Long weekend……lots of ups and downs as this challenge goes.
Day 11 was Friday, it was a good day, no issues that I can recall. Productive at work, came home, and was quite productive through the evening before we had company join us later on.
Day 12/13 was Sat/Sunday, and things got a bit tougher. I finished some books I had from the library, and with nothing else to read, found I was drifting to old habits when I needed a break. I was quite productive both days, got a lot of small projects done, cleaning, ect. Overall, I was feeling very happy with my accomplishments over the last couple weeks. Problem being, when I wanted a bit of downtime from the constant work, I defaulted to my old standbys. It wasn't much, but enough to remind me of my challenge, why I am doing it, and how I can avoid mistakes in the future.
On Saturday, I worked a lot on the two PC's we have, cleaning up files, installing my new back up hard drive, getting an old PC back up and running (had some CPU issues), ect ect. Because a lot of the time was spent waiting while things installed, I ended up goofing off with pc solitaire in the downtime. Bad idea……found I was drifting to that more then work. I also was getting very frustrated with some problems on one of the PC's, and really needed to walk away to clear my head, which seemed to drive me to more bad habits then not in my stressed state. Later that night, after working most of the day, I really just wanted to sit down and relax for an hour before bed. With no book, the TV was already on, next thing I knew, I was vegging in front of the TV again. Grrrr.
Sunday, same issues. Was very very productive all day, but when I wanted to take a break, I didn't know what to do. Accidentally watched another hour of TV at one point. Later in the evening, I dug around in my closet, and found a handful of books I hadn't read that a friend loaned me in the past. Not a perfect choice, but helps me stay unplugged.
I think my open definition of a goal of being more productive while being unplugged has led me to some conflicts. Just HOW productive do I want to be, and how much downtime can I have? I have resorted to things like yoga, meditation, and some more productive options in my downtime, but is it too much to ask me to not have any 'free' time to do what I want during this challenge. I have decided there are just too many hours in the day for me to say that I am supposed to be on my feet and 100% driven all 16-17 hours of awake time. Granted, I need to keep my reading to a limit, I do need something for myself each day at this point in my abilities.
So my mistakes over the weekend were not that bad, in the sense they gave me some reminders of what I was doing, why I was doing it, and how to stay on track going forward. So two hours of TV, and a small amount of PC solitaire I am not going to slate as a complete failure, but more of a hiccup. I will focus on my accomplishments of the weekend, and back on track we go.
On the flip side, I did some have very clear moments in all that time. I made some decisions on the timing of some large issues over the next couple of years. I decided on the items I need to focus on at the moment, and what direction I want those to take me. I also put together a nice visual reminding me of my goals, focus, and how I can stay true to myself and my nature. I had some nice discussions with the husband, and even though we didn't see much of each other, what time we did have, was very pleasant and good.
Day 11-13 results:- Work Productivity - High
- Home Productivity - High
- Energy about challenge - Medium (had some good and bad times, energy faded, but rebounded after some regrouping Sun afternoon)
- Physical Energy - High
- Mental clarity - High (had a great weekend of working on some big issues with resolutions and outlines for the future)
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