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 15th August, 2013

14 August, 2013 - 4:57am - Mole

I am not afraid - I was born to do this.

Jean d'Arc 

‹ Wednesday 14th August 2013 Friday 16th August 2013 ›

My Day Today

lennon - 16 Aug 2013 - 7:46am

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

I want to thank Mole for starting this trend.

Things I have done today

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

2. Went to the 6:45 a.m. telephone OA meeting

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

4. Took shower

5. Got dressed

6. Fixed and ate breakfast

7. Went to two group therapies

8. Ate lunch

9. Went to the Post Office and bought stamps

10. Went to the bus station and bought a monthly pass

11. Went to the 1 p.m. telephone DA meeting

Things I will do today

1. Warm up and eat dinner

2. Go to diabetic group at 5:30 p.m.

3. Go to the 8 p.m. telephone CLA meeting

4. Go to the 9 p.m. telephone OA meeting

5. Go to the 9 p.m. online EA meeting

Thanks for letting me share

Marcelor Thursday CI

marcelor - 15 Aug 2013 - 12:27pm

Be kind to myself. Plan first.

Free write

List of interviewees

First draft interview outline

Email re road

Email re chimney

Start to list trips

@KF

clement - 15 Aug 2013 - 11:17am

KF wrote: "I did my best through a discouraged mood"

wow, kf, that's encouraging. I seem to face that so often, it's encouraging to see someone else face it too and persevere thru it. Thanks for sharing!

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

@clement

knitfisher - 16 Aug 2013 - 2:23am

Thanks! Sometime we have to give ourselves credit for the effort taken, even if the results don't seem like much. In fact, I think we should probably do that more often than not.

Sarito CI Thurs. 8.15

Sarito - 15 Aug 2013 - 10:01am

Send email to Secretary

Work letter w scheduling info

Pile of admin paper

Send package to sister

Buy colored thread

Stack of papers on piano

Binders

Movingalong's focus for Thurs. Aug. 13th

movingalong - 15 Aug 2013 - 9:46am

kindness

Babarino CI 8.15.13

Babarino - 15 Aug 2013 - 9:13am

-review survey

-decide who attend aug meeting (22)

-talk re: gr and k neg dates/times

-clean office (15 min)

-touch base on attendance for oct meeting

Hypatia's check-in

Hypatia - 15 Aug 2013 - 11:24am

here goes - Thursday afternoon

  • SEN reports (at least 2) done 1
  • in-tray folders
  • 1 set of catch-up reports

H.

KF Check in Thursday 15th Aug 09:45am

knitfisher - 15 Aug 2013 - 12:38pm

I'm am mainly afraid of having all this time, and not using it well. Yesterday was not a disaster. A disaster would have been only getting an hour's work done, or none at all. Instead, I did my best through a discouraged mood. I got work done, I got a little non-work done. And today I will do the same again.

Today I have already: 

  • Had breakfast
  • Had a laugh at the radio
  • had a shower
  • Called the bin people 

Today I will: 

  • Put wash on
  • Dry washing
  • Reply to B
  • work out A days
  • Do WD Work (at least 6 poms) done 5/6
  • Finish off LP (1/2 poms)
  • Lunch
  • Draw up a plan for SD
  • Do at least 4 poms on SD Done 4/4 then went way over. Stopping now.
  • Finish work at 6.00
  • De-clutter (1 pom)
  • Wash up & put away
  • Start dinner 6.45

This week:

  • Mock exam
  • Throw what you can at SD work
  • Call SD acnts
  • Chase last few docs for WS
  • Draw up accnts for WS
  • Text WS for visit date?
  • Declutter

ms thursday

ms - 28 Aug 2013 - 8:43am

hi all, it's been months since I have been here. That is mainly becasue I've had no huge deadlines and so have been shuffeling along aimlessly and without too much missery. Now (of course) that is catching up with me both in terms of a basic lack of output and (more pressingly) I'm unhappy and grumpy and isolating. so today

 

  • show up
  • wash and dress 
  • scrub bedroom 
  • email a
  • weave
  • post office
  • wrap gift and write card
  • write a plan of action for next big project in order
  • email m&g
  • check the text written by int
  • NO NAPS
  • (add to list as go)

 

happy working y'all

 

x 

riddled's Thursday ToDos

riddled - 15 Aug 2013 - 3:15pm
  • post birthday card
  • productive workday
  • take swimming test (needed for health insurance: they have a bonus program where you get money if you can prove you did a number of health-related activities, like some sports stuff, cancer screening, donating blood, ...)
  • don't forget: mail D about S
  • clear household chores backlog: laundry, dishes

clement ci - day 279 attempting abstinence, 199 from self

clement - 15 Aug 2013 - 12:02am

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. 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:"

  • I have come to believe that it is more important to maintain sobriety of relying on God than to get things done.
    • "15 Points" point 5 says:
      5. Develop and rehearse a daily plan of thinking and acting by which you will live that day relying on God, regardless of what may upset you or how hard the old urge to rely on self may hit you.

      My Plan is this:

      1. read "15 Points"
      2. Meditate for 5 min on the attributes of God

ci
start timers
v task
cL
time log
quiet time
r task
s task
t task
11am pa phone mtg
sort tasks
j task
do tasks
put away clothes
abstinence day counts
reflection
pre-plan tmrw

When we retire at night, we constructively review our day (BB).
  • Were we resentful, selfish, dishonest or afraid?
  • Do we owe an apology?
  • Have we kept something to ourselves which should be discussed with another person at once?
  • Were we kind and loving toward all?
  • What could we have done better?
  • Were we thinking of ourselves most of the time?
  • Or, were we thinking of what we could do for others, of what we could pack into the stream of life?

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)

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

Thursday

jalla - 15 Aug 2013 - 5:04pm

born to do this..... thanks Mole and Joan of Arcxo

  • email C
  • write cards, J, D,D,S.
  • filing
  • email c
  • note m
  • readings
  • tidy
  • floors
  • laundry away
  • clean rms
  • rubbish out
  • pack rehab bags
  • water plants
  • text b & aj & d re sat
  • text m & c
  • text s
  • bank
  • photocopying
  • get s address from v
  • post letters and cards
  • r
  • k bday c and gift
  • buy K card
  • buy ep
  • c appt
  • notes into ad cont.
  • chemist
  • dinner
  • call a & L
  • call N
  • rehab excercises
  • HIO

 

 

More on "not afraid".

movingalong - 14 Aug 2013 - 3:42pm

@mole:
thanks for the Joan of Arc thread-starter!

@everyone:
I posted some more quotes about "not afraid" here:
http://procrastinators-anonymous.org/node/4966

Mole's check in

Mole - 14 Aug 2013 - 5:42am

7.30 cafe with D, text T re delivery, 20 mins free write

9-12 continue with scene and or leap to another.

Lunch

1.30-2.30 project at prov

3 -3.30 appt with E

battery and whiteboard pens

work on Capt report 

5-6 St. D w D

6.30 home and eat

declutter

drawing

check in

wash up

tidy living room 

BED BY 11 

THINGS I DID WELL TODAY

THINGS I COULD HAVE DONE BETTER

THINGS I AM GRATEFUL FOR