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 17th August 2013

14 August, 2013 - 4:42pm - jalla

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clement ci - day 281 attempting abstinence, 201 from self

clement - 17 Aug 2013 - 7:36pm

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

Vic 8/17/13

vic - 17 Aug 2013 - 7:49am

thanks jalla for starter

Think healing thoughts.

When
you feel anger or resentment, ask God to help you feel it, learn from
it, and then release it. Ask Him to bless those who you feel anger
toward. Ask Him to bless you too.

When you feel fear, ask Him to
take it from you. When you feel misery, force gratitude. When you feel
deprived, know that there is enough.

When you feel ashamed, reassure yourself that who you are is okay. You are good enough.

When
you doubt your timing or your present position in life, assure yourself
that all is well; you are right where you're meant to be. Reassure
yourself that others are too.

When you ponder the future, tell yourself that it will be good. When you look back at the past, relinquish regrets.

When you notice problems, affirm there will be a timely solution and a gift from the problem.

When
you resist feelings or thoughts, practice acceptance. When you feel
discomfort, know it will pass. When you identify a want or a need, tell
yourself it will be met.

When you worry about those you love, ask
God to protect and care for them. When you worry about yourself, ask
Him to do the same.

When you think about others, think love. When you think about yourself, think love.

Then watch your thoughts transform reality.

Today, I will think healing thoughts.
From The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie

KF Check in 17th Aug 08:25am

knitfisher - 17 Aug 2013 - 2:26am

woke up at 7 am and really wanted to do work, but only a limited no. of things I can do that wont wake my DH up. My BIL in down this eve, and we are not ready. But we will be.

Today I will: 

  • Breakfast
  • Shower
  • A bit of SD work
  • Menu and shop
  • washing in
  • washing out
  • Get spare room ready
  • Washing up
  • Mock exam

 

riddled's Saturday ToDos

riddled - 17 Aug 2013 - 1:36pm

Most important task today: Filing
Most important part of that: the loads of stuff connected to job training

I'll try to avoid household chores that can be postponed. Especially, I'll try to avoid cleaning the stairs any more today. (Oh, the temptation to spend hours trying to remove those paint stains!) I cleaned the worst dirt yesterday and the rest can WAIT now.

Stuff that can't be postponed today:

  • grocery shopping
  • taking down laundry (needed the stuff to wear it)

IF I did well, I'll treat myself to a swimming workout. (Yes I love those! :) ) Don't know yet if today or tomorrow - the latter is probably better.

Update: Done so far:

  • 2,5h of not job-related paper + digital filing and online banking. Desk cleared of everything NOT related to job training now.
  • 2,5h of something on the very fringes of job training-related filing. That means: Carrying in two big boxes full of ring binders and books, intending to work through the contents. Deciding that the books - the only books that I really need now and will need for one more year - must be easily accessible, and standing or lying straight. (They were starting to get warped at the edges, and some of them are not even mine.) Clearing out the only bookshelf that I actually had a chance of clearing out. Cleaning the shelf and all the books involved. (Very dusty, full of cobwebs). Putting half of the shelf books into another box (stacked properly this time), and storing it in the cellar. Where I had luckily just cleaned an unused built-in cabinet some weeks ago. (It was too dirty to use before, someone must have dropped a glass of jam in there about 30 years ago.) Otherwise, I wouldn't have had a clean, dry, dust-free space for the box.
    It's a case of tasks depending on tasks. You want to do task C, but have to do task A first, then B, then C. Or if you can do C directly, it will be much more laborious than with A and B already done. And most "normal" persons don't have the problem because they keep their stuff in order, and therefore, tasks A and B are usually already done. I have many of these task chains and wanted to post about this problem in my project thread anyway. But I won't write more about it today - I want to get on with work.
  • 3h of actual job-related filing
  • While doing that, also a backup of my laptop + 1 important USB stick. (I'd been neglecting backups in a suicidal way, for various not-really-rational reasons.)

Swimming will be tomorrow morning.

My Day Today

lennon - 18 Aug 2013 - 12:35am

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

I want to thank jalla for starting this trend.

Things I will do today

1. Call an Al-Anon member at 5 a.m.

2. Prayer and meditation morning and evening

3. Test blood sugar twice

4. Go to the 5:45 a.m. telephone ACA meeting

5. Go to the 6:45 a.m. telephone OA meeting

6. Go to the 7 a.m. telephone DA meeting

7. Go to the 8 a.m. telephone OA meeting

8. Go to the 8:30 a.m. telephone UA meeting

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

10. Go to the 9:45 a.m. telephone CLA activity line

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

12. Eat breakfast

13. Go to the 11 a.m. telephone UA meeting

14. Go to the 12:25 p.m. telephone DA workshop

15. Get my medicine ready for the next two weeks

16. Go to the 2:30 p.m. telephone CODA meeting

17. Go to the 4 p.m. telephone Al-Anon meeting

18. Cook and eat dinner

19. Take shower

20. Get dressed

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

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

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

24. Go to the 11 p.m. telephone UA meeting

25. Clear my tables

26. Go through the dresser drawer

27. Wash dishes

28. Read the meditations

Thanks for letting me share

Mole's check in

Mole - 16 Aug 2013 - 5:28am

Thank you jalla - preserve me from trying to work out the perfect system - and then feeling trapped in its rigidity. I hope this weekend I will have some reflective time, and I want to think about ways I can make some tasks more pleasurable (music, audio books, creating new spaces) and defining places for particular activities as well as objects.

8 cafe

PH for bread

9.30 -12 write or work orn writing 

healthy lunch

1.30- 3. prov with project

wipe, dust and vacuum  

wrap and send S's parcel

Capt report 

CV  for LM or WILPF letter

eat healthy meal

declutter

draw

check in

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THINGS I DID WELL TODAY

THINGS I COULD HAVE DONE BETTER

THINGS I AM GRATEFUL FOR