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.
Monday, 27th May 2013
Go gracefully into the day. Do not carry the burdens of the past and the future. Savour each moment and allow it to flow into the next.
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@ Clement
Congratulations Clement , on your success with timed perseverance - something really solid to build on after your enormous efforts. And don't for get to reward yourself !
tx mole
thanks for your kind words. They are encouraging!
Yes, it is something to build on, but i'm still scare that it might be a one-time thing :P But rly i trust God to do it again.
It never occurred to me to reward myself. Maybe this is a part that i am still missing. I dont find within myself a desire to reward myself. Should i? Of course, this morning, i was able to accomplish something that i planned for yesterday. If i had only work binged, and not taken breaks to do the planning, today couldnt have happened. So in that i do feel rewarded.
fall down seven times, get up eight - japanese proverb
Hypatia's check-in
I had a very constrcutive weekend in London, getting my house ready for sale. But as soon as I got back to Yorkshire my old habits kicked in. The bungalow is a mess, and I can't get going. And I feel guilty because my 94 year old neighbour mowed my front lawn while I was away
done so far
to do
university study (30 mins)prepare for tomorrow's hospital appointmentclear up kitchen (30 mins)have something to eaturgent lettersort out GTDH.
clement ci - day 198 attempting abstinence, 118 from self
I know that God has forgiven my task, by Jesus' work on the cross, so i have every reason to not let it burden my future, a future in which God is calling me into Good works he has prepared in advance for me to do.
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
:) brk: ** jury duty form
brk: ** mci
:) brk: * dr bashe tmrw
:) brk: * bsmt dehu
:) brk: crit artcl
brk: pool - 30min
brk: * renew mbbc - 30min
brk: *kal - 1 hour, fri
brk: * busi form added 5/14/2013 - 20min, fri
:) ** lc get descript (due mon)
*lc sign form
*client bos - recv tue, install wed
*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 - 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
12:55pm:
It's been 00days 00hrs 02min since i last got distracted (17min 13:35-12:53 5/27 org bkmks).
It's been 00days 00hrs 02min since i last went on an off-plan bender >15min (17min 13:35-12:53 5/27 org bkmks 4d,3m,1d,6h,3d.2d,1d,4h,1h old,new)
It's been 01days 20hrs 16min since i last went on an off-plan bender >1hr (1hr 30min, 3:09-4:39pm 5/25 youtube q; abs his: 13,1,1,5,6 old-new)
It's been 04days 10hrs 14min since i last went on an off-plan bender >2hrs (2hrs 43min, 11:58pm-02:41am 5/22-23 qtweb; abs his: 5,14,8,6)
It's been 18days 10hrs 11min 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; corrected 5/24).
It's been 62 days since i last went on an off-plan bender >4hrs (6hrs on 3/25).
It's been >62 days since i last went on an off-plan bender >6hrs (6hrs on 3/25).
It's been 198 days since i last went on an off-plan bender >1day
It's been ~298 days since i last went on an off-plan bender >1week
It's been 38days 14hrs 02min since i last relied on self. (abs his: 14)
1:08pm: reflection on Day Counts : i am tempted to think i'm cured, and then ignore my recovery. So deceptive, and so alluring, so tempting. In fact is *IS* my recovery, my day by day, that has produced those counts. I need God to continually remind me of this, or else i will forget.
THINGS I COULD HAVE DONE BETTER
I put off my break once today for 43 minutes. I put off my break several times for like 5 min.
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)
For the FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE i was able to do a task, like learn a new programming language, during timed blocks, taking breaks to do other things that were also important. Every other time i have done this, it was with a multi-hour, or multi-day work binge.
And it's good that i did it measured this time, cuz i only had 2 days, and i had to get to a certain proof of concept point, which i did. Never would have gotten to that point if had followed every trail my interest led me. I would have learned a lot of fun stuff, but not the most important. HUGE for me.
There are so many changes that have happened to me with God changing me especially thru this program that there's no way i could have gotten here on my own 1 year ago. Nor could i have charted a course of how to get here. No, it was God doing things to me, not me doing things, that got me here. I give all the credit to God.
I'm also thankful to God that i got many important other things done.
And that i took breaks for family time and various planning we had to do.
And that God seems to be helping me with a relationship i am having problems with.
fall down seven times, get up eight - japanese proverb
(clem)
YES!!!
tx vic!
:D
fall down seven times, get up eight - japanese proverb
kromer 10:20 CI
Today I have a long list of tasks:
1)Email Mu2) Fill out what I can of FACS access form
3) Finish bp
4) Email M, CB
7) Make figure for R (will do this soon)5) Revise discussion
6) Organize
8) Finish correlation/placement graphs
9) Update todo
10) Get liver and testis expression data
Check on experimentsDo 2 bursts of financial record-keeping
Exercise (doing this now!)
Vic 5/27/13
show up (done), exer, plan
Thx for starter Mole. grateful
Early morning Monday
Thank you for the starter dear mole!
email mtext cpack rehab bagaccountsMole's check in
A new week, a new start. Bring on some energy, focus and inspiration.
put the sheets on to wash
7.30 cafe RM? Write up Profumo
Put the Internet to sleep
seal the living room door
9-12 write with poms. Pom breaks: hang washing, hang sheets, tea, ccompost
email D re possible lift,
put out volunteer request
healthy lunch
cc review at TLC
order life in 5 for B and stuff for me.
Bring in washing
make bed
Make and send C's card.
Eat healthy meal
meet new person at St D 7.10
ringing til 9
H with D and co
Bed by 11
THINGS I DID WELL TODAY
Managed it all. Going to bed on time last night made a great difference.
THINGS I COULD HAVE DONE BETTER
A good day
THINGS I AM GRATEFUL FOR
beautiful day, clean sheets on bed, lift from D,