My first play day

Those of you that keep an eye on Facebook will have seen my post about avoiding distractions on my first play day. I'd drawn up a rough plan for my play day Fridays before they even started. This was to make sure when it came to it that I didn't put things off. You'll all remember sitting down to study at uni. You get your books out, find some paper and a pen. You read the question or work task and think, I'll just get a cup of tea. Once you are back to your desk with your tea you find your mind wandering and before you know it your internet browser is on the student union site rather than the library reserving system.

So my play day plan means I do some 'allotted' personal tasks during the day, such as pilates and food shopping, knowing that I'll still get the required amount of true play day tasks completed too.

On that first Friday I turned on the TV to start my pilates DVD at the time it said on my play day plan. What did I find but Lorraine smiling out at me with the tempting fashion feature of Autumn style. Oooh, it was so hard to stay focused on turning on the DVD player but I managed it. How did I manage it? I managed it because I was sooooo scared that if I slipped on my first day to something as dangerous as morning TV that I would be a soft touch from then on.

How mundane is morning TV really anyway? If you're unfortunate to be sick enough to have more than 2 days off work then you really do change your perspective on how nice it would be to stay in bed or lie on the sofa instead of going to work. But one day a week at home with difficult essay questions and I could be on shaky ground. So I'm proud to say I nipped it in the bud. Yippee for me!! Hopefully that's challenge one over and I'm as strong every Friday.