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.
Thursday 23rd May 2013
I'm always doing things I can't do.
That's how I get to do them.
Pablo Picasso
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Hamlet's checkin
day 5. hardly accomplished anything yesterday. allowed myself to be distracted and when not distracted, procrastinated. Seems only thing to do is to get back and try again and not fall further behind.
1. EU FCM research
2. bills
3. start planting
clement ci - day 194 attempting abstinence, 114 from self
Abstinence from unplanned time.
Abstinence from relying on self. AA Big Book says to rely on God. Quoted in my bookmarks : scroll down to "AA Big Book on fears : relying on God not self-reliance:"
:) ci
:) start Instant Boss
:) v task
:) cl
:) time log
:) quiet time
:) r task
:) s task
:) t task
:) 11am pa phone mtg
:) sort tasks
:) *capture all * tasks here
:) j task
prj task, skip
brk: jury duty form
:) brk: zen neg
:) brk: crit
brk: OK rwcs pare down
brk: CWS emergency kids
:) brk: put all assundry firefox tabs in rtm brk todos
brk: pool - 30min
brk: * renew mbbc - 30min
:) brk: *record 7:20 fri night - 15 min
brk: new outgoing busi msg
brk: iphone apps
brk: *kal - 1 hour, fri
brk: * busi form added 5/14/2013 - 20min, fri
brk: bda
** lc get descript (due mon)
*lc sign form
lc read man
:) **client bos - recom, alm done
:) h wrk - recommendation - continue - 4hrs
*pud raid - 4 hrs
g wrk - 4hrs
pud av i - 5 hours
pud disk - rtn shipping problem - 30 min
pud disk - rtn installed - 30 min
pud disk install - bill4 when done, thu, after cking all ok - 15 min
*tx - 4hrs
*nativ - 20 min
pu wrk - iDev - 2hrs
bill client ku wed
kuf wrk - recontact - 15 min
later: ht task
:) put away clothes
:) reflection
:) pre-plan tmrw
11:24am :
It's been about - since i last got distracted (-).
It's been 0days 08hrs 43min since i last went on an off-plan bender >15min (2hr 43min, 11:58pm-2:41am 5/22-23 qtweb; abs his: 4days,3min,1day,6hrs,3days old,new)
It's been 0days 08hrs 43min since i last went on an off-plan bender >1hr (2hr 43min, 11:58pm-2:41am 5/22-23 qtweb; abs his: 13,1,1,5,6 old-new)
It's been 0days 08hrs 43min since i last went on an off-plan bender >2hrs (2hr 43min, 11:58pm-2:41am 5/22-23 qtweb; abs his: 5,14,8,6)
It's been 14days 05hrs 40min since i last went on an off-plan bender >3hrs (3hrs 14min, 11:30pm-02:44am 5/8-9 raid work binge, abs his: 25,14).
It's been 58 days since i last went on an off-plan bender >4hrs (6hrs on 3/25).
It's been >58 days since i last went on an off-plan bender >6hrs (6hrs on 3/25).
It's been 194 days since i last went on an off-plan bender >1day
It's been ~294 days since i last went on an off-plan bender >1week
It's been 34days 12hrs 31min since i last relied on self. (abs his: 14)
11:40am : Day Count reflection : i can not think about the future and getting to certain milestones of days. I can only focus on today. The counts will take care of themselves.
11:46am : cuz i really, really, really, really, value my >3hrs count: 14 days, i and really really really want to keep that going. But i can not afford to feel crushed if i should violate that and have to start a new count. That will just be an event on my road to recovery.
11:49:13 ‹clement› this attitude when i fail of "oh well, i guess i'll just have to move on" is helping me.
THINGS I COULD HAVE DONE BETTER
I had a crisis for 3hrs. I take it to be withdrawal symptoms. Skin crawling. Twitchy. Stomach ache. headache. I pray that that part of recovery will lessen over time, but God's will be done.
There were a few time i let my break or work go 2-5 min over.
My morning was not great. Lots of off-plan time, distraction.
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)
From about 1pm on i was pretty much on plan all day long. I worked in 25+5 MIT/main tasks + secondary tasks. This flow / compromise worked really really well.
I was very thankful to have a phone check-in partner most of the day every hour on the half-hour.
I stood up for myself with someone. I think i was firm, asserted myself, without being arrogant or insensitive, even tho they were upset. I did what i thought was right.
I am almost done with a very large task. Just a few more details tomorrow morning, then i can deliver to customer(s).
I learned a lot in this task also.
Last night i made a hard decision and put something off due Fri til Mon. But that's cuz i have another big thing due Fri. The first thing i did not know was so hard. So i am thankful that God has formed me enuf that i can simply recognize and postpone, instead of trying to do both, becoming overwhelmed, escaping, and doing neither.
