Special Projects and Master Lists

I love David Seah's idea of making a resolution at Groundhog Day instead of at New Year's!  He explains it here: http://davidseah.com/blog/groundhog-day-resolutions/

Basically, the idea is that it's better to make Groundhog Day resolutions because:

OK, so - for Xmas, I promised the hubby 1 hour of housecleaning, M-F, for the next three weeks.

Yesterday was the first day, and I:

* Cleaned out the fridge

* Cleared out condiments

* Emptied garbage twice (DUE to fridge clean out)

* And put groceries away

YAAAAYYYYY ME! (I'll have to be a celebratory graphic in there later!) ;-)

So, today I am spending more time on the kitchen.

The next 20 mins, to be exact.

I will:

* Scoop cat litter

* Continue emptying out condiment jars

*Start organizing dishes for easy washing

This is an interesting one! (Well... to me anyway. :) )

I've been reading a book called 'Adversity Quotient @ Work'. Adversity Quotient (AQ) is a measure of how well people cope with problems. Not surprisingly, people with high 'AQ's tend to be happier and more successful all round. I tested mine and scored pretty low, so I'm going to try the techniques in the book to improve it.

Your AQ is made up of four 'CORE' dimensions:

C = Control: how much you feel able to influence a situation and control your own responses.

I have a simple task to do and it is very much in my interests to do it and I can't, whatever can't means. So I am posting asking for support and help.

Hi lovely people, as is addiction I am back. I hope you all have fared well whilst I've been away.

I wish I could say otherwise, but I have spent most of my time procrastinating plus a little writing in between. I did some travelling in France earlier this year tho, which took a lot of planning! I couchsurfed and hitchhiked, and it was amazing.

Firefox crashed right when I was almost done w/ my checkin. Instead, I'm going to resolve to stay on track all day Friday and complete as many urgent tasks as possible. I've fallen apart this past month and have too many urgent tasks to complete within the time constraints.

Urgent:

X wash dishes (request from family member)
X sort laundry (ditto)
X get a good night sleep
X call rev. dept.
X pay BofA
X TM folder feature testable
-- commit thumbnail script
-- add to case working in integration
-- add to case working in editor
X page break bug fixed
-- q. bug fixed

1 - I admit I am powerless over my compulsive procrastination and my life has become unmanageable

How unmanageable has my life become?

I still wake up early and come everyday to work, but lately, there are entire days that I spend doing nothing else than surfing the web... the only good thing about it is that I found this site. I'm glad I did.

I need to sit down for a while and come up with my master list. I'll start by stating what are those things I have procrastinated really bad:

Hi fellow procrastination warriors,

I often have that familiar feeling of "never having time" to do a lot of things.  I'm also aware that I spend a lot of time surfing the internet that could be spent in other ways.

Part of the problem is that I don't focus or function all that well when I'm stressed.  And I've noticed that I tend to go online and surf when I'm frazzled, frightened, or wanting/needing to distract myself from some unpleasant emotional state.

Go me!

Master plans that need to be prepped:
- University payments and subject plan
- Car bank remaining payments schedule
- Car parents remaining payments schedule
- Room remodeling payment plan
- Savings & wealth management road map

Education
x Education: Equate high school degree
x Education: Enroll and start uni
- Education: Graduate with a BA

I feel like I've stalled out in working this program, and am slipping into websurfing and other old bad habits rather than moving forwards to where I want to be.

So I'm going to use this space to set out some top- and bottom- lines for my behavior, then I'll commit to updating this thread every day for a month with performance on my bottomlines.

Promise that I'm striving toward (from "Promises of Recovery for PA"): We will not fear the future, nor wish to shut the door on it.