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• A new project deadline! We are now shooting for 12/10. Any takers on how long that will last? #

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Wow, it’s been almost a week since I posted.  I read an entry on another blog that you should only write a blog post 2-3 times a week.  You will wear people out with all your drivel otherwise.  To each their own.  If I was blogging for them, I might take that advice.  But at this point – I’m blogging purely for myself, so…

I just read this morning about two things to do to conquer procrastination:

1. Break it up – look at tasks you are putting off in small, manageable, bite-sized pieces.
2. Write it down – writing goals is great, but to help with this problem you need to log what you’re doing so you can look at it with honesty and see where you are wasting your time.

I think I’m up for this.  As a major procrastinator, I want to find something that works.  Because my whole goal in the “SetOfSail” thing is to find things that work and share them with “the rest of us.”

So how do I achieve that?  Do I use my Palm and put entries in DayNotez?  Do I put entries in Twitter (which will be rebounded back to here)?  Nope – nixing that one up front.  Could use AirSet… that’s a possibility.  Or could use my text TODO trick…  I hate having so many options!  Just kidding.  Options are a good thing – when you take one.

So my Will Do list today consists of:

• Decide how to track my procrastination list (I’ll call this my “Do Do” list 😉
• At work – try to understand the CAL since I’ll be working on it for a few days 🙁
• Have an outline for this weekends Sabbath School lesson (handouts would be good)

Let’s not get carried away.  This is plenty.

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So what should be done today?  I’ve already had some time reading about building an extraordinary life, specifically about the influence of friends and peers in our choices and outcomes.  I’ve also cleared out my e-mail (I get about 2,000 e-mails a day, 1,980 of them are junk!  Maybe I should but getting a better spam filter as a task to accomplish!).

I got an e-mail from a friend about their support of Ron Paul for president in 2008, I went and looked at his positions.  I strongly agree with all of them except two, so does that mean I should support him?  Something to think about…  I enjoy watching and learning about politics.  I happen to live in a country where I actually have an option to participate.

So that’s quite a bit accomplish and it’s not even 7 am.  So what will I commit to do today?

1) Finish my sermon (no option there).

I think that’s all I’m going to commit to today.  The rest will just be a bonus.  Hurray!

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• I have made my phone call (denied!) and I have about 30 minutes left on my last goal for tonight 🙂 #
• Finishing my 40 minutes towards paperwork and going to bed at a decent hour – night all! 2 out of 3 for the first day… I’ll take it. #
• Ok, Ajax is going to work. That’s comforting. I got the trim. I will start on the sermon. So all the will do’s for today are now done. #

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What did we learn from yesterday?  For one thing, the Twitter Tool doesn’t update late at night, so all my updates on meeting my commitments weren’t logged yesterday.  No big deal.  And I missed one item on my list of three things – terrible?  Maybe, but we won’t look back.  It’s hard to drive by steering through the rear view mirror.

For today I have a few things that I will do:
1) Get a haircut
2) Start on my sermon
3) (for work) Have a determination on whether Ajax will work for me – or decide on an alternative.

Very simple.

Something else I thought about (showers are great places for ideas!).  At the end of the day I’ll have questions such as, “Did it make a difference that you were a father today?”  Well, should it?  If it didn’t what needs to change?  You can use that for any area of your life.

I watched some videos this morning about setting up an on-line business.  I think I’m making this thing way to complicated.  I’m sitting on the shore in the morning watching the sailboats launching out and mourning the fact that I don’t have anywhere to go…

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• Leaving work. Did not get Price Sharing done. I worked on AJAX all day. #

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So, this morning I’m going to list out just the simple things I’m going to accomplish.  This is not a “To Do” list.  Whenever I see ToDo, I think of DoDo, am I the only one?  And your mind can run wild with what you would do with a list of DoDo items.  I’m not looking to dribble on with all the things that need to be addressed in my life (I do have a day job to go to you know).  But this is about making a commitment.  So I’ll start small and make commitments I can keep and build up goal-setting muscle.  Ok, here goes.

Today,

1. I’m going to make a phone call to a friend about a testimony to be made this weekend as part of my sermon.
2. I’m going to spend 40 minutes on my Certification paperwork.
3. (And one more for my day job) I’ll complete data access for Price Sharing (I know this means nothing to you, but this isn’t your list now – is it?).

So, how am I going to accomplish this?  I’ll make a priority and decide it “will be done.”  I don’t know – it’s worth a try.  And the only thing worse than failing is not trying.  So let’s see if I fail – I’m already trying, so I’m working my way up toward success.  See how easy that is?

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