I’ve had this terrible habit most of my life. I reward myself before I’ve done anything rewarding. In school I would watch TV before doing my homework. In the Navy I struggled getting much done in my job as I was often rewarding myself by hanging out in my buddy’s offices, just shooting it. Now that I’m on the other side of the student’s desk, and once again doing homework, it is usually the absolutely last minute before my lessons are planned for. If there isn’t a more pressing item, I’ll often just make one up.
Jess graciously puts my lunch together every morning – as I am usually inhaling my breakfast so that I show up only one or two minutes late. For the past couple of days she’s stuck a simple piece of dark chocolate in there. Quite good.
Today I ate my lunch first and then I rewarded myself with the chocolate.
I also wrote my student teacher’s evaluations, reviewed about twenty books and decided which the school should add to our resource room, wrote up the rules to the school’s photography contest being held this quarter, and sent an encouraging email to the student teachers that were with me last week.
Most of that was done by 8:45 am. I rewarded myself by reading Chris Guillebeau’s Brief Guide to World Domination. Quite good.
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What a productive day!
And anytime I’m in the company of dark chocolate, it’s an honor. Thanks for the props.
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