My son's great SATs.
Nice times with family today, and fit into schedule.
I put a bunch of long-open firefox tabs and windows into the todo list and bookmarks. Now hopefully FF will not crash so often (was crashing >1 / day :( )
fall down seven times, get up eight - japanese proverb
KF Checkin 23rd May 10:30
Hoping for a more productive day today. It's in my hands, and so it can be done.
Today I have already:
Put washing onHang washing/dry washingwork out travel plans for next FridayCanx grazemsg O re soloHave lunch with DHprepare dinner for slow cooker with DHfudoshin: checkin
Please do not leave advice or feedback. Thank you. Prayers welcome.
x apply for mastercard
x pick up packages
x purchase garlic at store
X pay off remaining charges through June 11th
- will pay off rent for June when get check next week electronically
-determine from subtracting rent payment how much of discover card I will pay off
fudoshin: 42 days of exercise: day 40
Please do not leave advice or feedback. Thank you. Prayers welcome.
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The commitment is thirty minutes of exercise before midnight of any of
the following format: running, jogging, a combination of
running-walking-jogging, swimming, walking, attending a fitness class
(something that requires me to leave the house), stationary biking,
biking, dance class, aerobic class, yoga, karate (or other martial
arts). I have been having a little bit of a problem with getting myself
to do the running plan consistently. I typically result in walking,
which is fine; that's infintely better than nothing at all. But, I do
want to provide a circumstance for myself to run, if once I get to the
gym or "get out there" I feel up to it. So, I am going to restart the
running plan today, and wherever I start with the run/walk combination,
that will be where I'm at. I'm changing the commitment in the following
way: on days when I am assigned to run by the running training program,
I need to wear my running clothes. I do not actually have to run, but I
need to wear those clothes on running days. If If I do not run, I will
wear (or bring) the running clothes on each day until I do the assigned
training, and then the schedule will resume from that day. I am doing
this because:
running/jogging plan. I made some progress last week of running 2
minutes, walking2 minutes, repeating that seven times, but I want to
finish that week within a timely period and move on to running 2 minutes
and walking 1 minute (times 10). The ultimate goal is to be able to
run/jog for 30 minutes. I want to run a marathon at the end of this
year or January of next. (I have always wanted to run the Honolulu
Marathon; I don't even know if this is something I can do, but I want to
do it.) I have year after year pledging to do a second marathon and
have not, b/c I did not make headway on my running plan.
commitments in my life, because challenges in the running sphere force
me to have other commitments in my life met so that I can exercise
unimpeded and feel good that my investment in myself is going somewhere.
before midnight unless I make the commitment here to do it.
training unit per day of the 28-week running plan I came up with, which
is a slower version of the eight-week Rodale run/walk plan.
constantly fidgeting at my desk or feeling like I SHOULD be
running/swimming/walking or getting out in the sun or that I SHOULD have
done those things last night.
have confidence in myself as a person interacting with others.
positively affects my whole life. Since I'm making a promise here to do
it, that's going to help me to keep my promise to myself so that I have
faith in myself that at some point during the day I will exericse,
instead of feeling like crap because I don't even trust myself to get to
the gym or go on a walk.
with myself and helps me to be able to live with myself.
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So today I ran 1 minute, walked two minutes (times ten) and biked 4 minutes forward and backward. Then walked home approximately 9 minutes. Planning on continuing the walk/run program at least by tomorrow.
Elvira's Thursday
Job hunting:
vIC 5/22/13 & 23
Show up (done), exer, plan
"Saying or reading" the word "wet" does not make me wet. Keep on keeping on.
thrs- Show up (done), exer, plan
"And the rain descended, and the floods came,
and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it
was founded upon a rock." (Matthew 7:24)
Mole's check-in
7.30 cafe with D
put Internet to bay
seal off living room
9 - 12 write with poms. Begin with brainstorm. Pom breaks note to A, tea, wash up, nutshells.
eat healthy meal
1.30 -3 to prov with mem or letters.
walk to city
E for oats etc
card/pres for C and B and T and R
orthotic search
5 -6 ringing with D
food stand or home
eat
prep, make, write cards
Plan E's walk
relax
check in
bed by 11
THINGS I DID WELL TODAY
kept writing though not inspired, didn't procrastinate during breaks. Started letter to Z. Good session with D. Progressing slowly.
THINGS I COULD HAVE DONE BETTER
for these dull feeling days I need to plan exactly what I am going to write, so that I don't dither with choices and dissipate energy.
THINGS I AM GRATEFUL FOR
that I am back home after a long day and that I can go to bed.