page.) There's a lot of stuff there that you may find helpful.
pro's CI - 12:30pm
I think that instead of doing the rest of my pile now, I'll do the work project. That one is higher in priority than the rest of my pile.
typing hurts
My right wrist is bothering me. I'm afraid I have a twinge of carpal tunnel syndrome. The project I'm working on right now involves typing, so this is a problem.
jj's 10:00 a.m. CI
Not a good start to my day. Woke up at 4:20 not feeling well - sore neck, headache, and very windy outside again. I live in a place where we frequently get chinook winds - very strong, warm winds gusting down off the east slopes of the mountains and playing havoc with the pressure. I'm not sure if that's what's affecting me the last couple days, but I've been having headaches and my ears kind of hurt.
So...I stayed in bed late - 9:45. Then I got a phone call from the window cleaners who scratched all my windows. It was a manager phoning to set up an appointment for next week, which is great. But he said the cleaner told me about the scratches before he started, which is untrue, and was trying to make it sound like 9 year old windows might have scratches on them anyways. Now I feel very wound up. I don't know whether I should just make up my mind to live with them this way, but on the other hand I don't want to be naive and gullible and let someone get away with something they shouldn't. Any advice on this?
Let's see if I can salvage what I already feel is a wasted day.
TO DO:
eat breakfast/take vitamins
read
check emails
empty dishwasher
phone window company/check websites re: scratches
wash hair/face/brush teeth
get dressed
make bed
get gas for car
carwash
pet food store
groceries
look for other kind of daytimer?
make supper/do dishes
check cat food/water
wash/brush
read before bed
I know I have time to do more than this, but the way I feel right now, I just want to crawl back into bed.
Mollie's Check-In
Done
Call LW back
Pay bills
Mail calendar to HC
Finish writing project
Hand deliver writing project
Send copy to DC
Call FP (left mssg)
To Do
Call re: ins.
Draft writing project due today
Deliver writing project
Call program re: visiting WOB & records review
Go to meeting
Buy groceries
Start writing project due tomorrow
Do CG billing
Do BM billing
pro's CI - 11:35am
I read a novel for an hour, but that's okay - I got to work after.
scarlett CI 11:30 am
Meeting now.
Already done:
Forward info
Eat breakfast
Take pills
Check messages
Prep meeting
To do:
Update master to-do
BALANCE. PATIENCE.
Hi from Lark, 9:50AM CI
I've been interested in and identifying with everyones's recent comments, and I'm looking forward to bouncing some inspirations and ideas off the group soon. I've been cutting down on coffee too, and have been using the "half caffeine" variety and making a smaller batch lately, and it works "okay". I've also been making a list of things I think should go on the "to do" list, but don't have to: "relief".
Ta Da:
morning routine
sort some clothing
paint tray for work
get seat cushion
take a few minutes to meditate
clean up mess in shop
To Do:
replace light bulbs
put work project together (DID SOME, plus an entire small job)
All for now. See you later.
scarlett CI 10:10 am EST
Hello, all. Feeling weak and kind of sick today. Need to eat, so initial to-do is going to be pretty simple.
To Do:
Eat breakfast
Take pills
Update master to-do
Forward info
Prep meeting
pro's CI - 8:50am
dig those checkboxes
is that html? I use those on my master to-do, which is a word doc, but I don't know how to do it here.
how to use the checkboxes
I'm glad you like the checkboxes. You can use them, too. They are graphics, and I added them to the graphics collection of the forum (see link on left side, in Site Content box, under Forums). The most recent comment added to the Graphics thread says how to use them (add align="absbottom" to the image tag).
cool.
thanks!
pro's C- 7:30am
I put too much dandelion root in my morning hot drink (which no longer can be called "coffee" because it has no coffee in it). It's still okay. Tomorrow I'll use less.
Yesterday I didn't study Chinese. I want to make sure I keep up that daily habit. I don't want to time binge on it, as I have on some days, but I want to do it consistently.
I'm also playing with the idea of exercising today. But I'm not fully committed to it so I didn't put it on my list.
rereading my New Year's Resolutions
I'm going to reread my New Year's Resolutions each morning to remind myself what's important to me. Maybe it will help me stay on track.
pro's CI - 6:10am
I never wake up at 6am naturally - it's always the alarm that wakes me up. I think it's because it's still dark at 6am. My body doesn't believe in waking up while it's still dark.
I have a headache. :(
Today is going to be my first day totally caffeine-free (except for chocolate, of course). I've been tapering off, and yesterday I used the last of the coffee.
Re caffeine
Pro best of luck with, or rather without, the coffee. I came off it some weeks ago and then was back on when I hurt my foot. I'm now down to one cup a day and I feel OK with that.
Regards Rexroth
caffeine is very addictive
I never realize how much caffeine affects me - even one cup of coffee a day - until I stop. When I stop, I always have two weeks of horrible migraines and being tired all the time, and then my energy evens out in a very pleasant way. Instead of being tired, then jaggly wired from coffee, then tired again, I always have an even level of energy. I'm looking forward to that again. Also, caffeine, being the powerful and addictive drug that it is, has many negative health effects. It negatively impacts sleep, blood pressure, digestion, and more.
more or less coffee
Couldn't agree more Pro. I would willingly give up alcohol rather than coffee. I'm wondering if I can stick at one cup a day. If I can't then I'm giving it up entirely. I was having heartburn and was thinking of seeing the doctor but it seemed more sense to stop drinking umpteen cups a day first. I did and heartburn stopped.
first day caffeine free
Today was the first day I went completely without caffeine. I've been tapering off. I feel pretty good. I'm still a little tired, but less so than I was.
The physical withdrawal coming off caffeine is fairly unpleasant, but you feel better on the other side. I make a coffee substitute out of chicory root and dandelion root so I still have something that tastes like coffee. I don't like the way decaffeinated coffee tastes, plus decaf is usually made with bad chemicals, and still has some caffeine in it.
Rexroth 10.37 GMT
Todo today
up prayer and reflection, new meditation
deal with emails, phone messages, post
do most of December accounts
make appointment for electricians
finish letter to solictor and email tonight after
phoning friend who is helping legal/admin stuff
list what else to do on above by next week
start writing account for other fellowship
clean kitchen floor and surfaces
vacuum in living room
set up craft project stuff
get out of house
write journal
prayer and reflection
bed and sleep
That's it regards Rexroth
Rexroth 13.18 GMT
Going well but in a bit of a mess and muddle with December accounts.
Rexroth 19.52 GMT
I've been very busy today and no way am I going to finish.
Rexroth 22.31 GMT
It's ten thirty and I'm going to bed and going to sleep. I will be better having a good night's sleep and starting again tomorrow.
Night night Rexroth