Often, when S and I are watching TV or a movie in the evening, I am also working. This is no fun. So this month, I will try to avoid doing that. And I will Add a Little Fun to my life by being able to enjoy what it is that we're watching!
There may be a couple of exceptions. Usually, when I am working at night, it is for one of three reasons:
1. I have an impending deadline;
2. I didn't do enough work during the day and need to make up for lost time; or
3. There is just so much to do that, even though I worked hard all day and there are no impending deadlines, I still have an excess of clients who need attention.
Items in the first category I can plan for. The second category I can either avoid by being diligent all day and not skipping out on work for appointments, chores, etc., or I can accept, recognizing that some days hours are just going to be low. The third is a little more difficult to control. Surely there will be some exceptions to this "no working" rule; I anticipate that. But if even half the time that I might otherwise be working in the evening I can instead devote all my attention to our chose activity, or I can couple it with some non-intensive therapeutic-type exercise, like coloring, hopefully it'll make me a more cheerful (and focused) person.
Good thing you wrote the book How to do Ten Things at Once and Still Pay Attention in Class. I could never work and watch a movie simultaneously!
ReplyDeleteOh, did she write that book?😉🤣😂I should've paid closer attention (or read it when there wasn't a cookbook open alongside). Anyway, I failed. And while I can knit and watch a movie at the same time, I don't always WANT TO!
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